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The world of illustration for children’s books, products and surface pattern design.

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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Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 13 January 2021Wednesday 13 January 2021

Colour and Illustration

Colour – it’s a massive subject. Something that is incredibly beautiful and fundamental to art and illustration. Yet if you start getting into studying it formally, it can get very overwhelming. Complementary colours aren’t colours that sit well together, they’re colours that make each other stand out. Like red and green. Already it’s confusing! From…

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Illustration Surface Pattern Design TeachingFriday 8 January 2021Friday 8 January 2021

It’s all new

New Year The start of a new year immediately makes you look at the past one. It’s not very pretty this year though is it? Personally it was ok for us. Australia hasn’t been hard it by Covid 19 like other countries. But then we were in lockdown for what seemed like an eternity, so…

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IllustrationMonday 21 December 2020Monday 21 December 2020

List, plan, muddle…Christmas

Four days left before Christmas! I’m a ridiculous list maker at the best of time but it can get out of hand at this time of the year. We haven’t got any house guests this year, and although we’re allowed to mix with others here we’re keeping it low-key. The news from the UK, where…

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Illustration TeachingThursday 17 December 2020Friday 8 January 2021

Well here it is…

Happy Holidays From where I’m sitting on the south coast of Australia, I’m very aware of how incredibly fortunate I am. After many months of severe lockdown – no schools, shops or public places open apart from the grocery stores – we no longer have active cases of Covid19 in the community here. It’s pretty…

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IllustrationThursday 12 November 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Christmas Again!

Karen Erasmus discusses Christmas and the end of that year.

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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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IllustrationSaturday 10 October 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Play the Game

After going to all the effort of learning your craft and creating work marketing and showing your work can be difficult. But with some guidance it starts to feel more like a game.

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Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 7 October 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Mock-up Love

I love creating mock-ups for patterns and prints. Here are some pointers on how to start creating mock-ups

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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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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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