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:: Illustration Fan Club :: Anke Weckmann

December 14, 2010
Oh look. These prints are by Anke. You can find them in her Etsy store here. Anke lives in London and is doing all sorts of interesting things. I guess it is snowing in London… Perhaps that is why so many wonderful illustrators hail from that part of the world. So many rainy, sloshy, blizzardy days. What better thing to do than stay inside in front of the radiator tucked up under a lap blanket and draw? Nothing better I am sure, if you are good at drawing (as Anke is!) And even better if you have tea and crumpets, I think.
If you read Anke’s blog, you will know that she has contributed to a really lovely diary for next year. I would be snapping that up, if I were you, because I am sure they will sell out any second. I can hear the people jostling to get the last one as we speak.
Ms Anke has also made all sorts of really great prints and notepads and even lavender sachets. This is a girl after my own heart. I travel everywhere with a notepad and a lavender sachet. When I get excited about something I squeeze the sachet and take a big sniff of it. Then I grab my notepad and my Delfonics (thanks Gemma) pen and I start writing notes down in very messy writing. It’s messy because I need glasses and I hold the notepad too close to my eyes. If I hold it further away, PRESTO! Neat writing. So do not laugh at me if you see me with my close-then-far-away notepad and my lavender sachet, because I MEAN BUSINESS! I am having IDEAS! But back to Anke….
Anke has a website where you can view all the work she has done for magazines and the like. It is all there documented beautifully, so you can click around and see her lovely drawings and prints. You might remember that Ms Anke made a poster for Frankie last year? I guess that is because Frankie is totally first with the illustration super-scoop. (I think that is true, actually, although I am pretty quick with the scoop too.) Do you have that poster? I do. I wonder if Anke rhymes with Frankie.
Did you know that Anke-Linotte likes to drink Elderflower Cordial? She does. You can find a recipe here. I am pleased the recipe recommends shaking the insects from the elderflowers before you use them. I do not like floaties in my cordial. Where do you get elderflowers though? I do not know. Probably Anke would know. Because she is clever like that.
I think we should ask Anke some questions, don’t you? If you have any good questions for Anke, write them in the comments and we can email her and see if she will answer them. It’s sort of like being in a fanclub, isn’t it, except without the badges and stickers. I will follow up with another post when Anke has time to answer!
What would you like to ask Anke? We can all ask her together.

xx Pip

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