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All articles filed in Children’s Books

Children’s books, illustration and publishing.

Children's Books IllustrationSaturday 20 March 2021Saturday 20 March 2021

Dont Stop

Illustrator Karen Erasmus discusses the slow and sometimes difficult process of developing a creative career.

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Children's Books IllustrationWednesday 3 February 2021Wednesday 3 February 2021

Inspiring Surroundings

New Project…time for a break The start of every creative project is an idea and a brief. And it’s always nice to receive those from a publisher and get the contract signed. But after that comes the best bit. The faze of gathering more ideas and inspiration and letting it all sink in. It can…

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Children's Books Favourite Illustrators IllustrationTuesday 19 January 2021Tuesday 19 January 2021

Celebrating Illustrators and Colour

Many years ago I listened to Shaun Tan speaking to a small group of illustration students about how he uses colour. He showed us one of his pictures where he’d deliberately chosen a green colour for the sky. He explained that it was used by many painters and helped evoke a surreal, dreamlike effect. It…

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Children's Books IllustrationSunday 11 October 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Famous Story Reading

I’m a bit excited about this! A famous person reading a book I illustrated, and getting dressed up for the occasion.

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Children's Books IllustrationWednesday 30 September 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Reading to Children

I can honestly say that some of my favourite memories of my children being small are the times when we sat down to read a book together, or two or three. Most nights I had to put a cap on it at three or four in case I fell asleep whilst reading to them. Our…

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Children's Books Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 3 June 2020Thursday 4 June 2020

Black illustration

A blog post celebrating black illustrators and designers

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Children's Books IllustrationSaturday 25 April 2020Saturday 25 April 2020

My first story reading

At last! I was brave enough to get in front of the camera and do a story reading. And it turned out to be the best fun and much easier than I thought, so I’ll do it again. It helps that I have three teenagers who are really great at directing and editing. Directing usually…

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Art Children's Books Illustration SketchesSaturday 11 April 2020Saturday 11 April 2020

Happy Easter

Stay home, stay safe This time next year With any luck I’ll be able to look at this picture and remember this crazy time as a distant memory. A time when life was really odd but it’s ok again now. It’s not really looking likely at this stage though. But it is Easter! There’s chocolate…

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Children's Books Surface Pattern DesignFriday 20 March 2020Friday 20 March 2020

Flying Elephants from the Past

Many years ago when my parents lived in Australia (and the world wasn’t completely fxxxed…sorry, I’m trying to stay positive!) my daughter drew this marvellous elephant. Mum loved it so much she had it stuck on her laundry wall for ages. I managed to take a photo before it faded and the other day it…

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Children's Books IllustrationSaturday 7 December 2019Saturday 7 December 2019

Walls That Talk

My illustrations on the outside of a public building! Back in August The Maitland Library in New South Wales approached me to ask if they could use the illustrations from one of my books for their Christmas exhibition ‘Walls That Talk’. So I was delighted when I checked out their website and saw that they…

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About

A picture of Karen Erasmus and her dog Doug
Hello! Thank you for visiting my website, I hope you enjoy exploring all the images. I am an illustrator. I have enjoyed illustrating books and patterns for many years. I am always on the look out for people and businesses to work with, and I would love to discuss your creative ideas with you. Please click on the picture to find out more.

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Blog

  • Dont Stop Saturday 20 March 2021
  • I finally kicked him out Tuesday 16 February 2021
  • Love a challenge! Wednesday 10 February 2021
  • Inspiring Surroundings Wednesday 3 February 2021
  • Celebrating Illustrators and Colour Tuesday 19 January 2021
  • Colour and Illustration Wednesday 13 January 2021
  • It’s all new Friday 8 January 2021
  • List, plan, muddle…Christmas Monday 21 December 2020
  • Well here it is… Thursday 17 December 2020
  • Christmas Again! Thursday 12 November 2020

Cart

About

A picture of Karen Erasmus and her dog Doug
Hello! Thank you for visiting my website, I hope you enjoy exploring all the images. I am an illustrator. I have enjoyed illustrating books and patterns for many years. I am always on the look out for people and businesses to work with, and I would love to discuss your creative ideas with you. Please click on the picture to find out more.

Product categories

  • Artists Prints
  • Greetings Cards
    • Christmas
  • Note Books
  • Packs of cards
  • Tea-towels
  • Uncategorized

Blog

  • Dont Stop Saturday 20 March 2021
  • I finally kicked him out Tuesday 16 February 2021
  • Love a challenge! Wednesday 10 February 2021
  • Inspiring Surroundings Wednesday 3 February 2021
  • Celebrating Illustrators and Colour Tuesday 19 January 2021
  • Colour and Illustration Wednesday 13 January 2021
  • It’s all new Friday 8 January 2021
  • List, plan, muddle…Christmas Monday 21 December 2020
  • Well here it is… Thursday 17 December 2020
  • Christmas Again! Thursday 12 November 2020

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