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Tag: teachers & librarians
This is how to draw something AWESOME – easy!
Have you noticed the flood of attractive patterned doodling popping up everywhere? It has been branded as tangles or zentangles. I guess in some places that is a better term than …well…doodle. Doodle here means…well…a boy’s thingy..you know. I bet most of you have at one time or another doodled on a scrap piece of…
Make these easy teddy cakes from my book.
In my new picture book I illustrated some teddy cakes that the character Nonna makes with Celia. I decided to recreate them in real life. I took a batch to Ivanhoe library where they were quickly gobbled up. I was told they were delicious – I should have made more! I am sharing the instructions…
Puppets and storytelling during Book Week
My goodness, life as a children’s author and illustrator is a busy one – but incredibly fun! We are in the throws of book week (which goes for more than a week) where I have been visiting children in different parts of the state. Storytelling and creative education has to be the best job in…
Literacy, books, child development and behaviour.
After a full day of lectures and workshops last week I reflected on the clear message throughout; literacy begins before school – the earlier the better! Growing your child’s brain and helping them to learn Listening to Barbie Bates (Paediatric Occupational Therapist) I learned about the brain activity of a baby and how early we…
What illustration style is in demand today?
When creating a portfolio two question often asked are: What style do I develop? Should I have more than one? If I build, will they come? Working as an illustrator, I see the big variation of style preference. I think this makes art so wonderful. I mean, think about the variety we have because we…