tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33775833938054487162024-02-20T00:57:57.118-08:00Jon Davis' Sketch BlogSketches and ideasJon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-41097790531909752982019-09-10T06:45:00.002-07:002019-09-10T06:45:49.547-07:00The Tap Dancing Pigeon of Covent GardenHi Chaps<br />
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The Tap Dancing Pigeon of Covent Garden, a lovely book that I illustrated has now been published!<br />
Pick up your copy now to read about bravery, passion and our beautiful planet!<br />
It's written by Serena Hassan, see more of her here -<br />
(www.serenahassan.co.uk)<br />
and has had a few nice reviews here -<br />
https://katestutter.com/2019/08/30/the-tap-dancing-pigeon-of-covent-garden-serena-hassan/<br />
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http://thesyders.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-tap-dancing-pigeon-of-covent-garden.html<br />
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It was great fun to illustrate, with various spreads of London and Covent Garden and I'm pleased with how it's come out.<br />
Here are a couple of bits of it.<br />
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<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-46165462250099189022019-09-08T09:19:00.001-07:002019-09-08T09:19:06.420-07:00Sketching Equipment.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Chaps,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've recently been getting into outdoor sketching again as in my previous post, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been using a 0.5 HB propelling/mechanical pencil (no sharpener required)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a slim A6 sketchpad that will easily fit into a bag or pocket and can be carried all the time, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rather than a bigger one that is only taken out specifically on special sketching expeditions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a rubber/eraser, which I try to use as seldom as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that's it. I'm thinking of branching out into using a brush pen and things as well, so will let you know about any news or progress with that.</span><br />
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<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-42044471809459615662019-09-05T09:20:00.004-07:002019-09-05T09:20:47.572-07:00Real Life Sketching.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hi Chaps,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've been going out and doing some sketching recently. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Real life sketching of real life things with a real life sketch book and pencil, that is, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">rather than doing character and idea sketches straight in Photoshop for work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I do find trees interesting so have sketched a lot of trees.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was taking whatever opportunity to sketch I could get, so very often I was sneaking in a sketch when I only had literally 1 or 2 minutes to do the sketch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So it's been fun to try and capture the character of a tree or view or cloud in a really short space of time.</span><br />
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Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-83260556947741506502019-05-30T23:47:00.001-07:002019-05-30T23:47:58.015-07:00Terrific ToddlersHi Chaps,<br />
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I recently illustrated a set of three books for Toddlers called Terrific Toddlers, written by Carol Zeavin, Rhona Silverbush and published by Magination Press<br />
They are about a diverse group of toddlers who are learning to share with each other, deal with hurt, and to say goodbye.<br />
The books use simple language and are reflective of children’s realities, based on an understanding of the developmental level of young toddlers.<br />
This series is the first to handle the topics in carefully researched, developmentally appropriate ways for toddlers, and is affiliated with the American Psychological Association<br />
I'm really pleased to have been involved with such worthwhile books.<br />
They were very interesting to illustrate, and I also think the designers did a fab job with the design of them :)<br />
Here are a few illustrations<br />
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<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-3860469443628165062018-11-12T23:44:00.000-08:002018-11-12T23:44:40.135-08:00The Tiger Who Came To Tea ExhibitionHi Chaps,<br />
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I went to Acorn Bank National Trust House at the weekend and there I saw the lovely 'A Tiger Came To Tea' 50th Anniversary Exhibition set up by <a href="https://www.sevenstories.org.uk/" target="_blank">Seven Stories</a>.<br />
It was a very nice little exhibition, including some rough sketches and old drawings by Judith Kerr, and also facsimiles of some of the actual artwork, which was very interesting.<br />
It's always informative and inspiring to see artists' workings, and also interesting looking back to the pre-digital age.<br />
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And, one of the best things was the giant cuddly Tiger, very nicely capturing the look of the illustrations.<br />
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Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-81065317188738525212018-10-12T04:46:00.005-07:002018-10-12T04:46:55.455-07:00Outdoor SketchingHi Chaps,<br />
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Recently I went on a sketching expedition and managed to do a batch of outdoor sketches.<br />
It's something I intend to find time for more often as it makes a nice change to draw from nature rather than sketching ideas for projects.<br />
Here are some of them.<br />
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A tree in a wood<br />
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A view down a stream while standing in it<br />
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<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-9308297404655703792018-04-28T09:10:00.000-07:002018-04-30T05:38:49.284-07:00Ginger Green in four territoties<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi Chaps</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ginger Green Playdate Queen, written by Kim Kane and Illustrated by me for Hardie Grant Egmont in Australia has now been published in four teritories :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After the initial run in Australia, it's now avilable in the US, Slovenia and <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8ylbcke" target="_blank">now the UK</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Very exciting indeed!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They're a fab series and I can heartily recommend them for early readers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here are the Australian, Slovenian and US editions of Fancy Friend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A book I jointly illustrated, called 'Journeys' by Jonathan Litton is now out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other illustrators involved are Chris Chalik, Dave Shephard and Leo Hartas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a lovely looking book, the treatment of the design by the chaps at Little Tiger is absolutely lovely and the stories of amazing journeys around the world are very interesting indeed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They range from Amundsen, Livingston, Bligh and Gagarin, in chapters covering Water, Land, Ice and Snow, and Man and Machine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've really enjoyed reading through my copy, so I can recommend having a look at it :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the cover and one of the spreads by me.</span><br />
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Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-7994479850880239962018-04-02T12:45:00.000-07:002018-04-02T12:45:04.538-07:00Ginger Green Playdate Queen out in the UKHi Chaps,<br />
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Ginger Green Playdate Queen, written by Kim Kane and Illustrated by me for Hardie Grant Egmont in Australia has now been published in the UK :)<br />
Very exciting indeed, hopefully I'll get to see it in bookshops.<br />
It's initially starting with a run of the first four stories, <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y8ylbcke" target="_blank">New Friend</a>, Crazy Friend, Fancy Friend and Next Door Friend.<br />
They're a fab series and I can heartily recommend them for early readers.<br />
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So keep an eye out or ask for them in bookshops and libraries, they're worth a look at :)<br />
<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-30841732667199864892018-03-14T07:23:00.001-07:002018-03-14T07:23:14.734-07:002018 GANYC Apple Award in Outstanding Achievement in Fiction NYC Book Writing<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Chaps,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I've got some fun news, The Knish War on Rivington Street picture book, written by Joanne Oppenheim, published by Albert Whitman, and illustrated by me, has actually won the the 2018 GANYC Apple Award in Outstanding Achievement in Fiction NYC Book Writing!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a ceremony at the SVA Theater in New York on 12th March where the winners were announced.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are all the winners in full, the Knish War was amongst some very good company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here's a photo of the actual proper glass trophy with my name inscribed along with Joanne Oppenheim, the author :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, now I think I'm officially allowed to wear a waistcoat, smoke a pipe and describe myself as an award winning illustrator :)</span><br />
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Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-75443347950926222192017-11-23T06:20:00.001-08:002017-11-23T06:20:35.823-08:00Netball JournalHi Chaps,<br />
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Anyone out there in Blogland involved in netball?<br />
I've recently illustrated a fab new Journal aimed at young netball players, and it's now available to pre-order for Christmas.<br />
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This is a great journal with excercises and projects and quizzes, and stickers.<br />
It was great fun to illustrate - there are a set of different characters that feature throughout, so there was a fair bit of character work, thinking of their characteristics and having those reflected in their looks and attitude and gesture - <br />
and all the illustrations had to be technically correct to follow the rules of the game correctly, so I learned a fair bit about netball :)<br />
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The website is here at <a href="https://myincrediblejournals.com/" target="_blank">MyIncredibeleJournals</a> so do have a look, and do mention it to anyone you know involved in the sport :)<br />
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Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-31421898873514418802017-11-19T13:09:00.000-08:002017-11-19T13:09:03.069-08:00Knish WarHi chaps,<br />
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Well, a new book I've illustrated has come out recently, called 'The Knish War on Rivington Street'.<br />
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It's set in New York in the 1910's and is based on a real sales battle between two bakeries who both sell Knishes.<br />
(In case anyone doesn't know, a Knish is a traditional Jewish food, baked or fried, that is made of pastry with various fillings.<br />
They're not very common in the UK, but would be along similar lines to a Cornish Pasty.)<br />
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But it was a great book to illustrate, lots of detail and building chaos through the bok, and also historic detail needed.<br />
And there's a recipe at the back so you can make your own :)<br />
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It's written by <a href="https://twitter.com/JFOppenheim" target="_blank">Joanne Oppenheim</a> and published by the lovely people at <a href="https://www.albertwhitman.com/" target="_blank">Albert Whitman</a>.<br />
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And it has now been reviewed in the New York Times as well, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/23/dining/knish-war-on-rivington-street-childrens-book.html?_r=0" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
That's two of my books that have been reviewed in the NY Times, huzzah :)<br />
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But do have a look and grab hold of a copy, it's a v nice book :)Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-44788143919649286112017-10-13T22:47:00.000-07:002017-10-13T22:47:16.060-07:00Ginger Green in USHi Chaps,<br />
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Ginger Green Playdate Queen, written by Kim Kane and Illustrated by me for Hardie Grant Egmont in Australia has now been published in the US by <a href="http://www.capstonepub.com/library/search/?characters-property=Ginger%20Green" target="_blank">Capstone</a> :)<br />
Very exciting, the new editions are nice smart hard backs, very stylish.<br />
Here are the copies I was sent.<br />
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Capstone are also home to Dirty Bertie, so Ginger's in good company.<br />
So keep an eye out for them in all those US bookshops, they're worth a look at :)<br />
<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-14044019013257141882017-05-11T03:21:00.000-07:002017-05-11T03:30:26.316-07:00Ginger Green Playdate Queen News!Hi Chaps,<br />
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I have an announcement about Ginger Green Playdate Queen, the series of books I'm illustrating for Hardie Grant Egmont in Australia.<br />
(For more info about the series, see the Ginger Green page on the <a href="http://www.hardiegrant.com/au/egmont/our-books/ginger-green-play-date-queen" target="_blank">Hardie website</a> )<br />
(And they're written by Kim Kane, do follow her on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/Kimkane2" target="_blank">here </a>)<br />
They're a fab set of books, and seem to be doing pretty well - working on book 9 and I think seven are out in the shops now.<br />
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BUT, the announcement is that, not only is Ginger Green going to be available in Australia, as it has been, but now also in the UK and US! Which is rather exciting.<br />
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I've worked on a few series of books in Australia, 'Billie B Brown', 'The Tinklers Three' and 'Penelope Perfect', which are all fab books which I heartily recommend, so it'll be great to have one of them available over here too.<br />
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Maybe soon, when talking to people, and they ask what I've illustrated, and I reply 'Ginger Green', rather than the usual blank look, and slightly dazed expression, people might actually know what I'm talking about :)<br />
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It's due out in the Autumn, so keep your eyes open, more detail soon :)Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-82090583110636077322017-03-20T07:50:00.001-07:002017-03-20T07:50:32.861-07:00London Book FairHi Chaps,<br />
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It was the London Book Fair (or LBF17 for those in the know) last week, and I popped along for a look around on Wedmesday.<br />
I didn't see any seminars this year, but as always it was very interesting and inspiring seeing all the new books on the publishers stands.<br />
Walker Books is always a good stand to look round, they've got the usual fab stuff coming up, as with Scholastic.<br />
And I particularly enjoyed looking round the Nosy Crow stand, with new Hubble Bubble books on the way, and I also managed to have a chat with one of the people there, who gave me a few minutes in between meetings.<br />
A highlight, though was the Little Tiger stand, where I got to say hello, and also see an advance copy of their 'Journeys' book I was one of the illustrators for.<br />
Its under their 360degrees imprint, and it looks great. Lovely design and production values.<br />
Here's a snap of the lovely cover<br />
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And here's my name in lovely big lettering on the very stylishly designed title page :)<br />
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It's a very interesting book. I recommend it.<br />
For instance, did you know that Amundsen, the first man to the South Pole was successful on that expedition due to his expertise with dogs, which he learned while doing the North East passage?<br />
And that there was also a Japanese expedition to the South Pole?<br />
Here is a photo of the South Pole spread.<br />
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I'm going to keep an eye out for this one in the shops :)<br />
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<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-63560307488719641132016-10-28T04:54:00.001-07:002016-10-28T04:54:36.821-07:00CrowdsHi Chaps,<br />
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I've been recently working on a book that requires some crowd scenes, and groups of people. Sometimes I do find I can be tempted to let the figures in a crowd or group become a bit non-specific, characterless, loose, drones, who all look the same, due to the repetition of filling the space.<br />
Rather than making them all being individual characters.<br />
And the difference is the enjoyment in doing the illustration.<br />
Whatever the picture, if I can find something in it that fires my interest/inspiration, and gets me engrossed, then I enjoy doing it more, and therefore it comes out better.<br />
So, my first task when doing an illustration, along with working out the composition, is finding the route to being inspired.<br />
So with these recent crowd scenes I'm working on, I blocked out the composition reasonably quickly, and then had a nice relax with my sketchbook and enjoyed myself trying to think up different characters to populate the crowds.<br />
And here they are.<br />
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<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-87514296335998460112016-07-05T02:05:00.000-07:002016-07-05T02:07:43.787-07:00My Shop UpdatedHi Chaps,<br />
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I have updated the shop on my website, where you can buy prints of work.<br />
It's all a bit clearer and smoother now with a 'shop' page which has thumbnails on it.<br />
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Due to a lack of ability to create my own shop with payment process etc, I though the best approach would be to leave that to others.<br />
Therefore, the thumbnails link through to a purchasing page which is actually on the sites Society6 or Etsy :) So all the payment and deliver processing is done by them.<br />
You can get prints, framed prints and greetings cards from the images on Society6.<br />
And for the Etsy images you can get a digital download to organise your own printing and framing at your leisure, as you see fit :)<br />
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Here are some of the pictures available.<br />
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Do have a wee look.<br />
There's a link to my website on the right, or you can go directly to the shop page <a href="http://www.jonsmind.com/Shop-1.htm" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-51704461316695803162016-07-01T02:14:00.000-07:002016-07-01T02:25:33.234-07:00New Series, Ginger Green is outHi Chaps,<br />
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Every play date is different, but Ginger Green rules them all!<br />
The first four of 'Ginger Green Playdate Queen' are now available.<br />
Published in Australia by Hardie Grant Egmont, the books are 'New Friend', 'Fancy Friend', 'Crazy Friend' and 'Next Door Friend'.<br />
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They are written by Kim Kane and I can highly recommend them for early readers.<br />
The text is simple, nicely aimed at the target age group, but I would also say that it is deceptively simple, conveying a good amount of depth and emotion in the stories, which have lots going on.<br />
<br />They are published in Australia only at the moment, but you may be able to get international delivery from some of the sites selling them, so have a look around, they're worth a go :)Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-64002648304657185412015-11-17T06:46:00.000-08:002015-11-17T06:46:11.996-08:00Small Blue ReadingsHi chaps,<br />
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Well, I've my two reading spots of my book 'Small Blue' now.One in a shop, as in my previous post, and one in a library.<br />
The way I decided to play the events was to do the readings first, and then draw sketches of characters from it, (usually pirates or witches).<br />
It was fun and went down well.<br />
Kids do seem to be fascinated by seeing a drawing actually appear out of nothing in front of them.<br />
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The shop reading was more freeform, with people drifting in and out, which had its own charm.<br />
I ended up doing lots of individual readings to families there, while at the library there was more of a formal start and finish, and the reading had to be more of a performance.<br />
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I've been asked back by the library for another spot closer to Christmas, so I'll see if I can do even better with my patter for that. Any suggestions from anyone for tips and tricks would be much appreciated :)<br />
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I'll maybe try and employ my badges a bit more, and incidentally, more on those later.<br />
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All my equipment is set up for readings now though -<br />
A3 sketchpad - <i>check</i><br />
Sharpies - <i>check</i><br />
Badges to give away - <i>check</i><br />
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All ready for the next reading :)<br />
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<br />Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-40050912252043638512015-11-03T07:19:00.000-08:002015-11-03T07:19:27.317-08:00Author Event at Waterstones CarlisleHi Chaps,<br />
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Well, I had a great time at Waterstones in Carlisle last Saturday doing my author event for 'Small Blue and the Deep Dark Night'.<br />
Lots of reading it to kids (and their parents) and doing drawings for them (the kids), usually of pirates. It fit in nicely on Halloween as it's sort of about scary things, and I ended up being there for about an hour and a half all in all.<br />
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It was excellently set up by the shop, especially thanks to Wendy in the children's department, with a window display, excellent chalkboard sign, and a lovely 'reading chair' and table.<br />
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I can recommend the children's section, if you want the good stuff, they've got it there :)<br />
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I'm looking forward to doing more readings, my next is at Twickenham Library at 3.45 on 10th November, in one of their regular story time slots.<br />
There shall be reading, sketching, colouring sheets and copies of the book to sign and sell there too :)Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-28992876414314338742015-10-15T02:34:00.000-07:002015-10-15T02:34:28.576-07:00Small Blue BadgeHi chaps,<br />
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I've had a re-think about the 'Small Blue' badges and a bit of a look around, and I'm going to have a new and improved, better-value version available slightly differently soon, more info on it's way.<br />
I'll post more once it's all organised and set up.<br />
'Keep 'em peeled', as Shaw Taylor used to say.<br />
They're rethought, resorted, reordered - and coming soon :)Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-33268235117843930492015-10-07T02:33:00.000-07:002015-10-07T02:33:58.611-07:00Small Blue ReadingsDates for your Diary here Chaps :)<br />
I have some readings of 'Small Blue and the Deep Dark Night' organised.<br />
The first is in Carlisle Waterstones on 31st October.<br />
And after that at Twickenham Library on 10th November at 3.45pm in one of their regular story time slots.<br />
So do come along if you're about :)<br />
If you already have a copy of 'Small Blue', bring it along and I will be happy to sign it for you, otherwise I'll have a few copies to sell and sign.<br />
I'll also have some Small Blue and Big Brown colouring/drawing sheets to hand out.Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-22562606180107117192015-08-17T08:31:00.001-07:002015-08-17T08:31:59.975-07:00Real Life SketchingHi Chaps,<br />
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I just recently spent some time in The Lake District and managed to get some sketching done, which doesn't tend to happen very often normally.<br />
It does make a change to draw in real life with a real life pencil on a areal life paper sketch pad, rather than the ol' wacom tablet and pen that I normally do practically ALL my drawing on.<br />
This is a sketch of a tree by a river.<br />
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Took about five minutes, and for anyone interested, here are a few technical details :)<br />
I used a 0.5 propelling pencil with HB leads on an A6 Muji sketch/notepad, no rubber, and also no specs on which made it interesting. A bit like drawing with my eyes permanently half closed, so I ended up concentrating on the broad forms, and suggesting the flowers and grass, rather any than finickity details.Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-92006611038225008612015-03-25T05:46:00.002-07:002015-03-25T05:46:50.779-07:00Prints on Society 6Hi Chaps,<br />
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I've been recently putting some of my latest work up on Society 6, which I've just rediscovered.<br />
If you don't know, you can buy framed prints of work on Society 6, (and t-shirts, iphone cases, cards etc), it's really good. If you or someone you know is looking for a framed print it's a good place to go, so do pass it on :)<br />
But the work I've put up is available as prints, and some are also available as iphone skins and cases, and greetings cards.<br />
Here's a link to it, do have a look http://society6.com/jondavis<br />
I've got a set of Mice pictures up that I'm pleased with. I've been working on having more colourful line-work.<br />
Here's one.<br />
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The plan next is to try and get some t-shirt designs up.<br />
These'll have to be less Children's Picture Book in style, and a bit more Graphic Novel-ish, I reckon, so I'll see what I can come up with.Jon Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016578728618010183noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3377583393805448716.post-936057985694753132015-02-23T08:21:00.000-08:002015-02-23T08:21:14.685-08:00FoxesHi Chaps,<br />
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I've been doing a few drawings of foxes for a job just recently.<br />
I've not had cause to draw too many foxes in the past, so it was fun to do this one.<br />
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I decided to give him a fine brush.<br />
Here he is being caught by a lion. I'm not sure how much lions and foxes inhabit the same places generally, but that's what the story said :)<br />
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Here he is about to trick a rooster.<br />
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