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I Have no drawings to show you today because…
I’m not allowed. “Why not?”, I hear you ask. Well, I can’t show you because what I have been busily drawing this last week is for a picture book. An actual real live picture book that someone is...
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A sneak peek? A little teaser?
OK! Oh my, has it really been two weeks since I last posted something?! That’s what being busy will do to you, I guess. Busy drawing. Busy sketching. Busy making a picture book happen with the very...
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I made a little watercolour and did a happy dance.
It’s been a little while since I got my paint brushes dirty. The picture book I’m working on is mostly digital, I mean, I’m drawing by hand, but colouring digitally so, my poor old brushes are being...
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Two hour kindy challenge.
I set myself another one! A few days ago I drew a little christmas themed pencil sketch (if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter you’d have seen it). Now, I know it’s still very early and I know there...
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I am still alive and sketching and doing other living things.
This is the longest I have ever gone without a blog post of some sort, I think. A few reasons for that, 1) I am just finishing up the book I have been illustrating. It’s called ‘The Magic Marble’, and...
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Until next time…
I coloured her last night. I couldn’t resist. (click to enlarge) I have started a Pinterest board called ‘Paris’. Lots of pictures of Paris and I feel so inspired by them. ALL of them! Little corner...
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Starting to feel a little Halloweenie, already.
Still some days to go but drawing Halloween pictures is too fun! I doodled this little pencil sketch this morning over a cup of tea and some toast and thought it might look quite good coloured, so, I...
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Another spooky Halloween picture…
That I coloured from a sketch. This sketch was done last night though. On the sofa, socks on, fire firing, cup of tea at hand. Just how I like it. Here’s the coloured version: Which came from this...
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While I’m showing and telling…
Here’s another little thing I did in my absence. This was my entry for the Tomie dePaola award this year. It’s the first time I’ve entered and I kind of used it as a chance to try something new. The...
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HELLO BLOG!
Phew. I have just finished a job that has been consuming me, mentally and physically, for the past several weeks. But now, just this morning, I have sent off the cover and it is done! That’s a nice...
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Next in the series…
…of “jobs girls can have that isn’t a princess or a cupcake maker or a poodle groomer or a fairy” The Scientist. (click to enlarge)
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From my Sketchbook – April 2014
I thought I might start a new monthly sketchbook show & tell type thing as I do A LOT of sketching in that ol’ book of mine. Everyday, really. So, lets show some stuff! I have been making an effort...
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Some very colourful ladies.
Wednesday was a studio day and I had the most fun! Ever. I coloured a couple of the ladies from my sketchbook and then I coloured a sketch I had done for Daily__Doodle the night before. The best...
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A tale of a very fun school visit…and a book cover reveal.
So it has just occurred to me that I haven’t yet shared my book cover on the blog. WHAT?! I’m so sorry. You used to be the first people I came to with big (and small) news but I’ve since been seduced...
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The stuff I do for fun.
Wow. Now that the wonderful madness of a book launch is over, and now that I have just (yesterday!) completed all artwork for the next picture book I am illustrating (called “Phil Pickle”, written by...
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Well, now that I have a cover…
A few nights ago I sketched a little ghost story scene in my Moleskine and today I gave it a bit of colour, just for fun. THEN, because I have this very long history in graphic design and well, once a...
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Adventures in Book Week 2015
WOW! That was a week! I was exhausted come Friday afternoon but it was so so fun and yep, I’m already looking forward to next years! This was my first Book Week as a published author / illustrator and...
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Some thoughts on “style”…
…and I’m really just thinking out loud here but “style” is a thing I have thought about a lot over the years. Are we illustrators supposed to have just one? Should our style be strong and solid and...
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