Category Archives: Books

Books for Christmas: A Round-Up

Written by Katharina on December 29, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Anybody who knows me knows that I love books. Like a lot. If I could live in a library I would do it in half a heartbeat. So it’s no surprise that I got a lot of books for Christmas. I got a couple of novels, but for the most part all the others were [...]

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Book Project

Written by Katharina on December 24, 2011 — 1 Comment

Finally! I’m happy to present the project that I’ve been working on since the middle of October. As I’ve previously mentioned, it’s a 13 page story set in my German hometown of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It’s the story of a brother and a sister who don’t want to go outside, they just want to sit around and [...]

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Swamplandia!

Written by Katharina on August 10, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Painting 18 of 30: Ava and the Bird Man I’ve currently reading a book called Swamplandia! (the exclamation point is really essential) by Karen Russell and wanted to do an illustration to go along with it. The story takes palace in Florida (how could it not, with a title like that) and revolves around a [...]

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