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All articles filed in Illustration

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

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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Illustration SketchesTuesday 16 February 2021Tuesday 16 February 2021

I finally kicked him out

My Space I know how lucky I am to have an office to myself. It’s an outrageous luxury, but like all luxuries sometimes you have to learn to share. D started working at home last March and moved into my office. It was an interesting experiment but yesterday we finally found an acceptable place for…

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Art Illustration SketchesWednesday 10 February 2021Wednesday 10 February 2021

Love a challenge!

Another 100 days Once or twice a year I take on a ludicrous but entertaining art challenge. It’s always an interesting journey. I’ve had some that have failed miserably because I just wasn’t in the right space or at all organised. Others have been an adventure. In 2013 I created pop-up sketchbook diary for The…

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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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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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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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  • Artists Prints
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    • Christmas
  • Note Books
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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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