February 16, 2015 - Posted by Cara Lockhart Smith | Art, Photography, Uncategorized | february, frog, photograph, scottish borders, window
I’m Cara, and I live in Coldstream, in the Scottish Borders As well as writing and illustrating books for children I have recently been painting on canvas, in my octagonal studio (aka The Tardis) which inhabits a corner of the vegetable garden. My work for children has been published in several countries, and translated into different languages. My favourite form at the moment is the picture book, but I have also had published poetry, children’s novels, and illustrations for the work of other authors, and have worked extensively on projects with children. I go out most days with my camera and create blog entries from the results. Some of the pictures I take will be used as background material for the picture book which I am working on at the moment. My son Matty set up this WordPress blog for me, and it has added a dimension to my life which surprises me. It is also interesting and inspiring to read the blogs of other people from different parts of the world, and to look at their sometimes fascinating pictures.
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Great shot Cara, he is a curious one!
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Thanks, Mary – not the greatest photograph in technical terms, but I think the expression on the frog’s face was worth the capture. It was so unblinking, as if the creature was hypnotised by its faint reflection in the window glass. I found the frog itself actually rather beautiful when I looked at it outside. Not often a wild creature lets one get that close.
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Perhaps it can become a new creature in one of your illustrations.
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Maybe!
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