KIDS SUMMER CLASS RECORDING: THE SQUIRREL by Ted Hughes

RECORDING ONLY

Access recording immediately after purchasing a ticket.

Recording will be available to watch until Sunday 14th September.

This summer holiday Lucy will be pre-recording a series of classes to keep all you children and adults entertained and busily watercolouring for the whole of August!

We will be working through four of the illustrations featured in a book called 'The Cat and The Cuckoo' by Ted Hughes and illustrator R J Lloyd.

Ted Hughes is a well known poet and writer and in 1987 he collaborated with artist and friend R J Lloyd, an artist known for his semi abstract style, which drew heavily from his love of nature and his surroundings in Devon,UK.

The book features a selection of 28 poems, each on one animal and brings so much life and humour to these creatures beutifully illustrated by Lloyds paintings.

In this weeks class we will be making a version of the illustration for the Squirrel poem, which is written below.

We will be using watercolour paints for this series of classes. Their ability to be thinned and layered will match the original painted style and give us room to create the interesting fractured affect Lloyd used extensively in his work.

THE SQUIRREL by Ted Hughes

With a rocketing rip

Squirrel will zip

Up a tree-bole

As if down a hole.

He jars to a stop

With tingling ears.

He has two gears:

Freeze and top.

Then up again, plucky

As a jockey

Galloping a Race-

-Horse into space.

Materials You Will Need:

-1 x Sheet of watercolour paper or thick paper

-A pencil (HB or the like)

- Watercolour paints

-Brushes - large, medium, small

-Some tissue (for dabbing and in case of any spills!)

-A ruler

-An eraser (good quality)

-A black pen (for the squirrels eye)

Donation:

For July and August LDGKids will be donating 20% of profits from each class to the charity Save The Children.

Find out more:

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are

ABOUT THE TUTOR:

Lucy McGeown (b.1986) is an artist and teacher based in Margate. She studied Fine Art at UEL and got her Masters from The City and Guilds Art School in 2017. Lucy is one of the founding members of London Drawing Group and started the LDG Kids classes in 2021.

Lucy is incredibly passionate about drawing and the importance of creativity and play in our everyday lives, whatever your age!

To see some of Lucy's work check out her instagram account @lucymcgeown or lucymcgeown.com

FAQs - Please read these thoroughly so you can be fully prepared for the class

WHO IS THIS FOR?

These classes are designed for ages 7-10 yrs but we have both older and younger students join us. So parents and caregivers please feel free to join children in these sessions as it is a lovely activity to share together!

TICKETS:

We suggest an amount of £10. However, we understand that may not be possible for everybody. Please be honest and pay what you can afford so that we may continue to offer our sessions on this basis whilst also giving our tutors a sustainable wage.

There is also a ticket option to "Pay It Forward" to support us and our students! We offer classes for free to those who can't afford the minimum amount (If this is you please email us to join for free). This continues to ensure our classes are available to everyone!

ONCE BOOKED:

You will receive a confirmation email with a link to access the recorded class via your eventbrite "Online Event Page" You can access this by signing into eventbrite account or creating an account using the email address that you booked with, and then clicking on your' tickets' to go to the Online Event Page.

IN THE CLASS:

As this is a recording there is no chat box active. If you have any questions or comments then please email Lucy via email adress below.

AFTER THE CLASS:

We love to see your drawings or anything else our classes inspire! You can share them with us by tagging us on instagram (@ldg_kids) or emailing us if you don't have socials.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL :

hello@londondrawinggroup.com

And that's it!

We're really looking forward to you joining us.

Love,

LDG

KIDS CLASS RECORDING: THE SQUIRREL by Ted Hughes