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Book Week at Saint Spyridon

31/8/2020

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I had a wonderful time at Saint Spyridon College last week for Book Week, sharing my creative journey, my illustrations and best of all, drawing imaginary creatures!! The students were wonderfully creative and came up with so many exciting ideas, from Megalodon's to 5-headed Hydra's, combining llama's and cheetahs and even at one point taking inspiration from a cactus for their creature designs!
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Drawing Dragons with Unley Library

20/7/2020

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In the second week of the July School Holidays, I was very excited to be involved in an online workshop facilitated by Unley Library. Normally this would have been a face-to-face workshop, but due to the current restrictions, we had the opportunity to explore some exciting new options and created a series of instructional video's titled 'Drawing Dragons', followed by a live feedback and demo session on designing imaginary creatures.

The workshop was wonderful and the students that attended were very enthusiastic and adapted to the online format with ease. It was great to see all the wonderful creatures and designs that they came up with!
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Although the workshop was only available on the day, the 'Drawing Dragons' videos are still available to watch HERE.
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Interview with Gabriel Cunnett

15/5/2020

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A few weeks ago I had the amazing opportunity to interview local South Australian artist Gabriel Cunnett and talk about his illustration career, practice and experiences. I absolutely love Gabriel's highly detailed illustrations, where you can get lost for hours looking at all the design and narrative stories built within. This was an amazing opportunity to hear about his recent projects and gain some insight into the different illustration fields that he has worked within, particularly his work as a muralist.

Please enjoy the full interview below and i'm sure you will enjoy his incredible artwork as much as I do!
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Cat Sidhe - The Phantom Cat

5/5/2020

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Cat Sidhe is a cat from Celtic mythology and represents the Letter 'C' in the Animal Alphabets 2020 Mythical Creatures Challenge. #animalphab

"The Cat Sidhe is a fairy creature from Celtic mythology. It is described as being all black except for a small white spot on its chest. It is said to haunt the Scottish highlands, and it is believed it could steal a dead persons soul by passing over the corpse before it was claimed by the gods." - excerpt from Animal Alphabets. 
​I wanted to further explore a new style I've been working on aimed at illustrations for Middle Grade books, inspired by series such as R.L. Stine's Goosebumps and the Scooby-Doo franchise.

With the idea of developing a cover design, I built on a concept that I had started exploring while working on a previous illustration created in 2016 based on the Three Witches from Macbeth - an overgrown graveyard with elements of mystery and magic.
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Detail from Three Witches, illustrated by Lauren Mullinder 2016
I started by researching different graveyards and grave stone markers, focusing on European and British locales. When visiting Austria in 2012, I visited a graveyard in Salzburg that had the most amazing atmosphere and decoration and wanted to bring a small element of this in to my illustration through the glowing flowers.

When it came to developing my final layout, I knew I wanted to have a dynamic point of view and played with perspective so the viewer is looking up at the Cat Sidhe, silhouetted against the moon and tree. An earlier version had additional grave markers in the background, but I subsequently removed these as I felt they detracted from the focus of the piece.
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St. Peter's Monastery & Cemetery in Salzburg, photographed by Prerna Ashok 2012
Set at midnight to the light of a full moon, the black phantom cat sits atop the Celtic marker stone, surrounded by a field of nocturnal flowers, glowing in anticipation for the ghostly deeds to come...
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A Snow-filled Holiday in Japan

3/2/2020

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The best part about holidays is the chance to explore new places, meet new people and explore new cultures, and our summer's holiday to Japan was the perfect mix. Now when I say summer, it was a scorching 35 degree C day when we left Adelaide and arrived in -2 degree C, so perhaps a winter's retreat is more apt!

Although filled with the usual tourist jaunts, days filled with snowboarding (it was, after all, a snow trip) and food, oh so much delicious food, I was able to sneak some art in there too. An afternoon of sketching in the snowfields (based on experience, I did have to hike my way up a very steep slope with my board at one point, eek!), a trip to the incredible and awe inspiring Studio Ghibli Museum and Teamlab Borderless Digital Art Museum in Tokyo and a shopping spree to the Sekaido Art store - the BIGGEST ART STORE I HAVE EVER BEEN IN - 5 floors!!!!! Should have brought a second suitcase!
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Intro to Digital Painting with Unley Library

19/11/2019

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I had a wonderful time last week teaching the Intro to Digital Painting Workshop at Unley Library. We had a wonderful group of 12-16 year olds who were so focused on their designs that 3 hours just flew by!

We went through the basics of Photoshop, learning how to use brushes, layers, masks and a bit of photo bashing for good measure. For many of them, this was their first time using a digital drawing program and a drawing tablet/wacom and they all did an absolutely fantastic job.
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Curious Creatures at Walkerville Primary School

14/11/2019

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I had a wonderful morning working with the year 6 classes at Walkerville Primary School to create our own creative creatures!!

From Dorangodillo’s swinging through swamps, to the Mugsalug’s living on the dark side of Pluto and Donka-fly-aroo’s patrolling grassy islands, we discovered new creatures and their incredible worlds!!
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Book Week at Trinity Gardens School

26/8/2019

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I had an absolutely AMAZING week at Trinity Gardens School for Book Week! Stretching over three days, we ran workshops for classes from reception to Year 6, exploring all things SPACE - from creative rocket ships made from bubbles and fairy floss to Aliens that ate corn chips and were made of plants.
One class was so inspired, they created a poster of The Spaceship race, showcasing all of their wonderful designs and ideas!
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Ardtornish Writer's Festival

16/8/2019

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I was super excited to be a part of this years Writer's Festival at Ardtornish Primary School, which ran over 2 weeks and also featured the amazing Georgina Chadderton and Sally Heinrich!

Superheroes and Villains were the theme for my workshops, exploring the shapes, design and personalities that go into creating these characters.

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From narrative stories around conservation, where our hero was a fish that could breathe air and our villain whose domain was pollution, to the wacky and quirky - flamethrower noses, laser eyes and skeleton armies - creative ideas were flying around the room quicker than Superman!!
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A Mixed Bag - CBCA Arts Night

1/7/2019

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An evening of arts, ideas and creative fun - I can't think of anything better. For this years CBCA SA's Arts Night, Georgina Chadderton and I got to compete in a 'draw off', live drawing throughout the evening on our interpretations of this years Book Week Theme 'Reading is my Secret Power'. At the end of the night, our art pieces were raffled off, and I was very excited that my illustration went to Lisa from Woodcroft Primary School and is now hanging in their staffroom!
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