Bruce brought us some examples of his work and it was exciting that he showed us right through his "Doodlebug" book on the screen where he could zoom in so that we could see the tiniest of features. The Doodlebug is Bruce's imagination telling him to do something! He told us that he is very creative and he needs to be doing something creative all the time. "If you can dream it, you can do it!" He answered the questions that we had, and said that he started really illustrating texts when he was a stay at home Dad 18 or 19 years ago.
We asked when he became an artist and he told us that he was always an artist just like lots of us in Room 3 and he got better because he practised. We will be having 'doodling' as a 'can do' activity in our literacy time. First challenge will be to create a creature that people like. All it needs are: Big eyes and a big smile. I hope we can post some of these in the next few weeks because yes, we are all creative artists in our imaginations.
Thanks so much, Bruce.
Mrs Eastwood told us to buy his book, which we have done, and he has signed it with BEST WISHES. I'll share some doodles with Bruce towards the end of the term. We loved our learning this afternoon.
We know we are illustrators as well as authors.
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