pennybel

Penny has returned to pre-school for the start of her third week. She has really taken to doing (and bringing home) collage works. She must love using the sticky tape. When you view this next collage, keep in mind how much sticky tape she's used - this was no 5 second rush-job.

She's called it "House".

When I asked about it, she explained that the red cellophane squares were the houses. The bluish shiny squares on top were windows (That's what made them houses). When I asked about the blue squares that were not on houses she quickly skirted around the question, but pointed out that the sparkly bits - like on her ballet dress (ie sequins) - were outside the houses so they could be thrown up into the air! At the beginning of the conversation she also pointed out that she stuck everything down with sticky tape - even the feather.

House

Aged: 3y4m



I also already knew that they'd made play dough today - so I asked: "did you make play dough today?"

She replied: "We took lots of flour, a bit of salt, a bit of water, a bit of oil, stirred it up and put it in the microwave. Then we added a bit of colour and stirred it up again and put it back in the microwave. Then after rest time we played with it. It was yellow".

And it wasn't even an open-ended question!

Finally, after pre-school she hit the paints again, producing our second landscape for the day:

Wetlands

Aged: 3y4m



I meant to ask what each part meant, but didn't get that far :(

A footnote from mum: her brush control is incredible to watch; she is so particular about the colours she chooses and where she puts them; in this painting she was very particular about the colours and placements down the right hand side. In this painting she experimented a little with finger painting because she saw her sister finger painting.

It's been a long while between postings. Not for lack of creative output, although this past month Penny has not painted much at all. She has begun preschool and been absorbed with hands on crafts - anything with sticky tape.

However, today, she was handed an easel, large art paper, paint and brushes. And what we have below are her two paintings.

As a bit of background, just over a week ago we spent some time on holiday, and one of our stops was as at the Sea Acres National Park south of Port Macquarie. We took the half hour walk around the boardwalk giving us a path right through the middle of the rainforest. We looked up, we looked down, and some of us - ahem, miss artiste - got very bored of the whole thing. Nevertheless, out comes painting number one:

Path through the rainforest, from the top.

Aged 3y4m.



Followed by:

Path from a house, top view.

Aged 3y4m.