There has been a sad lack of illustration on this old blog in the last few months. I have been working behind the scenes on a book but as I never show illustrations that I am working on until they are published, I will have to find some other ways to get some artwork up here.
The distractions of summer have also kept me away from my desk, and here are some of the highlights:
My Illustrator friend Lil’ Kim was in town! We have know each other a long time over the internet, but this was the first time that we got to meet face to face, and she is just as lovely in reality. She had travelled all the way from Australia to visit friends and family, then she was going on to the SCBWI conference in LA. I arranged a little illustrator gathering at a local cafe and we had a really great afternoon.
From left to right is me, Paula, Kim and Suana
Paul was doing a couple of author visits in Ottowa, so we tagged along and visited The Museum of Natural History:
We stayed at a friend’s cottage for a weekend and Ewan got to camp in the backyard with his buddy
We took a road trip to Sackville, New Brunswick to attend an indie music festival called Sappyfest. It is run by a good friend of ours Jon Claytor
On the road
We are not in Montreal anymore….
We stopped off at Fredericton
And finally arrived at Sackville for the festival
We heard lots of great music….
The Felice Brothers
Julie Doiron at The United Church
Lullabye Arkestra
Daniel, Fred and Julie at The United Church, Sackville (Daniel Romano, Fred Squire and Julie Doiron)
Ewan learned some hacky sack tricks
And we got to see some of Jon’s wonderful paintings from his Easy Evolution exhibition
Paintings by Jon Claytor
Paintings by Jon Claytor
Paintings by Jon Claytor
Then we headed off for Quebec City
On the road again
We walked around the old part of Quebec City and there are tons of beautiful buildings
This one looks like something out of a fairy tale
We visited a beautiful, old church
And took a stroll along the boardwalk
Then it was back home to Montreal
We are finally getting used to being back home and getting ready for new routines when Ewan goes back to school. I want to try and make the most of the summer that we have left before it disappears too quickly!
Passion flower vine on our porch
I will try to post some actual illustrations soon and I might even get out my needle felting supplies again and see what unfolds…..
