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Blog: ShinKim.net (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Blog: Bit by Bit (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I've been working hard this week on some of the many changes that are going on behind the scenes in my life. But managed to take time off to play with the watercolours and marker pens. Painted a Tree of Hearts - no idea where that came from but enjoyed myself in the process - and then began work on some sketches for MATS Bootcamp, an exploration of jelly!
Am not sure where the tropical fruit jellos, or cupcakes or mice came from but I had fun with them. I'm trying to capture that gorgeous translucent gloss of the jelly and I may have to continue with watercolour now and see how that develops.
I'll leave you with an oldie tune, let me know if you remember it!
Jelly on the plate, jelly on the plate, wibble wobble, wibble wobble, Jelly on the plate.
WIshing you a day full of inspiration. Cheers.
Blog: the enchanted easel (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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PRINTS AVAILABLE HERE:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/80471321/a-little-helper-reproduction
Blog: Ellis Nadler's Sketchbook (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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The Tomato Witch bombs the Bishop and Pinocchio at sea at midnight.
ZenBrush on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Blog: Ellis Nadler's Sketchbook (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Two more variants of Dream no.1 from the forthcoming Almussafes book of Spanish children's dreams.
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Blog: Ellis Nadler's Sketchbook (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I'm continuing my testing of the Ukiyo-e app on iPad as a proofing device prior to cutting actual wood blocks. The image is yet another Tomato Witch for the Almussafes series of Spanish children's dreams as collected by Roger Omar.
Ukiyo-e on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Blog: Ellis Nadler's Sketchbook (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Another take on the evil tomato witch for the Almussafes Book of Children's Dreams.
Gouache A3 size. Click to enlarge.
Blog: Secret Seed Society (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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We’re all familiar with the benefits of eating a healthy diet, but it seems the importance of eating seasonably is less well-known. Those who already grow their own will agree when I say that fruit and veg are at their best when freshly picked. But there’s more to eating seasonably than this.
For a helping hand click on the images below to see when different fruit and veg are in season:
Secret Seed Society, child-friendly recipes and tips for growing and cooking with kids for a healthier, happier future.
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Finally, I have understood the prune.
Pen and ink 7cm x 8cm. Click to enlarge.
Blog: Ellis Nadler's Sketchbook (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I couldn't stop the death gooseberry ranting.
Pen and wash 15cm x 12cm. Click to enlarge.
Blog: Bit by Bit (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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A quick watercolour pencil sketch. It's not easy knowing when to stop, especially as I'm used to the more detailed and layered coloured pencil work! The result isn't exactly as I'd envisioned it, but I'll keep playing. Is there a fine line between stubborness and determination? Cheers!
Blog: Emily Smith Pearce (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I made a pitcher of this the other day when I was craving something cool and sweet. Yes, we’ve had actual summery weather recently, which has been so much fun. We had a bunch of peaches that were about to go bad and a freezer drawer full of strawberries from our berry-picking earlier in the summer.
Though I’d had them at Mexican restaurants, I’d never made agua frescas before. I don’t know why not. It’s really simple—just some fruit and water blended together, with maybe a little sugar.
There are plenty of recipes floating around the web, but I decided a recipe was really more hassle than I needed. I just let the strawberries (between 1 and 2 cups?) soften a little bit, dumped them in the blender with the sliced and peeled peaches (2 cups?), added a little water (maybe a cup?) and blended. I added a teaspoon or two of sugar for the blenderfull, but you’d want to tweak that according to taste and to how sweet the fruit is.
I love smoothies but I found this more refreshing, more of a thirst-quencher. The kids preferred a bit less water for a thick slushy to eat with a spoon.
Cooked anything good lately? Do share.
Have a great weekend!
Blog: the enchanted easel (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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here is the finished illustration for the november 2011 issue of SFC magazine http://www.storiesforchildrenmagazine.com. AND it's 5 days BEFORE deadline! yay me!
to sum up the story entitled " a little helper", it's about a little boy named tanner who wants so desperately to help out his mama. he figures he might not be tall enough to reach that rye bread or those bananas, but boy is he ever going to take a shot at those yummy oranges...since they are on her shopping list. oops...;)
i'll post the link for the issue as soon as it is available!
next up....an awesome contest i discovered on a wonderful website entitled they draw and cook http://www.theydrawandcook.com/. i can't tell you how long i have been aching to pump out a recipe/illustration for these guys. super excited. have my idea all ready to go...just need to sketch it out!:)
Blog: Emily Smith Pearce (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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When berry picking last weekend, our eyes were bigger than our stomachs. With our overstock of berries, I decided to make strawberry jam for the first time.
One problem. They don’t sell pectin by itself here in German grocery stores. It comes mixed with sugar, so none of my American cookbooks would help me much.
Another problem. The recipes on the back of the sugar/ pectin packages required a metric scale, which I didn’t feel like buying. Problem #3 since the pectin and sugar are mixed together in a proportion I couldn’t decipher, I couldn’t very well figure out how to control the sweetness factor, which is a big thing for me. Too much sugar drowns the flavor, I think.
And finally, I have no canner or Mason jars, no space to store them, and even if I did, they don’t sell them here. Or so I’ve heard.
So, I decided to wing it with my own made up version of freezer jam, tasting and hoping it would all turn out.
Luckily it seems to have worked. Sorry I can’t share a recipe, since I didn’t measure anything. It involved berries, sugar/pectin, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
In other news, I did a double-take when I encountered this under my computer desk:
Aaagh! Then I realized it was just a scrap from a current sewing project. It’s almost like I did it on purpose, right?
Tomorrow the European chapter of the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) is doing a cool bloggy thing. Members across Europe (including me) have signed up here, where we’ll be sharing sketches and scribbles all day. It’s called the Summer Solstice Scrawl Crawl. Check it out.
Also, check out this totally simple but genius craft (below) at Holly Ramer’s stitch/craft. Perfect for keeping the kids entertained while traveling this summer. Why didn’t I think of this?
Blog: Ellis Nadler's Sketchbook (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Four more sketches for the latest card game.
Pen and ink with watercolour, 11cm x 5cm each.Click to enlarge.
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I'm starting to branch out a bit,
Pencil and watercolour 11cm x 21cm. Click to enlarge.
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Blog: Bit by Bit (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I'm posting all 3 variations here. Wasn't sure if I was going to post this first watercoour attempt at all, but fortunately I'm no longer as easily embarrassed by my mistakes as I was when, er, younger. It's my first attempt at watercolour in ages and I've only ever 'wet the brush' before, so please forgive the utter awkwardness of the piece. I did have tons of fun playing with the paints. It's just obvious that I need a LOT more practice!
Not one to give up easily on anything, I decided to get the watercolour pencils out and see if I could "fix" the above painting. Here's the result:
Love the vibrancy of the pencil colours! I may use these more often, they just zing off the page and they went on smoothly over the paint. It took longer to finish than I'd anticipated, but then isn't that true of anything worthwhile? It is far less detailed than it would have been had I started off with pencils, and is more a stylized version, but I'm not unhappy with the result.
I then placed it into photoshop, separated the tomatoes from the background to prepare them for uploading onto products at my stores, and then placed them back onto the digitally 'repainted' background once I'd cleaned them up a bit. Here's the result just so you can play "Spot the differences". You shouldn't really be able to spot them immediately, as the intention is to keep the cleaned up piece as close to the original as possible.
How did I do? Well, I'm definitely going to keep painting. Might try acrylics next but perhaps I'll find a less ambitious subject for my first piece. Cheers.
Blog: Ellis Nadler's Sketchbook (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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You can see Bonny Prince Charlie's porringer here.
Pen and ink with watercolour. 25cm x 16cm. Click to enlarge.
Blog: Kris Bordessa (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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One of the quirky, fun things about Hawai‘i is its abundance of roadside fruit stands. These stands offer a variety of fruits in season, like mango, liliko‘i (passion fruit), papaya, avocado, and more. Just about all of the island roadside stands have one thing in common: the honor system. Customers are invited to take the fruit they like, so long as they deposit the correct amount of cash in the box or can left explicitly for that purpose. Here’s a recently discovered roadside stand. They only have avocado, but it is tasty avocado!
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I'm celebrating the launch of my new publication Landfill Magazine; it's the perfect antidote to Kate Bingaman-Burt's Obsessive Consumption. On the cover of issue no.1 is a stone from a Waitrose brand Sicilian "Paternelo" olive.
This pic available as cards, prints etc. here.
Pen and ink with watercolour 9cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.
Blog: Bit by Bit (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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It's been gorgeous spring weather the last few days, perfect for drawing luscious strawberries while the sun streams in through the windows. Work has been slow .. I keep taking time off to wander around in the garden, pottering about with plants, or just taking pleasure in being outdoors.
I don't normally post photos here, but thought I'd show off a couple of my front garden for a change:
If anyone has any idea of what the tree full of pink blossoms is please let me know ...
On a final happy note, I received a Today's Best Award for the following letterhead from zazzle! Cheers :)
Strawberries Falling cards & gifts at Floating Lemons at Zazzle
Blog: Bit by Bit (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I have some lovely friends visiting at the moment, and it looks as though more are coming and I'll be kept occupied till the end of the month, so I've been squeezing in rapid drawings whenever possible. This started off as a simple doodle. Scanned it and played around a bit in photoshop and the above design was the result.
And below is another text design, also quick and fun to play with :) Now, if the weather would only decide to cooperate and spring settle in as it should, I'd truly enjoy the rest of the month and the good company that's accompanying it. Cheers!
Simple Flowers cards & gifts at Floating Lemons at Zazzle
Get Well Soon cards & gifts at Floating Lemons Typography at Zazzle
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Mutual sketchfest with the Frog at Sharon's cafe. He sports the dreadful lapels.
Sepia wash 24cm x 24cm. Click to enlarge.
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Wow...nice! I'm off to try the app.