Mr. Big Gorilla Art

I went to Abu Dahbi this spring for the launch of my husband’s new project Berklee Abu Dahbi. While there I had the opportunity to attend the Hay Festival where I discovered the art of Ed Vere. I picked up two of his picture books for Lydia and Zoe. Mr. Big being one. We love Mr. Big! I especially like the “A true friend can come in any shape or size…” message. So we were super excited to try out his new “Draw with Ed Vere” Mr. Big video. #drawwithedvere

Lydia and Zoe with their Mr. Big Ed Vere drawings
Lydia and Zoe with their Mr. Big Ed Vere drawings

What you need

What we did

We started by reading Mr. Big again (we’ve read it approximately 345 times). Each time we discover something new in the art. Lydia and Zoe love the little “For Papa” dedication on the last page of the story (we say Papa not Dad so…).

Mr. Big by Ed Vere
Mr. Big by Ed Vere

Then we set up our drawing supplies and pulled the “Draw with Ed Vere” video up.

Drawing Mr. Big gorilla art
Drawing Mr. Big

We watched the whole video first, then paused (many times!) while we followed along.

First we drew Mr. Big’s head.

Start with Mr. Big’s face

Then we drew Mr. Big’s body.

Drawing Mr. Big’s body
Drawing Mr. Big’s body
Zoe’s Mr. Big drawing
Zoe’s Mr. Big gorilla art
Lydia’s Mr.Big gorrila art
Lydia’s Mr.Big gorrila art

When you finish you can color Mr. Big in. Lydia and Zoe chose to color his jacket yellow to match the illustrations in the book.

What we thought

This was our first time drawing to a YoutTube video. We thought it was fun to follow along and see how close we could get our Mr. Big gorilla art to match Ed’s.

Zoe’s Mr. Big Gorilla Art
Zoe’s Mr. Big Gorilla Art

Lydia added a few worms as we’ve been learning a lot about gardens and worms lately. We actually just finished this wiggly worm project that you might enjoy!

Lydia’s Mr. Big gorilla art
Lydia’s Mr. Big gorilla art

PS: We started by drawing our own version of a Gorilla… we though it would be fun to note the differences as we are learning about artistic style and that it’s ok to be the same but different (something we talk about a lot a identical twins!).

Gorilla Drawings
Same but different

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