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Swimming with ink
I love books. I love altered books. I love black ink.
It was only a matter of time…
Watching my boys’ swimming lessons last week
I drew in an old book with a pen
And later I added my beloved ink
I think I could enjoy doing a lot of this. And I haven’t yet included another secret love of mine… collage…
Story Box Library
There are 15 Days to go until the Crowd-funding deadline for The Story Box Library is up. If they don’t reach their target, they don’t receive any funding at all.
If you love children’s books, you might like to check out their site and their Pozible funding page. At the moment there are some gorgeous Australian book illustrations (prints and originals) up for grabs as rewards for those who pledge towards the project, but you also get a subscription to the site with your pledge. The site will be a great resource for parents and teachers. (Check out the videos while you are there.)
Here’s what I just bought!
There are cheaper options than this and it also goes up. Something for everyone.
And this is my reward!
Oh my!!
Come on, get on board.
Donkeys can’t fly on planes
South Sudanese children tell their stories of survival
Click the invitation to go to KidsOwnPublishing web site to read more
This is an invitation to attend the launch of the publication Donkeys Can’t Fly on Planes. These powerful stories were written by students from refugee backgrounds at Latrobe English language centre and Traralgon (Liddiard Road) Primary School. A wonderful community collaboration.
Date: Tuesday August 20, 2013
Time: 6pm
Venue: Art Play, Birrarung Marr Park, Melbourne
I produced this image of a Sudanese family for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development last year, as part of a frieze to promote reading to children in the early years.
Oliver and the Seawigs
New book by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre – watch the video here
Find out more about the creators here and here and here.
Admire Sarah’s excellent poster below! Click on it for a link to her post about the lobby for school libraries.
This poster was used for a mass lobby of parliament for school libraries in the UK.
Oliver and the Seawigs. This is a lively and appealing video promo. So effective that I immediately went and pre-ordered my copy of the book. Well… alright, I admit I was an easy target. But nevertheless I think video skills are a probably a good thing to develop to promote books these days.
Here’s one place you can learn how… I’m not sure yet. But I might… Video Idiot Boot Camp
Drawing from the imagination
Drawing without the use of a life model or reference material can lead to some surprising results. He he. Who knew Mum had two left feet? (Size 11 by the looks)
Immortalised on line before Eraser Surgery.
Alice gets in on the action – sneak peek at one corner of spread 22-23
Funny how when you draw something upside down, your eye can lose its usual sense of proportion. This is the last in a series of head-stand sketches for Thunderstorm Dancing. In some of the earlier sketches, when I turned the picture the other way up after drawing, (so that the child was seen with with head upwards) I was amused to find that her head was enooooormously too large, and sometimes her body was extremely shortened.
However, I didn’t try drawing this picture the other way up. I felt the only way to get the right balance, weight and feeling was to draw her as she is to be seen on the page.
Study: Reading novels makes us better thinkers – Salon.com
Study: Reading novels makes us better thinkers – Salon.com.
This is cheery news, but I did think it amusing that the author uses the word ‘anecdotes’ where he presumably means ‘antidotes’.
Read on readers!
The Prettiest Publications of the Past on AbeBooks
The Prettiest Publications of the Past on AbeBooks.
In case you want something to drool over while you are drinking your morning cup of tea, check out the AbeBooks e-newsletter for this week at the link above.
By the way, a couple of weeks ago I wouldn’t have known what this book was. Now, I know a little about Charles Lamb whose life was an interesting one, because I have read Anne Fadiman’s book ‘At Large And At Small: Confessions of a Literary Hedonist’. I’m so glad I did! It is a really wonderful read.
If you crave more delicious book covers after you’ve drooled over that lot, make another cup of tea and go over here.
And if you’re still thirsty, here is something more contemporary and bright. You should be properly awake after that:-)
Have a great day!
Judy Watson 