365 project

[mrs_maupin]

Starting in March, I have made one drawing per day. there have been a few days off, and one or two breaks when I was away from home and my routine was turned upside down, but mostly I have stuck to it this time. I'm about halfway through, which is a lot more than any previous photographic project I have tried in the past.
Mostly I work in china ink - there have been a few digitally colored things, some coloring pencils and some rough sketches have made it on days where I was a bit too tired for proper inking.
We are planning the Troll's birthday party and he asked for a crocodile on the invitations.

He chose the second one for the invitatiosn but now wants hats like the first one. Anyone has good tutorials to guide 6-year-olds throught eh process of making a paper top hat ?

I'm having fun taking a little time each day to draw - I have cranked out mroe stuff in the last months than in the years since the kids were bornd, an probably before that. Not everything is good but it keeps the hand going, and I found back my love of pen nibs. Here are a few more :

(all pictures link to the FlickR album)

Comments

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

These drawings are so fun! I love how whimsical they are.

[mrs_maupin]

Thank you !

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

I love these! So fun and funny.

[mrs_maupin]

Thank you !

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

These are all so charming! I absolutely adore the plump little mermaid!

[mrs_maupin]

Thank you, it's such a compliment, especially coming from you !

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

Great drawings! I can't believe he didn't choose the alligator with the top hat! Do you have a party store anywhere near you? They usually sell cheap plastic top hats, and that might be easier than having the kids try to make their own?

That said, if you want them to make their own as a party craft, I would think it would work pretty similarly to working with buckram. Maybe if you precut the brim, crown, and top of the crown shapes, including all the notches, so that they could just fold the notches down and glue?

[mrs_maupin]

I'm going to the party store this week in search of a top hat, otherwise I'll probably just print patterns and let them do the glueing together. It looks like it's going to be small party anyway (2 positive answers only, so just 4 kids inhouse), so it should be manageable.