not very sophisticated compared with the many amazingly detailed needle-felted sculptures out there, but he is very pleased with himself as he can stand up properly, because he has feet. The robin has no feet and falls over a lot, on his beak. In fact my son made one of the penguin's feet almost all by himself without stabbing his fingers once!
Son no. 1, who is 14, has started going to an art class this term, sometimes he comes back a little frustrated that he hasn't been able to quite achieve on paper what has been in his head (a feeling shared I'm sure by many of us) but last week he came home quite pleased with this really nice pastel:
- ideal I thought for turning into Christmas cards for relatives and friends. I went and got matching pearlised card and have been spray-mounting this morning, I think they've come out really well.
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