sail

sail
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for this weeks illo friday... ernest in a boat

10 years ago

Sifting through my favourite melb crafty blogs I came across this awesome concept... 10 frames to tell what you were doing 10 years ago in 1998. I was thirteen then... so long ago!

nordic

we had a lovely talk in our writing for children class this week on the amazing Swedish-Finn children's writer and illustrator Tove Jansson. I hadn't heard of Jansson's work before, but this week has involved a veritable binge on her 'Moomins' series written during the 50s. Her paintings are exquisite, classic, block coloured works with a unashamedly nordic feel.

The Girl Who Lived in a Suitcase

This is the image which has inspired my Prof Writing and Editing homework piece... suprisingly called 'The Girl Who Lived In a Suitcase'!

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