Alison Garwood Jones

Summer favourites (past and present)

Originally published in July 2010 in Blog

First book: Fun At The Beach (author unknown, A Whitman Tiny TotTale). Spoiler alert: Johnny and his brother swim past a crab, scarf down some peanut butter sandwiches, and make sand pies and cakes. Mom sits under an umbrella and claps from a distance. Shoes: The classic Sperry Topsider. They’re back! … kind of. Love the [...]

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Manhattan transfer

Originally published in July 2010 in Blog

NEW YORK, 100ºF —“Philip, do you think anyone would care if I left my hat and gloves in the hotel?” *I used the “Inkling” app to draw this. It creates Japanese brush painting strokes, but also mimics a butcher’s grease pencil and looks a lot like the magazine  illustration techniques of the 1950s. I added [...]

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Summer in the city

Originally published in July 2010 in Blog

Popsicle music courtesy of the Lovin’ Spoonful

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