Quick Reading Challenge

Another art challenge today. Look for a description of your all time favourite character in the book(s) they appear in. From THAT description draw a picture of the character. Or look for an image of the actor who you link would be able to play that character.
 If you have been following these challenges you may have worked out that King Arthur is one of my favourite characters. Unfortunately I cannot draw to save myself. However my ideal image of King Arthur does exist in the form of the actor Bradley James who played Arthur in the BBC TV series 'Merlin'. I have MANY issues with their interpretation of some of the myths however I cannot fault their imagining of the once and future king!

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Daily Reading Challenge

It's Friday, so let's do another craft challenge. This time reuse old books to create a book sculpture. The picture below shows some amazing examples of book sculptures. If you would like to make something slightly simpler (to begin with anyway) then watch this video It is just one of many available on You Tube. Watch this to see a book sculptor at work - incredible! For further inspiration simply search 'book sculptures' on You Tube, Pinterest or Google.

Quick Reading Challenge

An art and craft challenge today. Do you have any old books that you no longer read but which are not in a good enough condition to pass on? Then why not use a page or two and do some blackout poetry. You could use a newspaper or magazine instead, anything with text.Your result can be as artistic as you want or as pathetic as my own (the one in the middle of the pic below!) Read through the page you have selected and pick out words which form a poem or story on their own. Then use a marker pen to blackout the words you don't want.
 Have fun.
Be inspired.