Sunday, April 29, 2007 ;
2:37 PM
25 April
Wed
Discovery Center -4th and last Art lesson
As usual, playtime first.
Today ds1 wanted to be the postman. Recently I had some parcels delivered in quick succession. One ordered by a Spore friend cos it is something very cheap if bought online and sent to a USA address. I'll then re-send it to him by normal post. Others were dh's and my own online purchases.
I bought some books from Amazon, they have truly great offers and free shipping, can't beat their prices. And dh orders his coffee beans and wood for making bows online.
So ds1 has been seeing a lot of the postman. If they are parcels, the postman sends them right up to the door. And it is the same postman everyday. Sometimes when I am busy with ds2, ds1 will open the door and meet him for me. :-) He is such s great help. What will I do when he starts preschool? haha
Being a cashier too, is something he enjoys, and something they encounter the most often.
ds2 preferred the balls and tubes this time. They're magnetic and stick to the metal wall, and can be placed in anyway you like to let the balls zoom through. I've made some fancy ones with ds1 before, resembling roller coaster rides.
Then, somehow, when it was about 30min to the lesson, suddenly there was this staff member who told me there was a free demo and storytelling about keeping healthy teeth, and asked me to bring my kids to that room. I told her we had a lesson soon and she said I could just go and then leave earlier.
So we went. ds2 was napping by that time. So you see only ds1 here. Plus so many other pretty mommies. They all look so young and hip... I always wear a long sleeve top (still cold for me) and jeans. Big contrast to some of the moms here, who are either super glam, or super hip/ casual. Like this hot mama really caught my attention. Her princess is very cute too. Anyway she spotted me taking this pic! :-)
And oh, I have met soooo many young moms, like 23 yrs old and 3 kids, oldest one older than ds1. So I am thinking, by the time she is my age, her kids are teens already. Wah, can enjoy life already... amazing. no wonder the grandparents here are all so young, 40 yrs old with 4-5 grandkids already. hmm...
The story was about a visit to the dentist and as we left, they gave us that book as a souvenir. Even though we left early. So nice. Furthermore, it was such a beautifully illustrated book. (was just telling Jen that I like this about here... a lot of freebies that I value...)
I mean in Singapore there are a lot of freebies too, but often have to queue from the night before? Or spend money... Or maybe they'll be stuff like perfume or shampoo samples, which I don;t value as much. Dunno if I mentioned but now I am getting 4 free magazines every month, as part of a free annual subscription gift. I just filled out something online and got the Reader's Digest and so on (all very useful mags)... So happy.
Digress so much...
Ok:
Great Artist this lesson: Frank Stella
Info: American, born 1936.
Technique studied: 2D flat Prints made by "etching"?
(Wikipedia has some info on him and his techniques:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stella)
The kids did something simplified:
1. Get a piece of foam. Use some tools like ice-cream sticks, paper clip etc to etch a design or drawing into the foam piece. (below left)
2. Use a roller, roll some paint on, and roll that over the etching on the foam. Not too hard, and not too much paint, or the etchings will be covered with paint too.
3. Then press a piece of paper over the painted foam piece.
Voila! The print is completed. ds1 did 2: a robot and a human (shown below)
Unfortunately, it wasn't dry and we had to leave already, so I placed a piece of paper on top of each print and packed into my bag.
The paint is sticky and stuck onto the white papers. And when I peeled them off, sigh... Now there are strips and patches of paper on the masterpieces...
rainbows every day, do not worry for the morrow
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