Under the Sea

The Land of Le Beef just got a little bit deeper - about two thousand leagues under the sea deeper. Once again the Land of Le Beef has worked with Woodland Pre-School in Hong Kong to create a mural at their newest location on Caine Road, this time with an underwater theme.

Yes it is better down where it's wetter, under the sea.

Another part of the school features a gritty, back alley urban theme to fit with playroom town.

City mice.

woodland murals

if you like beavers and giraffes, and happy smiley vegetables, then this blog post is going to make you happy...

the Land of Le Beef was recently commissioned by Woodland (Hong Kong's top preschool, with 10 great locations throughout the city) to create not one, but two murals at their Waterfall school in Pokfulam.

this of course was a big beefy project (these would be my largest illustrations to date*). i knew that the murals would not only need be super awesome and fun to look at, but also needed to be educational, and inspire the children to do great things with their lives.

i sat down at my desk, pencil in hand, and started drafting what would become the greatest thing since the Sistine Chapel. below are the results.

fruits and vegetables - rough sketch and coloured draft

hippo, mouse, giraffe, beaver - rough sketch and coloured draft

fruits and vegetables - in progress, and finished piece

hippo, mouse, giraffe, beaver - finished piece

*shortly after completing these murals, Woodland invited me back to create an even BIGGER mural at their newest, most awesome location on Caine Road. blog post to come soon...........

art adventure day!

I had a rather exciting Friday recently when I joined a local international school to take part in their Year 2 Arts Adventure Day.

Throughout the day I did a series of 30 minutes sessions working with 6 different groups of students, mostly telling them how awesome I was and then proving it by showing them some of my work. I then invited the students to create their own cartoons on a worksheet I had made for the occasion. The children created a range of different expressions simply by changing the eyes and mouths on a face I had drawn, and then their creativity and crazy children brains were given a chance to soar as they completed a cartoon that I had started for them. I regret that I didn't take more photos, but here are a few that I did manage to get:

My favourite cartoon from the day was an especially cute knock-off version of my famous C3PO/Chewbacca cartoon.

You can download your very own copy of the worksheet by clicking right here (and feel free to send me your results; I would love to post them at a later date)