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One Word One Day event

By elise | Published: March 19, 2013

Here’s a great thing. Tomorrow I’m going to hang out in the ABC Studio at Southbank drawing for charity. With a gang of fellow illustrators we’ll be drawing/painting/creating on the theme of HAIRY and the results will be auctioned off for charity (Indigenous Literacy Foundation). It will be FUN!!! For more info have a look [...]

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Mondoodle

By elise | Published: March 11, 2013

There are no words for my relief and joy tonight! I have finished my book. For the last 6 weeks I have worked till 2am (on average ) to get it done and used every moment I reasonably could. I feel like I did 4 months work in one. It’s been crazy. And in the [...]

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Sneak peek

By elise | Published: February 16, 2013

Here’s what I’ve been working on for the last few months. This is just a little bit of work in progress of my new book which I’m doing in my Moleskines style. It’s intense work and they are pretty big pictures. The book is set in a city full if surreal and cool stuff.

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CD cover

By elise | Published: July 31, 2012

I wanted to share something exciting that have happened in the last week. And it isn’t just that I went out. At night, after the kids were asleep. To a cd launch. (I’m still surprised.) It was the launch of Claire Patti‘s cd at The Boîte (in North Fitzroy) on Saturday night. I first met [...]

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What’s up?

By elise | Published: April 25, 2012

Well a number of things… I’m hard at work finishing off my preparation for a couple of workshops at the ALEA conference in Hobart this weekend. I’ll be talking about the idea of picture books that are designed to have multiple meanings – that is, the text and illustrations leave spaces for the reader to [...]

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Koko Black drawing prize winners!

By elise | Published: April 1, 2012

Last Thursday night was the announcement of the drawing prize winners at a party held in the Royal Arcade. We had a great turn out of finalists, many from interstate, who came with family and friends to meet the other artists and find out the results. I had the great pleasure to announce the Junior [...]

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An interview, forsooth

By elise | Published: February 24, 2012

Jodi Wiley has been running a blog for a while but this year she’s stepped it up with a post a day. Yep she’s crazy. She’s filling it with all sorts of creatively inspirational things. It’s well worth checking out! And she did me the honour of interviewing me… you can check out the post [...]

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Get your pencils out!

By elise | Published: January 24, 2012

Yes, it’s that time of year again when you feel strangely compelled to go to the Koko Black website and download the template for the 2012 Koko Black Drawing Prize… and get drawing! They’re calling for submissions now and they won’t be satisfied until they have your wondrous creation before them. This year, artists are [...]

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Awards night

By elise | Published: November 28, 2011

Saturday night was the gala awards night for the Young Australian Art Awards, and it was wonderful. Forget that these are kids – these are brilliant artists and writers from around Australia who were properly acknowledged for their talent. Which is a big deal for anyone! It was upstairs at the RACV club in the [...]

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You’ve always thought about it…

By elise | Published: September 29, 2011

Writing for children with Elise Hurst 11 October 2011 Whether you have a story you have already written or if you are just considering writing for children, this session will be full of practical advice. Elise will talk about the process of crafting your work right through to presenting it to a publisher. 7.00pm – [...]

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