CREATIVITY NEWS FOR CURIOUS MINDS
The Curious Observations of Poly Moone
A Creative Thinking Blog by me, Sarah Jane Vickery.
Here you will find cartoon giggles, colouring challenges, video tutorials, FREE exercises, plus new discoveries, workshops and tools – everything you need to Get Creative!
How to draw a sleeping cartoon Crocodile
This week at Cartoon Club online art classes for kids we had a real challenge - to design a misleading treasure mpa. It was very involved and the children came up with some terrific obstacles, features and clues for us to include on our maps. We went over time in...
FREE PDF | A Magic ‘Room-a-rific’ Colouring Page & Creative Thoughts on Transformation
Can colouring a magic ‘Room-a-rific’ colouring page help you think more creatively? YES! Here’s how... This week let’s get creative and focus on TRANSFORMATION There are all kinds ways to use the concept of transformation artistically to help you think more...
How to Draw yourself as a Cartoon Wizard
We had some serious wizarding fun at Cartoon Club online art classes for kids this week! Whenever I ask the children what they’d like to draw inevitably someone says something involving wizards or magic. That’s an easy one for me as I’m a BIG Harry Potter fan. So here...
How to draw a Cartoon Giraffe
Last week at Cartoon Club Online art classes for kids we drew “Guess who’s coming to Lunch?!". Who would you invite? What would you serve? How about a happy crocodile, a mouse delivering pizza and a panda sipping bamboo tea?! In this YouTube video tutorial I show...
How to Draw a cartoon Buzzing Bee
I love teaching my Cartoon Club online art classes for kids each week. I really feel so lucky to spend time exploring new topics in such a fun and creative way. This week in cartoon class we designed "The Happenin' Hive". I didn't even realise that it was Earth Day...
How to draw a cartoon Rhino
What fun we had at Cartoon Club online art classes for kids doing "Night at the Zoo". I can't believe all the fun ideas the children had and it really inspired me to create some fun new characters. This week at Cartoon Club we designed our an entire comic story line...
How to draw a cartoon cannon ball bird
I love teaching my Cartoon Club online art classes for kids each week. It's such a good opportunity for me to stretch my own creative brain. This week at Cartoon Club we designed our own Treehouse Campout imagining just all the cool things we would build into our...
How to draw a Cartoon Alien
Cartoon Club | How to draw a Cartoon Alien | Art classes for Kids I have so much fun creating these online art classes for the kids each week. This week we doodled “The Day I went to Space”. Who doesn't like doodling aliens?! If you missed this week's cartoon club...
Flip Through Part 2: of Veronica’s Garden | See how I’m colouring my book
Who wants to see how I’ve coloured Veronica’s Garden so far? I’ve just posted up a new flip through video 2 on my YouTube channel so you can see how it is looking coloured so far. I tell you a bit about the story, the illustrations, and all the freebies you can get to...
Tutorial 5: How to Colour a Background | FREE PDF Real-Time Colour along | Veronica’s Garden
How do you choose a background colour? I’ve always found this challenging mostly because I’m afraid of ‘ruining' a picture I’ve otherwise finished and really like. Here I show you how I choose a background for this image from Veronica’s Garden. This is not an easy...
Tutorial 4: How to Fix a Boring Picture | FREE PDF Real-Time Colour along | Veronica’s Garden
What do you do when you are halfway through colouring a picture and you aren’t happy with it? Don’t throw it in the bin just yet! I’ve posted a new YouTube Tutorial 4, where I show you what I do to bring this picture back to life using unusual colours. In this...
Tutorial 3: How to Layer Pencil Crayon | FREE PDF Real-Time Colour along with Foxy from Veronica’s Garden
I love to layer my pencil crayon to create really deep, unique and interesting colours. I’ve always done a lot of layering, whatever my media, because I love the results it produces. I think it’s especially fun to do with pencil crayon. I’ve posted a new...
A Cartoon Blog for creative souls
Meet Poly Moone. A cartoon by me, Sarah Jane Vickery
I created Poly Moone as a fun way to blog about the new thoughts and tools I uncover in the world of creative thinking. Poly delves into every topic from habit change to mindset, from colouring to confidence, from doodling to wellbeing. A multitude of surprising and funny findings to help you become your most creative self. But be warned! It’s in the nature of finding answers, that she will present you with many, many questions!