Pre-school Surface Tablet art session...

Categories: artwork

Tags: Guildford, Nomad Brush, Electric Theatre, MS Surface, Surface RT, Fresh Paint app, Nomad Play

Date: 24 February 2013 17:32:38

Saturday (and Wednesday as well) saw me take to the Electric Theatre to do some artwork with young people. Wednesdays gig was doing mini book creation and manga art drawing techniques, which was as lovely as it ever is. I wouldn't say that the time flies by - oh boy was I tired by the end of it - but the kids were brilliant and we all had a lot of fun.

Saturday was different though - I was asked to sit down and draw on tablet with any kids that wanted to join in. The main change was the Wednesday kids were 12 - 15 and the Saturday ones were 3 -5 year olds. I wasn't sure how it would go. As it was it was lovely. I did do some video but have an email to do list you wouldn't believe but the kids love drawing, primarily on a Surface tablet running Fresh Paint. They occasionally struggled with the method of bringing on the interface but once away they were flying...

(this is the cushion one of the kids had been sitting on prior to drawing. He was a very young mind yet put a LOT of thinking into each colour and where he wanted it. When he had finished I asked him if he wanted to add anything more and he said 'no. That's right' and walked off, happy). Video, I hope, to come. But it was a LOT of fun to do (thanks 'Leccy) and I hope I get to do pre-school tablet art again...