paintings progress _ 2

valley last

perhaps too yellow?

valley progress

too pink

valley 2 progress

in progress

valley 2 last

slowly getting there

river progress

in progress

river last

almost there, needs a focal point

waterfall last

also needs a focal point

hillside progress

in progress

hillside last

perhaps this one is finished?

faces progress

preparation and play

face 2 last

coming along nicely

face 1 last

coming along nicely

face 2 progress

something will come out of this

beasties progress

following intuition with this one

beastie 2 last

interresting development

beasties last

coming along nicely

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paintings in progress

I have been painting away, insipred by photos and sketches I have made in and of Lesotho. My fan has to work overtime to stir the hot air this summer! I am painting with oil on canvas, on a smaller scale than my last paintings. I can market them at a better price and I think smaller things are more practical for today’s homes. The watercolours below are requests from some of the staff at the Semonkong Lodge. Victor wants a painting of himself and Elizabeth wants a painting of her house! Lets hope they come out well.

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Cathedral Peak and Lesotho

Here are a few pictures showing the awesomely spectacular landscapes we were so very blessed to experience this past holiday.

cathedral-peak_WEB

Yes, this is real!

semonkong-drawing_WEB

Surrounded by children while drawing.

semonkong_falls_WEB

Maletsunyane Falls (translation: Place of Smoke)

 

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Storytime

This past week I have done some research about the history and fables of Cape Town. The stories will involve some of my newly created characters and their adventures around the city. I would like the stories to have some interresting link with the cape, I think this will make them appeal to tourists as well as locals. The three first drafts are the following: the legend of van Hunks and the Devil smoking on the mountain, the story of heroic Wolraad Woltemade and his horse who saved shipwrecked passengers near the mouth of the Salt River and the legend of the “Flying Dutchman”.

Now it is time to do a costing on the colouring-in books and other activities I want to put in my packages. Also – I am looking for a good storyteller who can interpret the basic stories that I have written an turn them int nicely flowing or rhyming prose. Please contact me if you have any ideas.

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First story, first draft

I am a picture drawer, not a story writer, but I gave it a go anyway!

Two of my characters, Blikkies and Baby (feature picture), are going on their first adventure, an excursion in the cable car up the mountain.

I decided to start with the well-known legend of captain van Hunks and the devil smoking up a cloud over Table Mountain. I interwove this legend with Blikkies’ excursion. I have to have my story edited and checked before I plan the picture book layout and illustrations.

It will be A5 and it will be the central part of my first activity kit. Some of the pages will be printed in full colour and some just with black outlines – to be coloured in.

I will add in a few other activities into the package, like a “dot-to-dot”, a maze or a “spot the difference”, there will also be a cut-and-fold colouring-in sheet.

Its a start!

 

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Last day at Tembaletu for 2012

Today was my last day for this school year at Tembaletu school.
I told the kids a folk tale about a very proud peacock, the drawings of peacocks are oil pastels.

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