Liz Anelli

Liz is a children's book illustrator making drawings of cityscapes around the world.

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Getting very excited about this adventurous little penguin who will be swimming into bookstores in June. Written by the wonderful Sue Whiting and published by Walker Books Australia https://www.walkerbooks.com.au/book/9781760657703/

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Cambridge Open Studios

With our studios now up and running after our return to UK, we are joining Cambridge Open Studios this year, 2024. Come along and see what, how and where all the weekends of July.

Profile - Cambridge Open Studios

You can buy an original artwork or print and I will be giving away oodles of secrets about media and techniques.

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Cambridge Open Studios

Now we’ve been back in UK for a while our studios are up and running. So come visit our Open Studio all the weekends of July. You can see where I work, buy an original artwork or print. I will be giving away idles of secrets of how I make my picture books. See you 6th July onwards!

Profile - Cambridge Open Studios

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The Cookie Maker of Mavin Road by Sue Lawson

Who is making and delivering the wonderful cookies to neighbors on Mavin Road? When Benedict Stanley, an older, cued-white man, ...

Song of the White Ibis by Phillip Gwynne

A beautiful and powerful story for 5+ to challenge the way we view one of our most infamous birds, and ourselves.

Its been far too long since I last Blogged

So here is my past six months in pictures. We left our beautiful house and friends in NSW, Australia because it was time to be with family. Here, back to England, land of my youth, it is all a bit strange, like waking from a coma or being a ghost in my own life. We both had parents die suddenly whilst we were overseas and being back makes us grieve all over again. I think it is the memories attached to familiar sounds or light levels or scents. For instance, the moment you alight from a plane at Heathrow you smell mushrooms. England does smell damp, even in a heat wave. What am I missing? My work on show at State Library of NSW, the launch of one of my enormous illustrated maps, my friends and book industry network of course. In between catching up with old acquaintances, joining SCBWI UK , despairing over this country's politicians and tackling an allotment I've been out with my sketchbook, falling in love all over again with the quirkiness of England. Fear not, I am still making picture books and have three publications out this June. In my small yet bijou Cambridge studio I am drawing the roughs for another non-fiction for Walker Books. Funnily enough, kayaking along our river Cam, under its dense over-reaching willow branches is not unlike the Daintree Rain Forest. Making the tallest tree in the rainforest fit into the landscape spreads of a picture book is my newest best challenge. You wait, we will make it work.

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Step by step layers of @pamelafreemanauthor @walkerbooksaus ‘Dry to Dry’ featuring in the @statelibrarynsw #imagineexhibition #thewonderofpicturebooks with hoards of illustration to chase away the rain @lizanelli @whatleybruce @bronwynbancroft @shauncytan @freyablackwood @stephenmichaelking @maygibbsofficial @leighhobbs1953 @matt.cosgrove @bethanymacdonaldartist @tohbyriddle @dubleffler and many more (at State Library of New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf37mdyItEg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Old Fellow - A picture storybook by Christopher Cheng and Liz Anelli published by Walker Books Australia 

Here’s a trailer to our gentle book about taking walk in the park. How many gift exchanges can you find?

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Happy Book Day 'Old Fellow'

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New Website is HERE

Hello! I’m really glad you’ve come to this page so I can tell you a bit about myself. Please take a look around and enjoy my illustrations f

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Scouts get new shirt

Newcastle Scouts will never be lost again - not with the Newcastle Illustrated Map on their new shirts! I was delighted to be asked to donate my map design. 

Covid meant they have missed out on going to the Australian jamboree this coming January and a lot of big camps this year where they would normally walk away with a couple of cool shirts. District Leader, Anne said she wanted to give them something a bit “scouty” that showed Newcastle a little, but something kind of cool they would would still wear out in public and not just at a Scout event.

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Thinking about the wonderful creativity in children’s artwork. Lockdown has interfered big-time in my picture book research. So trying to be resourceful without travelling anywhere but in my head. You’ll see and hear some of the ways I have been re-imagining ibis birds strutting around Sydney from my Newcastle studio. It goes on for a little while ... if you've got the time! :)  Thanks to all my kid lit friends who help me out.

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My start to Book Week 2021 could not be better! So very happy to receive the CBCA Eve Pownall Award with Pamela Freeman for ‘Dry to Dry-the seasons of Kakadu’

And lovely to be connecting with thousands of students through the State Library NSW from my Newcastle Studio

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Check out this quick video of how I made the Cover Artwork for  CBCA Shortlisted ‘Dry to Dry’, currently on show at Lovett Gallery, Newcastle Library

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So excited to see BOTH Dry to Dry and The Biscuit Maker on the #cbca Notables list. Liz is taking bookings for School Author Visits and always happy to share my secrets on how I make my books

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I am delighted to say ‘The Biscuit Maker’ celebrates its publication day! Written by Sue Lawson and published by Walker Books this is a timely story about community and neighbourliness. Here is my friend’s Burmese cat who posed for me many times and didn't mind being given brown instead of grey fur in the illustrations. Its always good when baking biscuits is part of your research. I also spent much time drawing in my own and nearby streets, recording patterns of fences, hedges and gates. Illustrators love to sneak in extra visual narratives to help the flow and keep you entertained on each page. What else can you spot going on on these spreads? Perhaps you can work out which children are best friends. If you turn to the end papers you will see I show you where each family loves in the street