As promised, here are the pictures from Papa Piccolo. It’s taken us three weeks to get through this book as we have had a few things on and now, gastro in the house!
These drawings were finished late last week. We took two days to do the pictures. The first day we concentrated on getting the shape and proportion of the figures right. The second stab was to do all of the detail in the coat, put in the colour and the finishing touches. Each part took about an hour. Even though it is extra work at the time, I think that we all do a better drawing that way.
Zac said at the end of the first day, "I’ll never be a good artist, Mum!" I thought he had picked one of the more difficult pictures and was doing well with it. I reminded him that the last bit of effort would produce the result, he just had to stick with it until the end! That extra bit of work has made his drawing come alive and I love it. I hope you like these pictures too. If you do, please leave us a message – I know it will encourage the boys.
My picture
Stephen’s Piccolo
One of the kittens – Marco or Polo??
Adam’s kitten
We also loved reading the book and learning all about Venice. There’s great pictures throughout and the front and back end papers have interesting information about the city too. Next time, I’m going to get Vendela in Venice from the library all lined up to go at the same time as it’s a great children’s book on Venice as well.
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