Stuff I like

Stuff I like

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Experimenting with soft pastels

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It's never too late to Emerge

I wrote in my blog a while ago that I’d just started writing a middle grade novel, after decades of telling myself that I could only write and illustrate picture books. I actually finished that novel and found a publisher, but for various reasons the publication didn’t go ahead. So I’m still looking for a home for that one, but in the meantime I started researching my second idea, which I had at…

It's never too late to Emerge

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I've won a signed book!

Illustration by Tim Warnes for Weasel is Worried by Ciara Gavin I seem to be on a lucky streak – I’ve won quite a few books in internet giveaways recently. But my best win so far has been the most recent one – a book illustrated by Tim Warnes, one of my favourite picture book writer/illustrators. It’s called Weasel is Worried, but also goes by the name A Little Bit Worried. I follow Tim’s blog,…

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I've won a signed book!

Illustration by Tim Warnes for Weasel is Worried by Ciara Gavin I seem to be on a lucky streak – I’ve won quite a few books in internet giveaways recently. But my best win so far has been the most recent one – a book illustrated by Tim Warnes, one of my favourite picture book writer/illustrators. It’s called Weasel is Worried, but also goes by the name A Little Bit Worried. I follow Tim’s blog,…

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Migration Themes

How many of you are migrants, descendants of migrants, or siblings, parents or cousins of migrants? I suspect that covers almost everyone on the planet. I am the migrant daughter of migrants, who in turn were descended from multiple generations of migrants. One of my children migrated to Canada. I’ve never had to deal with a second language, but I’ve both benefited from and been slightly…

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Life Drawing in Different Media

Life Drawing in Different Media

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A new year, and a new direction

A new year, and a new direction

When I started this blog I thought I was going to talk mainly about picture books. I had no idea that after a year of studying picture books, writing and illustrating my own picture books, and submitting multiple times with no tangible success, I would suddenly be inspired to write a middle grade novel. I’m still not sure how it happened, but maybe it was because I’d started to read a lot of…

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Totally unreal sunset tonight #technicolour #sunset #pinkandpurple https://www.instagram.com/p/COAHiJPDBlk/?igshid=b1ywv1ubarjv

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WIP part 3. Added shorebirds with woodblocks. First image is on light box. #wip #shorebirds #reliefprint #woodblocks #thebiggerpicture #thebiggerpicturesignalpointgallery https://www.instagram.com/p/COAEfv9DMRT/?igshid=3leygdfa87aw

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WIP. One on the light box, the other in front of the vine, sunlit. #thebiggerpicture #thebiggerpicturesignalpointgallery #seascape #printmaking #reliefprint #collage https://www.instagram.com/p/CN_6UEljLlB/?igshid=u1yb8l7lliw3

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It isn’t often I get to say hi to an emu during a shopping trip #mclarenvale #emu #mclarenvalenatives https://www.instagram.com/p/CNw8zy6DbBP/?igshid=dkxxkck5lmeg

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WIP for the #biggerpicturesignalpoint #monoprint #waterbasedinks https://www.instagram.com/p/CNte3QWDFPN/?igshid=1h025haftto1y

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Today is the day we all say Enough is Enough. Time to pay our respects to the mother of us all. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMbCpgkjgdv/?igshid=bw49i8vm7b7e

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Two views of Steve. The second one was on dark blue paper but it’s come out grey. I think I prefer the blue. #tuesdayportrait #portrait #portraitdrawing #charcoal #charcoaldrawing #pastel #pastelportrait #charcoalportrait #pensive https://www.instagram.com/p/CMLkgFrDPu2/?igshid=1poh3210rrsl5

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Mentorship part 3: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome.

Mentorship part 3: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome.

My PB#chat mentorship finished at the beginning of December last year, when I had to upload the first 100 words of the manuscript and four of the illustrations to a showcase that took place during the first week of December. Agents and publishers from all over the USA were invited to view. Unfortunately I couldn’t show my dummy book – which I was quite proud of – but I figured that if an agent…

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Mentorship Part 2: the story evolves

Mentorship Part 2: the story evolves

Almost two months into my mentorship, and Elton’s Ears is taking shape in new ways that I’d never anticipated. The story is just about resolved at last: Raven is merely hinting at a way that Elton might find his way home, allowing Elton to do all the thinking for himself. So the next stage is to make sure the characters are consistent. In the process of developing the layout I ended up with some…

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Drawing from memory day 2. Afternoon attempt at recalling the pose I drew in life drawing this morning. Scroll to see the one I drew from the model. I think I exaggerated the foreshortening of her right leg in the memory drawing. I also made the point of view slightly lower. #drawingfrommemory #lifedrawingfrommemory #thursdaylifedrawing #memorysketch https://www.instagram.com/p/CE8kHMrD_kw/?igshid=6n8t72xx9qrx