Last week daughter and I took some time off to hop over the Channel and wander the canals and museums of old Amsterdam. It was a short break, but a full schedule, we went everywhere on foot from morn till dusk, apart from a paddle boat hour on the canals.

One of the highlights of the trip was the Rijksmuseum. It was my second visit there, I blogged about my initial trip when I first started this blog years ago, but this time there was much more time to explore the museum. Daughter was much taken by art objects like clocks, china and other decorated crafts, for me though I was totally caught up with the wealth of visual arts. One painting by Peeter Baltens sparked an idea for a picture book - recording it here so I don't just sit on it (as often happens with my picture book ideas).
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If you've been following me on Instagram (which I'm slowly comprehending) and Twitter, you might have seen some of the (mostly) daily drawings I've been posting recently. I've avoided multi-posting to the blog or on Facebook on a daily basis, I think the continuous nature of Twitter and Instagram is better suited to daily sketch exercises, but in case you missed them, here's a catch-up of a few recent scribblings.
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Summer greetings to all my dear friends and readers.

It's been a rather cool and wet summer in the UK so far, not so glorious for beach-lovers perhaps, but good for gardens...

Magic For Sale is finally out!

Written by Carrie Clickard

Illustrated by John Shelley

published by Holiday House Books

ISBN: 9780823435593

32 pages of rollicking fun!

The book follows the trail of young Georgie McQuist, who's been dared to sneak into Miss Pustula Night's Magic Shop overnight to find the spirit that's rumoured to inhabit the basement.
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