Divi & Frey
Research, Insights and notes for educators
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recent posts
- Understanding the principles of design, for new illustrators and teachers.
- Understanding Elements of Design: A Guide for New Illustrators and Teachers
- Engaging Classroom Activities for Visual Storytelling
- Unlocking Wally Wood’s 22 Panels for Dynamic Storytelling
- Beginner’s Guide to Watercolour for illustrations
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This October I am taking part in the “Great Cycle Challenge” to raise money to help fight children’s cancer. To see a little more about the kids and why it is import to raise money, follow this link https://greatcyclechallenge.com.au/Pages/the-kids My current cycling goal is to reach 150km. In truth I would like to…
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Imaging my delight and surprise yesterday, when after a morning or recording and sketching notes from the original Alice in Wonderland pencil sketches by John Tenniel (with even a few rough sketches by Lewis Carroll (aka Charles Dodgson) I found out the Harvard’s collection of rare books and manuscripts included works by Edward Lear. While…
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I’m making final preparations for my trip to America on Wednesday. I am heading to the International Visual Literacy Conference which is being held at the Leslie University in Cambridge Massachusetts. At the conference, I will be presenting a paper on ‘Illustrating Visual Language Research” at 10 am on Sunday the 17th. In which I…
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I will be in Parramatta (N.S.W, Aust.) for the next 2 weeks as an illustrator in residence at the Parramatta Artist Studios. This is a program organised by WestWords (www.westwords.com.au) . During my time here I will run workshops at the Max Webber Library, Friday 7th July 10:30 to 12:30(tomorrow). Today I set up an…
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(Stian Hole) From 09 to 30 September 2017, the International Centre for the Picture Book in Society (ICPBS) will host an exhibition in collaboration with BIBIANA, the International House of Art for Children in Bratislava, Slovakia. The exhibition, titled MIGRATIONS, will coincide with the Biennale of Illustration in Bratislava (BIB) and its symposium. The Brief We invite…
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I have been very fortunate this year as the book ‘Hello!’ which I illustrated for the National Library of Australia has been placed on the ‘Notable’ book list for 2017. This is wonderful recognition for the book that explores 12 cultural groups from multicultural Australia. As the libraries blurb says “Yiasou! That’s hello in Greek!…
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Over the years I have entered a number of awards around the world. I see these competitions as an opportunity to develop a concept and push my illustration work in new directions. As the entry period for the Association of Illustrators (AOI) awards for 2017 draws to a close. I have been considering entering an…
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“I love it when a plan comes together!” as the 80s TV ‘A’ team would say. Just working on some new concept images for a story that I am writing and illustrating. So far I am very happy with the results and here is a sneak peek at Motor Scooter cow from my draft pile…
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I recently received a sample pack of Staedtler Mars Lumograph black pencils. The pencil pack came as a tin pencil tray. It contained 2 x 2B, 2x 4B, 1 6B and 1 8B. These pencil leads have been produced with a higher proportion of carbon in the lead than the standard Lumograph pencils. The idea…
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Samurai vs Ninja has been shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Book Prize. The following link is a review from the Reading blog page. http://www.readings.com.au/news/five-reasons-we-love-samurai-vs-ninja-by-nick-falk-and-tony-flowers
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