Hellooo!
We had a lovely break from routine, did some travelling and are now back in Montreal. Here are a few pictures of our travels:
We never get tired of this view:
Edinburgh castle
The old swimming baths that I used to go to has been turned into a wonderful tapestry studio called Dovecot Studios. While we were there, we were lucky enough to catch the John Burningham exhibition that was on:
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
We took a very wet but lovely trip to the botanics:
Wildflowers, Edinburgh Botanics
On our way to see some friends in Orkney, we stopped off at Dornoch:
Dornoch beach
Stromness is so pretty:
Stromness, Orkney
Skimming stones in Stromness
Ewan's Rock balancing, Stromness
View on our cliff walk
Old man of Hoy
But he main reason for our trip was because my sister was getting married:
The happy couple
My beautiful sister and my lovely nieces
It was an absolutely wonderful day and we were so glad that we got to share it with them. We did lots of fun family stuff together and also had plenty of time to sit around and relax.
Consequently, I haven't touched any art materials in weeks, which was needed I think. But now, I am itching to get started again but also a little nervous to begin. I am experiencing a little bit of illustration stage fright if there is such a condition :) I thought I might start with buying a new sketchbook, try a bit of doodling and see where it takes me....
Almost forgot to mention that some copies of the latest book that I illustrated recently arrived:Why oh Why does Baby cry? Published by Random House.
It has tabs to pull and flaps to open:
Flap closed
Flap open
See you soon folks!
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By: Susan Mitchell,
on 8/5/2009
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How wonderful! Many congratulations to your sister.
I was married in Edinburgh not far from the Castle so I have very fond memories of my visit there!
Cute book too!
Oh so glad you had a lovely time.
Your sister looks wonderful,love the dress.....I hope there's pictures of you somewhere :)
We have to get together soon.....I still have a present sitting here !!
oh how precious your blogsite is. I love the illustrations. I found you from the Shelfari site. I will most likely buy something from you. You have inspired me greatly.
So wonderful! I have always wanted to do a book like that! Was it hard?
Congratulations to both you and your sister.
I loved seeing your sister and her new husband. They are so picture perfect!