toy drawings

robby the robot ~ 1950/1960

chinese lion ~ 1975 - 1979

tin bumblebee ~ 1970/1980

tin crocodile

popeye doll ~ 1929

weird doll hands

wooden chick from a pull along chicks set ~ 1990

wooden cyclist toy from the czech republic

weebl ~ 1975

lions head from a sculpture by Sam Smith

We went on a drawing trip to the V&A Museum of Childhood on friday. It's easily one of the best museums I've been to, couldn't quite bring myself to leave at lunch time to go to the Geffrye Museum with the rest of the class so ended up staying there all day drawing, I especially loved all of the wooden and tin toys from around the 50s/60s/70s. Most of the displays were pretty low down so kids can look at them properly which made me feel like a bit of a giant. Although I stayed there all day I'd really like to go back and visit again because there was so much I'm sure I probably still missed some good things. there's a few more drawings on my flickr