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Moira Carter
- Jan 3, 2021
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Serizawa Keisuki
Superbly drawn and full of dynamic movement, this is just fantastic! Kimono shaped comforter, Edo period, 19th century, indigo dyeing,...
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Moira Carter
- Aug 2, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Hendrik Kersten
I'm sitting in my work room listening to Lark ascending - Vaughan Williams at his most sublime - and looking for inspiring images of...
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Moira Carter
- Jul 12, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring artist of the day – Ghika & Craxton
So picking up the theme of inspiring artists – I still have quite a few to add to my vast and ever growing list – here are two I knew...
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Moira Carter
- Mar 11, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring artist of the day - Julius Bissier
Such economy of line and distillation of form - pure genius! To find out more about the man and to see more of his work click on Julius...
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Moira Carter
- Mar 7, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring artist of the day - Euan Uglow
Most of you know I love to draw, and a fair few of you know I love pattern, and there are even a few of you know that I love to draw the...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 28, 2018
- 1 min
Elephant on Holiday!
The brief was to create an animal for a small child's T shirt. My first idea was a giraffe saying Hi! and the second was an elephant in a...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 18, 2018
- 1 min
The Sketchbook Project 2018
Part of a Global Interactive Art Library which contains over 36,000 sketchbooks, from more than 100 countries, within the walls of the...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 15, 2018
- 1 min
How to illustrate a children's book : Part 3
Week four: The next decision was which part of the book I should illustrate, and I did these rough sketches of a scene where Eleanor...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 9, 2018
- 1 min
How to illustrate a children's book : Part 2
Weeks two and three I drew Eleanor some more and got to know her and how she would look when she laughed, smiled, cried or when she was...
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Moira Carter
- Jan 2, 2018
- 1 min
How to illustrate a children's book : Part 1
It seems ages since I told you all I was taking an online course with Make Art That Sells in Children's book Illustration, it was in...
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Moira Carter
- Dec 30, 2017
- 1 min
A gift for Christmas!
I'm picking out one present from my annual stash for special mention: 'The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970'. A very much appreciated...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 18, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Cliff Roberts
Cliff Roberts was an animator for Sesame Street, The Smurfs, and The Pink Panther! He also published comics in The New Yorker and in...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 13, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Werner Klemke
I have to admit I know exceeding little about Werner Klemke which is a shame - and the internet tells me very little more but here are...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 12, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Miche Wynants
I came across her work on the internet and adored at first sight... Stunning characters, texture and pattern ...definitely one for the...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 10, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Jim Flora
'The Day the Cow sneezed'... I wish I'd had a copy of this when I was a child! Enough said... off to amazon to see if it's still...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 5, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Мирко Hanák
Another illustrator whose work I have come across on the internet but know very little about. Czech Artist and Illustrator Мирко Hanák...
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Moira Carter
- Oct 2, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Jiří Trnka
My favourite book as a child was - Han's Anderson's fairy tales illustrated by Jiří Trnka. It was bought brand new for me in 1967 -...
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Moira Carter
- Sep 27, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone
Whilst taking the Make Art That Sells courses I have become reacquainted with the work of the Johnstone twins, as they illustrated The...
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Moira Carter
- Sep 14, 2017
- 1 min
I made it!
As you all know I've been indulging in some CPD – Continuing Professional Development – with a wee twist, five fun and information packed...
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Moira Carter
- Sep 13, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Wayne Thiebaud
As you may or may not know I've been involved a in a slice of Continuing Professional Development with Make Art That Sells, a series of...
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