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Kelpies Prize
I’ve tried to write this blog post a few times and it hasn’t gone well. It’s hard to find words for something that I still feel speechless about. Maybe, in true British fashion, I should start with the weather… On … Continue reading
Working hard
This week I have been up to Edinburgh for illustration-related meetings (exciting!) and have also learnt a lot about contrast in design. Now I’m going for a rest.
Posted in Illustration
Tagged autumn, boys, brown, children, contrast, edinburgh, education, Hannah Foley, illustration, kids, orange, picture books, purple, red, seasons, yellow
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Goodbyes
The house is full of boxes. I’m feeling wistful about leaving Scotland. There are many things I will miss but some things I won’t. I won’t miss the wind that inhabits Edinburgh all year round. It stalks the tall streets … Continue reading
Posted in Making changes
Tagged autumn, bungalows, ecology, edinburgh, farewells, generosity, goodbye, graciousness, grey, growing up, illustration, landscape, leaving, light, moving, Norman MacCaig, people, poetry, Return to Scalpay, scotland, Scottishness understatement, space, the Woodland Trust, wind
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Danny, the Champion of the World
The hills that form the southern boundary to Edinburgh are called the Pentlands. On Friday they appeared purple and glamorous, wearing a peplum of rolling fog. Travelling in that direction to visit a friend, and eventually gaining enough height to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged audio book, autumn, car, Champion of the World, Danny, edinburgh, illustration, journey, Pentlands, Roald Dahl, town, urban, winter
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Maple Arts Exhibition
Yesterday airborne seeds smoked and billowed from the downy heads of thistle plants. It always seems to me that, like the mayfly, thistle seeds seasonally pour forth in one of those blink-and-you-miss-it profligate events nature is so good at. Suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged candlemaker row, edinburgh, exhibition, fairies, illustration, maple arts, seeds, summer, thistle
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The Falkirk Wheel
The other day we visited the Falkirk Wheel. For those of you who don’t know (I didn’t before this week), the Wheel is a rotating boat lift (the only one of its kind in the world) opened in 2002 to … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends
Tagged Antonine Wall, archimedes screw, boat ride, canals, Central Scotland, edinburgh, falkirk wheel, ferris wheel, forth and clyde canal, glasgow, Lego, locks, Millenium, Millenium Commission, Thor's hammer, Tony Kettle, union canal
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SCCR Conference
We’ve listened enviously to reports of glorious weather down south. Here we haven’t been able to see the bottom of our garden for the last six days. The whole valley is shrouded in a low mist that descends even more … Continue reading
Map making
This week has been a bumper week for Life Drawing classes so I’ve been shuttling back and forth into Edinburgh. Today Arthur’s Seat was beautifully illuminated by a patch of pale wintery sky visible through the blustery clouds, its chiselled … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Arthur's Seat, east lothian, edinburgh, gilsland park, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, map, North Berwick, wind
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Picture Hooks
Even though it was blowing a gale on Saturday we ventured out to the German Market in Edinburgh. We had promised Little Owl she could go ice skating and this was our last chance to take her to the rink … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged bratwurst, christmas, conference, edinburgh, exhibition, german market, gluhwein, ice skating, illustration, National Gallery, pfeffernusse, picture hooks
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An eventful journey
Having a high old time in London this week, Little Owl and I managed to be completely oblivious to reports of the impending storm that hit Scotland on Wednesday night. Oblivious that was, until we tried to go home on … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends
Tagged cathedral, crafts, Darlington, Doncaster, Durham, edinburgh, journey, King's Cross, london, nativity, Newcastle, scotland, storm, trains, wreath, york
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