Feets received this soppy, gorgeous book from her Gran for Christmas and I just find the colours and magic of the illustrations bewitching. Another one for the Beautiful Books for Children list ... On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman
Megan Dowsett is a creative consultant working in museums, galleries and the arts, an illustrator who is finding her voice through personal and local projects, and a parent to two young beings who can't help but influence her creative journey.
Through the name Norris and the Flamingo, she shares the sense of adventure that runs through all of life, wherever we are on our journey. A sense of imagination, of possibility and discovery, for children and adults alike.

28 January 2015
21 January 2015
Another Beautiful Book
Following my theme of Beautiful Books for Children, I came across The Conductor by Laetitia Devernay and it is exquisite. I actually don't always have patience for books without text - I feel cross when I don't understand exactly what's going on. But this is one of the most beautiful books I've seen and the story is quite simply of beauty. It's almost a flick book in the simplicity of narrative, and in the sense of motion that carries through the pages. It's a definite 'I wish I'd done that!'
14 January 2015
Egon Schiele: The Radical Nude
Liam and I visited the Egon Schiele exhibition at the Courtauld Institute. I think of him mostly for his almost grotesque, intrusive portrayals of the human form, but there's an incredible beauty to them too. Also amazing is to look closely and see the carefully sketched pencil lines that began the drawings - the pictures feel so fresh and spontaneous, it's strange to realise just how many layers of work went into them. It make me want to draw ...
7 January 2015
A Stocking for Feets


It's her first Christmas and we are pretty low key about these things, so we didn't buy her any gifts, just gave her some boxes, filled a couple of containers with rice and the like, and a bottle with glittery water. She was pretty happy!
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