Painting on Toilet Paper Roll - 廁紙桶畫

I spent 30 minutes on painting the toilet paper rolls this morning. Actually, I wanted to paint more but… no more toilet paper roll, have to wait!

今天一早起床， 花了三十分鐘在廁紙桶上畫了幾幅畫。原先想畫多幾幅，可惜已經沒有廁紙桶了。

Toilet Paper Roll Craft – Name card holder 環保小手工 - 名片座

I made a name card holder for myself today. Just use a toilet paper roll, some beans and paints.

今天用廁紙桶為自己造了一個名片座。

 

More recycled artworks for kids on www.draw-2.com  and Facebook’s fan page.

Cork Art is Fun! 酒塞小手工！

I got some corks from my friend yesterday and made some artworks for kids. It is simple but it is fun to do so. Have a look.

昨天朋友送了幾個酒塞給我，想一想便造了幾個簡單的小手工。看一看。

More recycled artworks for kids on www.draw-2.com  and Facebook’s fan page http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.629623160386886.1073741836.520089534673583&type=1&l=b4e89108e3

灣仔午間畫室

很多朋友問我，其實有沒有人會在午飯時間到你畫室畫畫呢？答案是「有的」。

一個小時的午飯時間怎會足夠用來畫畫呢！

我的午間畫畫時段是由星期一至五12:15-2:15。時間靈活，客人可以選擇一次兩個小時內畫完，或可以分兩次，每次一小時，好讓上班人士有充分的時間完成畫作。
 

其實開設午間畫畫時段，主要目的是為附近工作的OL，家庭主婦以及放假人士，可以一個優惠的價錢， 在一個休閒舒適的地方，與三五知己享受畫畫的樂趣。在香港，有很多人是從未接觸過油畫或塑膠彩畫。或許他們聽過什麼是油畫（Oil Painting），但却不知什麼是塑膠彩畫（Acrylic painting）。如果只是給他們一幅畫布，幾支畫筆及顏料等，讓他們自由發揮，他們會不知如何是好。所以我會事先了解他們的程度、喜好，再給他們選擇合適的提材，如風景、水果等都是比較適合初學人士。繪畫技巧、用筆、調色等都是繪畫不可缺少的知識，我當然也會簡單地為他們講解。

舉例說，做OL 的Kannis，兒時從沒有接觸過塑膠彩畫，但她一試便愛上了。她不要求自己要畫一幅很有藝術水準的畫，只是想在午飯時間找一個清靜的地方喘喘氣，同時享受畫畫的樂趣。看看以下她的作品：

第一次的作品

 

第二次的作品

 

第三次的作品

 

  近期還沒完成的作品

 

At Draw 2, you can draw too!

動腦筋做有趣環保小手工

現今家長給孩子的物質過剩，而且每天只是讓他們做功課和外出參加各式各樣的課外活動，加上要應付考試容易令他們精疲力盡，失去思考空間。可否嘗試給他們一點時間，運用家居隨手可得的物料，「不多花費，只要思考」 便能創作出自我獨一無二的小玩意！

我鼓勵小朋友要動腦筋，多思考及自我創作。並希望家長能配合，給他們一點空間，一點時間，一起利用家居可以找到的簡單材料如購物袋、紙皮盒、飲管環及癈紙等，造出不同主題的手工及小玩意，善用資源，在製作過程中培養與孩子之間的默契，增加彼此的溝通和了解，並從中領會到「快樂其實是很簡單的」！

如下圖，利用紙皮箱及購物袋的繩子，加上飲管，便能造出「過三關」遊戲！看似簡單，你又會造出一個怎樣的作品呢？

 

 

 

看 看小朋友在做什麼！

 

 

我已經在Draw 2-Art and Language studio的網頁 www.draw-2.com及Facebook上載了6輯以環保材料造成的手工作為參考。希望你們喜歡。

Recycled artworks for kids – “Fun and Creative”

So far I have posted 6 albums of recycled artworks on the webpage Www.draw-2.com and Facebook's fan page of Draw 2 - Art and Language Studio. My aim is to give some basic and simple ideas to parents and students about what they can do with those unused things they can easily find at home. What they need is “Time” and “Creativity” and in return, they can have fun and a new toy, game, art craft….. And it's costless. Why not?

For example, you can use a small piece of carton paper, eight straws and two strings from shopping paper bag and you can make a “Tic Tac Toe” of your own.

 

 

 

Here is my nephew’s work.

Enjoy and have fun!

My first hair serum from Greece –“Fresh Line ERATO Repairing & Moisturizing Leave-in Serum”

It is March now but my hair and skin are still dry. I met a new friend in a gathering last week and she recommended to me a hair Serum, a brand I have never heard of it. What interested me is its origin - it’s from Greece. That reminds me of a Greek’s friend of mine.  I learnt a few words of Greek from him such as “ναι”  = “yes” and “ Όχι” = “no ” long time ago. The pronunciation of the language is very difficult comparing with other languages I have learnt, such as Japanese and German. But I like Greece very much as it is one of the historical places full of arts and culture.

Anyway, back to the hair Serum. The hair repairing series is inspired by the goddess of Love Songs and Erotic Poetry in Greek mythology and the serum I am trying is called “ERATO Repairing & Moisturizing Leave-in Serum”. It contains essential oils and botanical extracts for damaged and dehydrated Hair. It’s in liquid form and you can just apply it on your hair without washing it away. The smell is very fresh as it is made from Rose, the main ingredient. In Greek, Rose is “τριαντάφυλλο”. Here is the photo.

I have used it for few days. Not bad. It is not greasy. It softens my hair in a minute.  Will see if it really works for me as my hair is very dry with split ends.