Fun with Collage

Back in March I spent two days at the fabulous St Andrew's Primary School in Stockwell introducing SEVEN different classes to the joys of mixed media collage. Nature was our inspiration, as it tied in with their class projects, and some of the finished pieces were quite fantastic!  The kids were brilliant as well - very polite and flatteringly excited by some of the examples of my work that I showed them, plus some of the younger ones were delightfully and unexpectedly affectionate, which quite bought a tear to my soppy old eyes.

I have some of the work pictured here and I'm looking forward to the rest as I didn't get to spend long enough with each class to see the collages finished.

Beautiful Things

A visit home for tedious things (dentist, work) also meant a much less tedious visit to the wonderful Wisley RHS Gardens for some sunny floral inspiration.

This is one of my favourite pictures from inside the tropical greenhouse.

 

And here is some more gorgeousness.