It should be a spring picture of course – for today was beautiful! But I drew it in bed tonight with the electric blanket on two, in a moment of tired weakness. There’s not much drawing happening at the moment – so I have to use the moments I can scrounge!
Drawn at 10pm in a warm bed. I’m not sure what she’s looking at…
Goodnight 
I’m keeping you on your toes. See what I’m doing here? It’s a Mondoodle but it’s a Sunday and here I am posting it anyway. Shazam!
Drawn in my studio with the sun going down, the sky darkening to deep murky blue with a pen and a little watercolour. I’ve had a lovely day today. The boys have been with their beloved grandparents and I have been drawing and drawing. What absolute bliss.
The weather has been fine, our hearts are light and its time to make merry at the Sister’s Market again. Huzzah for making merry, whatever that is. It sounds good, though, doesn’t it.
So. Tomorrow is the delightful Sister’s Market – from 10am to 4pm at the Brunswick Town Hall on Sydney Road. See you there, peeps
How lovely is this? When I was working on the Moorehawke covers I trialled some colour pieces to go under the drawing. They weren’t used in the end but the A&U editors remembered them and we just used them on this cover together with some beautiful artwork by Ann James. Sometimes my job is a real treat!
Here’s something very exciting coming up!
I have been working with the talented people at the Melbourne Recital Centre who are putting together a beautiful program for the next school holidays. They are putting two picture books to music – my book “The Night Garden” and “The Rainbirds” by David Metzenthen and illustrated by Sally Rippin. The books are being animated on a huge screen, and there will be musicians and a narrator… it will be gorgeous!
Sally and I got to see some of the animation the other day and it is looking brilliant. All hail animator Diana Ward!
And here’s a sneak peek…
One show only!
26 September 2011
It’s a Monday evening on a blustery winter day… So it’s no surprise this girl is so rugged up and obviously feeling a tad belligerent.
I like her for that.
Drawn on Monday 4th July, 2011.
Friday is set to be an exciting day. I’ve been invited to be speak at the 2011 ALEA conference (Australian Literacy Educators’ Association) hosted at ACMI. My focus will be on visual storytelling in the digital world. I’ll take a look at where we are now and what opportunities are presenting themselves as digital media becomes part of the landscape. I’ll also be talking a little about the languages that illustrators use in their work… like colour, design and symbolism. And also the different ways we convey story. There will also, naturally, be a lot of pictures
Tomorrow I’ll be at the Convent, painting and enjoying the ambience. The convent is chockers with ambience… And stalls, and food and nice things. I like nice things
Makers Market
10-4pm inside the main courtyard.
Oh how I’d love to write about all of the drawing I’m doing. I do have one new moleskine image… A boy climbing a big old silver birch… But it’s not ready yet. What a change these boys have wrought! Seven days a week working has dropped to a clawed-back one, the brush and pencil are so absent from my hand. I carry them with me in vain hope! But on Sunday I had my day – began a book, deferred from last year. Completed three pictures and ruled up lots of paper. It’s a start
The title says it all really! In this beautiful winter weather why not take a stroll along Sydney road and join us in the warm Brunswick Town Hall.
This is a great market and I’ll be manning it with pleasure. And my easel!
10 – 4pm
