Keitaro Sugihara

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Born in Aichi prefecture, in 1980, Keitaro graduated from Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design in 2001. He moved to Toronto, Canada the same year and discovered how close and accessible art can be which was very unlikely to what he had felt in Japan.

Etsy Digital Paper For Spring

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Some fun digital papers in The Scrapettes shop on Etsy - the great thing about digital is you don't have to trudge to the shops to get started. Once you buy the paper, it's sent to you immediately as a high resolution (300 dpi) A4 paper download.  The rest is up to you!

Red Floral Digital Paper A4

Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi

Wandering

consultation of the morning of one day

the cat which relaxes.

Born in Japan, Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi leads a very active life as well as painting daily. 

Laura Ferrara

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I found American artist/illustrator Laura Ferrara's work through Pocketful Illustration Mag - I did try to find her website but it doesn't seem to be online at the moment, although she does have a Flickr account and it's well worth a visit.

Howard Tangye

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Australian born Tangye studied fashion at Central St Martin's before going on to Parson's School of Design in New York.  We need more colour and pattern this time of year.

Mike Inglis - Artist in Residence

Autumn colours and textures in the gardens of Battleby

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Lovely day spent with my friend at his new venture - Scottish National Heritage's artist in residence.  It's based at SNH’s conference centre at Battleby in Perthshire, which hosts a wide range of events and activities each year attended by nearly 10,000 people.  

His residency will look at how the use of the garden and designed landscape can increase awareness and understanding around a range of issues and opportunities facing Scotland’s natural environment.   

Mike's created a specific website relating to his residency here and well worth a visit. I was lucky with the weather that day - it was a stunning autumn day.

Mollie Makes

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My lovely daughter Kirsty aka 'awoodentree' was asked to contribute to December's 'Mollie Makes'.  I'm so delighted for her and I might just try it out myself!