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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, cotton created with stencils in the traditional Japanese manner Serizawa achieved fame as a textile designer and was designated as a Living National treasure by the the Japanese government for his outstanding work using the Katazome stencil technique for dying fabric. He was a major exponent of the mingei — people's craft movement. He was al
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Moira Carter
- Aug 4, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Jon Eric Riis
Now and again I buy a magazine, not any magazine but something inspiring like Selvedge, Embroidery, Ceramics Review or Crafts. In the July/August edition of Crafts there's a wee photo on page 8 that caught my attention – and although I carried on reading the rest of the magazine – that image has been haunting me. Jon Eric Riis, First Ancestor Pearl and Tapestry Coat, 35 in. x 66 in. x 4 in., 2015 So why do I keep thinking about it? Mainly because I've been drawing a lot of f
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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 hairstyles, and I got completely sidetracked by hats. Well not exactly hats but 'things' worn as hats. Things - like plastic carrier bags, bubble wrap, tin foil ...icing bags! The only way to make any sense of this discovery is to show you in images taken by Hendrik Kersten of his daughter Paula. Click on the image below to find out more about t
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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 nothing about until my recent trip to the British Museum to see the Rodin Exhibition, which was fantastic, but Rodin is not a new artist to me ...Ghika and Craxton are. Ghika looking every inch the Bohemian artist and Craxton sketching The 'Charmed lives in Greece' exhibition is about the friendship of Ghika, Craxton and Leigh Fermor and is on
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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 If you have pennies to invest follow this link Julius Bissier #art #artist #inspiration #juliusbissier
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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 human figure and that I taught life drawing classes ...which all goes some way to explaining why I find the work of Euan Uglow so very appealing. Ali 1995-1997 - click to read a great article about the Slade Artist Euan Uglow It has honesty of form, and the way he went about his work with such precision – leaving evidence of his method in th
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Moira Carter
- Feb 18, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Alice and Martin Provensen
I wrote this some months ago and just found it languishing in the drafts folder! So without more ado I give you Alice and Martin Provensen who illustrated more than 40 children's books together. Alice worked for Walter Lantz Studio, the creators of Woody Woodpecker, and Martin took worked with the rival Walt Disney Studio, where he collaborated on Dumbo, Fantasia, and Pinocchio. Also like Gustaf Tenggren - who worked for and animation studio, Disney - they illustrated several
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Moira Carter
- Feb 14, 2018
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Tziporah Salamon
I've just discovered Tziporah Salamon via a search for all things related to tea! Tea to reading the leaves, to Tarot, to the Empress, to China on remembering a marvellous exhibition of stunning photos at the Maritime Museum in Liverpool. These were taken by John Thompson who travelled China in the 19th century and they included a stunningly beautiful image of a woman wearing the most amazing headdress. Gosh! Isn't she beautiful?! This was blown up huge in the exhibition and
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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 swimsuit with painted toenails ...well why not?! I decided to go with the elephant, she had more instant appeal, and drew her using a dip pen and gouache. Neither of these were working for me, the colours were all wrong — the first version too dark and heavy, the second too bright and bold — for a small child. I decided to draw her again, s
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Moira Carter
- Nov 20, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artists - Christmas!
It's that time of year when my thoughts turn to Christmas cards and in particular designing my own. I've done this for many, many years and thought that many other artists have done this too. This sent me on a hunt for some of those artists and their festive offerings, either for friends and family or as a commercial venture. Here are a select few of my favourites: At the top of this blog you can see a splendid design by Edward Bawden for wrapping paper. I love the hint of
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Moira Carter
- Oct 31, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Gustaf Tenggren.
The Little Golden Books are a very popular American series of children's books – first published in 1942, and The Poky little Puppy is one of the best selling children's books of all time! If you click on the puppy he will take you to the world of Gustaf Tenggren where you can find out everything about the man and his lifetimes work. Gustaf Tenggren Illustrated The Poky little Puppy and I like to think that the sales of this book were largely due to the incredibly cute puppy
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Moira Carter
- Oct 27, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Olle Eskell
Olle Eksell Swedish graphic designer, poster artist and children's book illustrator. His illustrations are the epitome of late 40's, early 50's, graphic art, one look at you can date his work with accuracy. I found this image the other day, while looking at James Thurber books, and followed it to a Chinese book site! Den Store Quillow by James Thurber Isn't it just fabulous?! This is the cover – click on it and go to blog by a fellow enthusiast – and see more fabulous images!
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Moira Carter
- Oct 26, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Hanna Czajkowska
Oh dear! Apart from a few enticing images on Pinterest I can find very little about Hanna Czajkowska, these images will just have to be enough for now. If any one knows more please tell me! #Inspiringartistoftheday #artist #illustrator
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Moira Carter
- Oct 24, 2017
- 1 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Elizabeth Brozowska
Another Illustrator of children's books that I can find very little about ...but just look at her work! The image above links to a very short article about her. I just love that hippo! Click on the cow to see some more of her gorgeous work! #Inspiringartistoftheday #artist #illustrator
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Moira Carter
- Oct 19, 2017
- 2 min
Inspiring Artist of the day - Quentin Blake
Illustrator of over three hundred books including such well known ones as Willi Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and James and the Giant Peach written by Roald Dahl, and writer and illustrator of Mister Magnolia and Fantastic Daisy Artichoke among others. Blake's work is so free, open and frank... he draws life as it is or could be in his or someone else's imaginary world. His work shows great consistency, his early books are obviously illustrated by exactly the same
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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 Playboy and had two syndicated newspaper comic strips ...he also illustrated books Thomas written by Mary Harris Click on Thomas to see this out of print book in its entirety. ...including his own The Dot. To find out as much as you possibly can about Cliff Roberts click on the images above to go to a splendid blog page – We too were childre
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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 some excellent examples of his gorgeous line and colour work on the theme of Little Red riding hood! Loving that cat on the magazine cover – now that's character! I also love these – so very stylish and typically mid century. #art #artist #moiracarter #moiracarter #moirarae #moiraraecarter #illustrator #wernerklemke #Inspiringartistoftheday
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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 library. Click on the photos for more information about this book - although sadly not it's author and illustrator. #art #artist #moiracarter #moiracarter #moirarae #moiraraecarter #illustrator #michewynants #Inspiringartistoftheday
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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 available! #art #artist #moiracarter #moiracarter #moirarae #moiraraecarter #illustrator #jimflora #Inspiringartistoftheday
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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 (Mirko Hanák) whose illustration technique has a lot in common with Chinese brush painting. His free pen and ink line work is simply beautiful and the wet-on-wet watercolour looks soft as the fur or feathers he depicts in his animal illustrations. ...but I particularly love his illustrations of fairy tales. #art #artist #moiracarter #moiracart
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