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Dyslexia Empowerment Week – books for dyslexic kids
SPELD supports Helpful Books at Dyslexia Empowerment Week Gathering We’re celebrating Dyslexia Empowerment Week and helping dyslexic children to enjoy literacy by incorporating dyslexic friendly font in my picture book, Celia and Nonna. Dyslexia Empowerment Week is next week. This is bound to bring more awareness to dyslexia here in Australia. Myself and the author…
Painting dolls made a bloody crime scene!
Painting Dolls on school holidays The kids and I created what looked like a bloody crime scene painting dolls. I have been so inspired lately playing in so many mediums and creating so many things I can’t stop! I have been designing patterns, participating in #Inktober and #illo52weeks while finishing a picture book off (…
Fun ways to make faces with students
Teaching facial expression is one of my favourite activities. I recently work-shopped with the delightfully well-mannered students at Scotch College doing just that. For further practice , I encouraged the boys to pull faces in a mirror to copy. Exaggerated faces help us understand how the different parts of the face alter our expression. Cartoon…
Drawings memories and making cards
It is nice to create cards for your loved ones. For a bit of fun (don’t laugh) I thought I would show you the birthday card I made my daughter from an old sketchbook image. The drawing is of my then little girl holding her favourite bunny toy. I sketched this portrait in 1996. This…
Make these easy teddy cakes from my book.
In my new picture book I illustrated some teddy cakes that the character Nonna makes with Celia. I decided to recreate them in real life. I took a batch to Ivanhoe library where they were quickly gobbled up. I was told they were delicious – I should have made more! I am sharing the instructions…