Monthly Archives: October 2007

up to my ears in sheep and chickens and… hippos?

I’m aaalmost through with drawing chickens and cows and pigs and sheep and dogs… not in my usual repertoire. For the chickens I went and practised drawing real ones at the lovely Ceres which isn’t too far from here. I found a good spot where they clucked beside me most obligingly. I couldn’t see the [...]
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LAUNCH!

You are invited to the launch of The Night Garden Sunday November 11 3 – 5pm at the wonderful Books Illustrated gallery and bookshop @ Gasworks Art Park, 15 Graham St, Albert Park, VIC 3026. ph (03) 9696 0947 The launch is a celebration of this new picture book – with a reading, a demo or something a little extra, accompanied by an exhibition of [...]
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oh you character, you

This has been a fun year for school visits. It’s a fairly normal thing these days for authors and illustrators to go into schools to speak to the kids – especially around Book Week. I’ve been all over Victoria – from Yarrawonga up on the Murray, to Hastings down south. And everywhere I’ve gone I’ve [...]
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