tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18942276779343599342024-03-12T17:08:33.976-07:00Alison Edgson IllustrationsA blog showing some of the illustrations created by Alison Edgson for childrens books and greeting cards.Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-24070002692890193432019-02-18T03:44:00.000-08:002019-02-18T03:44:22.624-08:00Some new work emerging!<br />
I've spent the past five weeks immersing myself in the beautiful landscapes surrounding our home in Monmouthshire and trying to capture the ever changing colours, light and cloudscapes that are so wonderful here. I have some new work in development and a few which are complete and I'm looking forward to exhibiting them very soon. Here's a glimpse of some work in progress - I love the one with the golden fields because it reminds me of the long hot days we enjoyed last year. Fingers crossed for a repeat this summer!<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-26193125980578392032019-01-11T07:52:00.000-08:002019-01-11T07:54:11.430-08:00RWA Success!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my first painting since finishing my career as an illustrator and trying a new direction as a painter and I was delighted to have it accepted for the RWA 166th Open Exhibition in November. And <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BolWYQrlTRm/" target="_blank">look</a> it sold! Very excited to see what happens next!Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-60193938629939302012018-01-22T04:14:00.002-08:002018-01-22T04:15:22.865-08:00A littel oil painting today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Still enjoying painting in my days off from illustrating and I used this as an excuse to treat myself to a lovely bunch of tulips, hyacynths and ranunculus. I've pushed myself a little further to work in oils on paper for this one but I've not gone as far as I intend to outside my comfort zone - I enjoyed capturing the colours and details too much to loosen up yet but I will! A lovely way to spend a cold Jaunary Sunday afternoon. Back to the drawing board today for 'real' work!Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-47902019298378324752018-01-18T08:31:00.000-08:002018-01-18T08:31:12.433-08:00Christmas robin and haw berries<br />
I had to do a Christmassy one today to keep my agent happy - Loved painting this wee robin and you can't get more Christmassy than a robin redbreast with red berries :)<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-56912891145407518672018-01-17T13:15:00.002-08:002018-01-17T13:17:52.846-08:00Today's painting - Dorry on the beach<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Really enjoyed painting this one - it was very zen painting the water with all its colours, foam patterns and reflections! The colours were a challenge - I love the change of hue and value where the wet sand reflects the sky, and spotting where the light is seen through the tops of the ripples, producing warm glowing greens. That's something I've always liked about seascapes and it was great to have a go at it myself!Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-69562122433576825322018-01-10T11:05:00.001-08:002018-01-10T11:05:33.271-08:00Today we've gone floral!I love this pairing of poppies with sea holly - they complement each other beautifully. I spotted them in a garden somewhere (it might have been Hidcote) and always had an idea of painting them so here it is - tricky but it gives an idea of it!<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-31269503659423298652018-01-09T10:27:00.001-08:002018-01-09T10:28:30.101-08:00Today's painting - Denis having a snooze<br />
Not long after we rehomed our ten year old ginger male cat, Denis (formerly 'Treacle') he began to test out various comfy spots around the house for snooze potential. The back of the sofa in the garden room is a favourite with just the right mix of warmth, company and safety from the dogs!<br />
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I've always avoided painting our own pets up to now mainly because I'm a perfectionist and felt I would never do them justice. But this daily painting regime has freed me up - this is another wee 6" x 6" painting in acrylics on Fabriano HP paper - I'm comfortable working in this medium as it's what I use for book illustrations but am starting to paint in oils more and more and will have a go at some little daily oil paintings very soon - the first 12 gesso boards arrived today so I'm good to go! Will also be trying a looser style but for now am doing what comes naturally.Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-73004662419649602022018-01-08T10:19:00.000-08:002018-01-09T10:29:16.721-08:00Little Daily Painting<br />
Just about to start trying my hand at daily painting - a new approach for me but something that's growing in popularity among artists as a way of producing lots of fresh exciting work and avoiding artists block! I'm working on a book project at the same time so I don't know how many days I'll manage to do it, but I love the idea of producing a piece of work that I will finish in one go, and not return to days later and fiddle with it! It's wee, just 6" square, and that's new for me too. This first painting is of Ninewells Wood in the Wye Valley, a favourite dog walking spot of ours<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-57564068907217565222017-04-24T14:13:00.001-07:002017-04-24T14:17:00.078-07:00... and some more new stuff! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-80509193616636503402017-04-07T13:23:00.001-07:002017-04-07T13:25:16.538-07:00Just trying something new...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... a bit of a departure from my usual style but it was fun trying something new for Advocate's new portfolio!<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-79365989293931144792016-11-14T05:29:00.001-08:002016-11-14T05:29:34.082-08:00Something new - Monkey Mischief!<br />
I've been working this summer on illustrations for a November story for JC Decaux - and finally it is launch day! <br />
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So excited to see my work on digital screens nationwide!<a href="http://www.dailydooh.com/archives/119561" target="_blank"> Here's what it's all about!</a><br />
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Just realised it's a year and a day since my last blog post - that's totally rubbish and I need to be more disciplined! I've had a very busy year and have been working on lots of lovely book projects - too many to mention here!! So, after a wonderful holiday in Corsica, it's back to the drawing board with a cluster of new projects and a full diary now till the end of the year. This is the cover of <i>I Want My Daddy</i> - more adventures with Arthur Mouse who loves dressing up and learning all about the big wide world - just so long as his <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Want-My-Mummy-Tracey-Corderoy/dp/1848955383/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1405544143&sr=8-3&keywords=alison+edgson">Mum</a> (or Dad) is within cuddling distance!<br />
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Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-76409705622821493922013-07-15T04:30:00.001-07:002013-07-15T04:32:08.851-07:00July update, and it's hot hot hot...<br />
... but my studio is nice and cool and there's lots of work going on in here! I've just started a new book for Caterpillar Books and I'm really enjoying working on the roughs this week. Here's a sneaky preview - it'll no doubt all change before publication but I like this little chap on his pirate ship!<br />
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Last Youth Club for the summer tomorrow night as well and I'm planning to make fruity lemonade sodas with ice-cream for the kids, complete with old-fashioned stripey paper straws (wow, they're a lot more expensive than the plastic ones!) for a retro feel!<br />
I've been painting this summer as well (pictures <i>and</i> the peeling window frames) So enjoying indulging my longing to paint my beautiful surroundings here in South Wales and finally I've made time to do it. This is with a view to exhibiting later in the year or early next year but I have a lot to do to get a body of work together in the meantime. Will post some pictures later - very different style for me!<br />
After and alongside this book will be my next one for Little Tiger Press, the title still to be revealed to me! This will be ready for Frankfurt Book Fair in October. And my fourth trip to Edinburgh Festival in August to do an event based on <i>I Want my Mummy</i>. I'm designing a craft activity based on dragons and have found a great way to upcycle shower scrunchies to make smoke!!<br />
<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-57794268322613138812013-03-29T07:57:00.001-07:002013-03-29T07:57:06.002-07:00Illustration Friday - Egg<br />
What a lovely Easter theme for Illustration Friday. This one is from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Easter-Prayer-Time-Tommy-Nelson/dp/1400319412/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1364567240&sr=8-7">An Easter Prayer</a>, published by Thomas Nelson. Happy Easter!<br />
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Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-68916862701521290512012-12-14T09:43:00.005-08:002012-12-14T09:45:03.079-08:00Illustration Friday - Snow<br />
Another post for Illustration Friday - couldn't resist this one as I've just received my draft copy of a new book that I illustrated for Little Tiger Press called <i>Dear Snowman</i> which will be published next year. It's by Kathryn White and I'm excited about it because it's a lovely story - a real twist on the usual snowman books - and there are little extras such as postcards and stickers as well.<br />
Here's one of the illustrations and a tiny bit of the story - a sneak preview for you!<br />
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Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-79296833538781973252012-11-17T07:22:00.001-08:002012-11-17T07:22:33.964-08:00Illustration Friday - Zoom!<br />
Ah, couldn't resist this one - this is from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-One-More-Tracey-Corderoy/dp/1848953127/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1353165683&sr=1-14">'Just One More'</a> by Tracey Corderoy - fits the bill perfectly!<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-26276398456708573102012-11-09T10:36:00.001-08:002012-11-09T10:36:24.856-08:00Illustration Friday - Tree<br />
This is the first time in ages I've had a chance to update my blog - sorry for being remiss but I've been happily working away on another book for <i>Little Tiger Press</i> called <i>'Dear Snowman'</i> and I just finished it yesterday - hurrah! Starting a sweet new one for <i>Franklin Watts</i> next week so I'm squeezing in a post for Illustration Friday's subject this week - <b>Tree</b><br />
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This is an illustration I did for <i><a href="http://www.redhouse.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_content1_tbp?storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=100&title=Red%20House%20Children%27s%20Book%20Award&spotName=wl_RHCBA_2013">Red House Children's Book Awards</a></i> last year after my book <i>'Yuck!That's Not a Monster!'</i> won the Younger Reader prize in 2011. It was used in the publicity for last year's prize.<br />
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Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-51525640244401129652012-09-01T08:01:00.002-07:002012-09-01T08:02:56.925-07:00On a Starry Night<br />
Just had my copies of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Starry-Night-Various/dp/1847152589/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346511661&sr=8-1">On a Starry Night</a> delivered - I love to see books that I have illustrated for the first time in the flesh! This is one of a number of books that I've done for Stripes Publishing - it has 10 great little stories all on a wintery theme by different authors. I illustrated the cover and all the drawings inside too!<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-8963310153929096412012-08-30T02:48:00.000-07:002012-08-30T02:48:13.562-07:00Edinburgh Book Festival 2012<br />
Just back from Edinburgh - this is the third year I've done an event up there and this year I did two! The festival was wonderful as usual and the weather was warm and sunny!! We had full houses at both events. The first one I did was with Tracey Corderoy, the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-One-More-Tracey-Corderoy/dp/1848953127/ref=sr_1_27?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346319929&sr=1-27">'<i>Just One More</i>'</a> and we did storytelling, made our own book from scratch and all the children made beautiful rockets - all in under an hour!<br />
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The next day I did an event on my own - the story I read (voted for by the children) was <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yuck-Thats-Not-Monster-Childrens/dp/1848950292/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346319838&sr=1-5">'<i>Yuck! That's not a Monster!</i>'</a> and we made another brilliant book and then all the children made their own Little Rabbits to take home.<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-89580463283317840912012-06-14T05:02:00.002-07:002012-06-14T05:04:12.094-07:00Narwhals?<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-80046039795640991032012-06-10T04:00:00.000-07:002012-06-10T04:00:35.505-07:00I've not had much time to keep up with my blog lately - things have been busy, busy, busy with lots of projects on the go at once - it's all good! I've been working on new books for a couple of months - here are sneak previews of the ones I'm doing for <a href="http://www.igloo-books.com/">Igloo Books</a> and <a href="http://www.thomasnelson.com/">Thomas Nelson</a>.<br />
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I did three events at Hay this year - <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-One-More-Tracey-Corderoy/dp/1848953127/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339168673&sr=1-1">Just One More</a> (with Tracey Corderoy), <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Fairy-Magic-Julia-Hubery/dp/184895140X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339168754&sr=1-1">A Little Fairy Magic</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yuck-Thats-Monster-Angela-McAllister/dp/1848950292/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1339168804&sr=1-1">Yuck! That's not a Monster!</a> and lots of fantastic children came along to help us make sparkly rockets, furry mice and scary monsters! We had stories, made our own book from scratch, invented monsters and did magic tricks with fairy spells! In spite of the mud and rain we had lots of fun. Apologies to anyone who tried to get signed copies of my books as there were some gremlins in the supply chain and the bookshop supply ran out a bit early. </div>
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With Tracey Corderoy, author of Just One More</div>
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I think I've got their attention!</div>
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Hurrah - just published is <i>Just One More</i>, written by <a href="http://www.traceycorderoy.com/">Tracey Corderoy</a> and illustrated by me! <a href="http://www.littletigerpress.com/">Here's</a> where you can read all about it and buy a copy. It comes with it's own little colouring in book!<br />
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<br />Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-63346210420137235752011-12-18T14:33:00.000-08:002011-12-18T14:37:04.017-08:00Merry Christmas Everyone!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69e7EylKBnVacyzMdbzzCqix7hNpd-_AWW41W-aiclfnR08zkjhqzDDrLnv7FsNoizk2a6gd-zKo3ogf4Nid5FXs7xrRi2q2ROms9OfFlEQrZc8dVTqvPo9x6LHnPbXe3PMePeKmwZYgv/s1600/2011+card+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69e7EylKBnVacyzMdbzzCqix7hNpd-_AWW41W-aiclfnR08zkjhqzDDrLnv7FsNoizk2a6gd-zKo3ogf4Nid5FXs7xrRi2q2ROms9OfFlEQrZc8dVTqvPo9x6LHnPbXe3PMePeKmwZYgv/s200/2011+card+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687601014905624018" /></a>Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1894227677934359934.post-19987872409055839912011-10-01T11:39:00.000-07:002011-10-01T11:44:17.762-07:00Illustration Friday - 'Hibernate'<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9_Lmo1o9qCGHHfYzGc7dt_drXcUxa5cuBI_JOI4ZqiKCn5LSuZ6D_m_GxqcQCBCqCwTs-vBmZsu5X5-oq3TNqSraJW0_geiANGAYAdLc_5JXKL1ykVWNSMkqXBnmrsJr8zpbT_7Zzia6/s1600/if+hibernate.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA9_Lmo1o9qCGHHfYzGc7dt_drXcUxa5cuBI_JOI4ZqiKCn5LSuZ6D_m_GxqcQCBCqCwTs-vBmZsu5X5-oq3TNqSraJW0_geiANGAYAdLc_5JXKL1ykVWNSMkqXBnmrsJr8zpbT_7Zzia6/s200/if+hibernate.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658595515381554498" /></a><br /><div>Yikes - I'm really too busy working on two new books for the Frankfurt Book Fair to post to my blog, but couldn't resist popping this one up for Illustration Friday this week as it's just perfect for the topic of 'hibernate'. It's an illustration from '<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/When-Will-Snow-Kathryn-White/dp/1848952538/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1317494581&sr=1-5">When Will it Snow</a>' by Kathryn White, and just published, so very good timing I think! Back to work now...</div>Alison Edgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782528466599705618noreply@blogger.com9