Play-dough. Doh...

Yesterday was another one of those rainy days, the kids and I were bored and we decided to make some play-dough. It is really simple, even I managed and as you know I am not the crafty kid of the block.
All you need to do is to put all this:
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tbs cooking oil
2 tbs cream of tartar
into a pot,heat it up, stir nicely and out comes play-dough. The funny part is to put the food colouring through it, our hands are still blue today.

Picasso revisited.

Today I went to see the Picasso exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW.

I am not the biggest fan of his surrealist work, but I did not want to miss the greatest Picasso display ever to have visited Australia. Only once I got there I realized I was wearing the fan outfit: a black and white striped T-Shirt, how embarrassing. The exhibition was packed and it was hard to get a good and close view of some of his most famous works without a running commentary of really smart people. But I was not there for the famous surrealist works anyway. What made the biggest impression on me were the pencil sketches, scribbles and drawings because they are so very personal. Each stroke can be identified and it is like watching Picasso sketch in person. I also like his sculptures, again the works of his early years are my favourite pieces.
I tried to find my top five Picasso artworks of the Sydney exhibition. I did not make it to five but here are the three paintings, that made my day:
1. The Bathers (1918)
2. Jacqueline with Crossed Hands (1954)
3. Sacre Coeur (1909/10)