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Autumn is one of my favourite times of year, I love the colours and how the days are still warm with that little bit of a chill...misty mornings with dew on the ground and cobwebs highlighted in the morning sunshine. So inspired by the season and the following lines from the Cecil Frances Alexander Poem - The Four Seasons: Autumn's here, with corn, I created this whimsical children's illustration which I am calling The Forager's Tale. I mocked it up I would love to see it as a cover for a children's journal, or as part of a set of affirmation cards for children - let me know what you think?  As always thank you for reading this far...
On the studio playlist this week I have been listening to various new artists to me, one that I really like is a track called 'Homecoming' by Don Louis you can check it out here...
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If you don't happen to know it Clumber Park is a Country Park in the Dukeries, Nottinghamshire, England. Owned and cared for by the National Trust, it's a great place for a day out in Nature...
I love visiting and walking the four miles around the lake, this year the chestnuts and acorns were falling from the tree's onto the soft ground, at one point it felt like we might need a hard hat, as they fell in such numbers, somehow we managed to get round without getting hit, still not sure how we managed that! It was a lovely day out, helping to quiet the mind and nourish the soul...as well as offering a little illustration inspiration. Keeping our eyes peeled and looking in the undergrowth little gems could be found, some which later found their way onto the drawing board...see below. Thanks as always for reading...
Although, over the past year I have been developing a portfolio of Watercolour illustrations aimed at Children, I also create illustrations for book covers...  So I was honoured when one of my Illustrations got to grace the cover of a Richard Yates novel. Richard Yates was an American fiction writer who is acclaimed as one of the most compassionate and accomplished writers of American's post war period, depicting everyday characters with empathy and humour...what more can you ask...I have to say it made my day!
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Hello!In this space which has no ceilings, walls or doors... I would like to invite you in, and share with you some of my work and a few things of interest which help to inspire my illustrations, including music to the places and spaces we call home...
AuthorCatherine Hoggins |
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