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Author Sue The Bournemouth Natural Science Society opened its doors to the public for Arts by the Sea week. What an amazing place! Set in a Victorian mansion, the museum houses an impressive collection of fossils, minerals, birds and insects, plus a mummy in a tomb. My science highlight of the week was this calcified bird’s nest. Calcifiction or petrification happens when mineral rich water impregnates organic material, leaving it preserved like stone.
Author Sue I’ve just finished the first draft of my new book, so I’m on to the drawings now. This is a depiction of my family back in the 80s – we were an angry lot!
Author Sue I’ve been with The Catchpole Agency for five years and had never met any of the other writers and illustrators till now. To celebrate 20 years, my agent James organised a get together at his home in Oxford. I was so lucky and excited to meet such talent all in one place for the day! Here we are managing to cram ourselves into a group shot.
Author Sue I was sifting through some of my old sketchbooks and found this pencil crayon drawing I did of my son when he was a toddler (22 years ago!). Strange how I used a lot of blue for sketching back then.
Author Sue Lyme Regis ArtsFest was on when I visited. There was artwork and sculptures all around town and I especially loved this one – seagulls made with mosaic mirror tiles and rubbish found lying on the beach.
Author Sue Taking a stroll and came across this. So funky! Cath Kidston signature floral print on a beach hut down at Bournemouth beach.
Author Sue Here’s ‘Bob and Rob’ made entirely out of felt by a talented young lady.
Author Sue Ok, so this is pretty awesome. I came home to find a parcel full of Korean editions of ‘Bob and Rob’…it looks so amazingly kitsch, I LOVE it – thank you Frances Lincoln! I’m going to give a copy to my local Korean supermarket, they’re always so friendly in there and maybe they’ll swap for some Kimchi or something? : )
Author Sue My first ever interactive drawing demo went down a treat. I explained to the kids how I use my tablet and stylus to sketch characters, draw layouts and bring them to life with digi paint.
Author Sue I didn’t win this time but being shortlisted for my debut book is still pretty awesome! And as I’d never been to Cambridge before, it meant I could stay a few days and explore – if there’s one word to describe this town, it would be ‘picturesque’.
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