March 27, 2016 - Posted by Cara Lockhart Smith | Art, Illustration, Uncategorized | children's book, gouache, painting, picture book, The Midnight Hare
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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So magical and evocative Cara💕
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Thank you, Seonaid, for your very nice comment – it has been interesting to put up the illustrations as I do them. I am trying to learn how not to overwork the paintings, which is a hard lesson as I have a habit of doing this, and putting layers of colour on, even if I am using gouache, does dull everything down. However, because I have my own schedule, if I do overwork something I can redo it. This one has a lot of detail, but I did put it straight in, so I hope the colours manage to stay fresh.
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That garden is wondrous, and Milo’s gesture is so expressive of his searching, dance like…
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Yes, he is quite a dancy person, Milo – I think maybe it is because my three young grandsons are all dancers….
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