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2 markets

By elise | Published: October 2, 2009

There are two lovely markets this weekend. I’ll have my prints, cards, books and of course I’ll be painting… not sure what yet… Perhaps I’ll finish off the dog-city picture. Come and say hi! Sister’s Market 10-4pm Brunswick Town Hall on Sydney Rd (Don’t be put off by the scaffolding outside!) Sunday Market at the [...]

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more workshops

By elise | Published: October 2, 2009

How brilliant are these artists? I taught a cat-drawing workshop at the East Melbourne Library yesterday – we had so much fun. Here are some of the wonderful creations by the kids, a great group of 12, playing with watercolour and pencils. Have a look at these beauties! Hey kids – If I’ve missed putting [...]

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Memories

By elise | Published: September 29, 2009

I really envy people their good memories. I don’t have one. I have a terrible one really. And I think I’ve lost so much of my childhood which, being a children’s writer, it would be really good to access! We were talking about memories on the weekend during the session on Grand Final day. One [...]

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New page – look right…

By elise | Published: September 24, 2009

Hello teachers, parents and kids. There’s a new page here (top right) called SCHOOL THINGS. It has colouring-in sheets, a word jumble, the sheet of images of “Strange” the cat from The Night Garden, and a rogue’s gallery of some of the pictures I’ve created when visiting schools – as directed by the kids in [...]

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Free downloads… new stuff

By elise | Published: September 22, 2009

The downloads page on my website is updated now. So, all the links should be working for you to get the colouring-in sheets and The Night Garden word jumble (there’s an answer sheet too). And there’s a new thing… I know how hard it is to draw a character over and over again in the [...]

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studio time

By elise | Published: September 20, 2009

Oh I’ve had the best week. My wonderful friend Anne Spudvilas has let me borrow her studio for a few weeks. As many of you would know I’ve been slowly accumulating work for my first solo exhibition, mainly painting at the markets and whenever I can grab a spare hour. Which isn’t very often. Some [...]

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Chatty fun & 60 launches!

By elise | Published: September 15, 2009

Well that was fun I just finished chatting to schools in the online festival. It’s wonderful to get to talk to the kids directly like that. I wish it had been longer! One of the cool questions was if I had made Sally a boy, would that have changed the design? Very good question. I’d [...]

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Iceberg!

By elise | Published: September 12, 2009

My head’s still in Ipswich… I realise that I didn’t explain anything about the festival It is a huge event. It runs for a full week with programs for primary school kids during the week days and some further sessions for adults on the weekend. The most startling fact about the festival is that it [...]

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Online Festival next week!

By elise | Published: September 11, 2009

Hey guys, I’m going to be doing an online chat for an Online Literature Festival next Tuesday 15th September at 1.30pm (EST). It’s all about making characters and is officially geared at Lower Primary. Schools may well still be able to join in and I’d love to chat and share ideas for coming up with [...]

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Festival: children, characters and cows

By elise | Published: September 10, 2009

How funny. One moment I was walking through sunny fields of cows on the way to the pub after a long day of teaching… and the next – I’m back at my computer in chilly Melbourne. On Sunday 30th August I headed up to Brisbane with a group of Melbournians, collected Sydneysiders, Perthites and Adeladians [...]

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