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1. Going gaga over my Dummy - Creating a Dummy Book

How cute are Dummy books? I think I have a fetish for them. They come under the category of sketchbooks and for me sketchbooks are like good dark chocolate – YUMMY! I don’t know what it is about them, but if I even get the slightest glimpse of one, I have to have a peek.  I get a super kick from every little creation in them. I have a stack of them and they hold memories, experiences and random

3 Comments on Going gaga over my Dummy - Creating a Dummy Book, last added: 7/29/2011
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2. Sweating over my children's Illustration this week

Illustration for this week's IF themeThis week’s them for Illustration Friday is sweater (we call them jumpers in Australia). I took the easy road and did a literal illustration with this one. I was going to be clever but as my sketches for the last 2 week’s themes (surrender and reverse) did not make it out of my sketchbook and onto my blog in time I thought I better just get painting. I will

2 Comments on Sweating over my children's Illustration this week, last added: 2/16/2011
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3. Painting Commission, Competitions & the Business of Illustration

CommissionAlthough the past few weeks have flown by I have been far from idle. I completed a 16x32” oil painting landscape. I was commissioned to paint a client’s property with Mt Macedon in the distance, some of their house, his wife, himself, two children, 3 horses, a cat and a favourite tree. The painting had a very tight time-line and involved using the client’s photos and a 2 hour trip to

2 Comments on Painting Commission, Competitions & the Business of Illustration, last added: 9/19/2009
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