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Singing trains
Last week was a busy one. My trip to Edinburgh was great. It was beautiful weather up there: clear and crisp, and slanting low light around every corner. I visited my publisherβs office and met my editor properly for the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Making changes
Tagged author event, book signing, Christmas lights, coffee, dystopia, edinburgh, edinburgh college of art, editorial meeting, Exeter Literary festival, illustration, lemon biscuits, Lucy Hounsom, Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson, Philip Reeve, Railhead, Sarah McIntyre, science fiction, singing trains, utopia, Waterstones Exeter, writing, YA fiction
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ECA Degree Show 2015
I’m just back from a fleeting visit to Edinburgh for a meeting and while I was there I popped in to the degree show at the college of art. This year’s illustration graduates are a talented bunch and there was … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Ailsa Johnson, Andrea Popyordanova, book covers, ceramics, children's books, eca, edinburgh college of art, illustration, Macmillan Prize, picture books, Rachel Cocker, Sophie Powell-Hall
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Picture Hooks Conference 2014
This weekend I went along to a conference about childrenβs picture books, called Picture Hooks. You might remember that I went to their inaugural conference a couple of years ago (read about it here). It was held at Edinburgh College … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged agents, artful doodlers, ashley mccracken, bloomsbury, children, chrissie boehm, edinburgh college of art, illustration, Jonathan Gibbs, lindsey fraser, lucy jukes, mark herald, picture books, picture hooks conference, simon lewin, sugar snap studios, val brathwaite
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Roxburghe Art Competition
I very nearly entered an art competition recently. I know! I said I never would again, but this one was very tempting. It was a lovely brief: “Budding artists of all ages are being invited to illustrate a subject of … Continue reading
D&AD set up
This morning I got up bright and early to travel across London to set up the D&AD show at Spitalfields Market. I thought it was highly amusing that I was travelling on the Tube carrying a cardboard tube. My comic … Continue reading
Haring along
In the late part of this afternoon, on our way home from visiting friends, Little Owl and I encountered a hare on the road. He bounded out of an open gateway in the hedgerow before turning to gallop along beside … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged afternoon, dad, edinburgh college of art, evening stroll, hare, hedgerow, illustration, london, New Blood
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That’s all folks
Yesterday we dismantled the degree show at college. It came down a lot quicker than it went up. As a last little reminder I’ve put up a picture from my fellow illustrator, Maisie Shearing’s stand. This is a beautiful model … Continue reading
Rituals and results
I love the rituals of warm summer evenings. In the garden I visit all my little plants with the watering can, taking my time to congratulate myself on a new leaf or occasionally console myself over a loss. Green shoots … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged beetroot, chard, degree show, eca, edinburgh college of art, germination, green shoots, Jewellery, lamb, monty, Product Design, results, spinach, summer evenings, swallows, watering
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Done
At four o’clock yesterday afternoon we were asked to leave the illustration studio and the door was locked behind us. We all stood in the corridor like a load of sheep not knowing what to do with ourselves. Then from … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged cheering, degree show, Degree show 2013, done, eca, edinburgh, edinburgh college of art, final year students, finished, illustration, last day
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Day 2…
There were tears today…lots and lots of tears from lots of tired final year students. Come on everyone – we can do it!
Posted in Illustration
Tagged day 2, degree show, eca, edinburgh college of art, final year, illustration, students
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