I like illustrations depicting camping. They are mosquito and dirt free in a way that ACTUAL camping isn’t. But this year we are going in the ballot to try to get a campsite at The Prom over Christmas. Gulp. I MIGHT just HAVE to deal with mosquitoes and dirt then.
I will try to concentrate on the positives like making sausage and mashed potato jaffles on the gasmate, if we do. I will take my rose coloured glasses. I will need them. Gulp again.
Do you love this illustration as much as I do?!
xx Pip
Such a cute illo! I especially love the line at the toilet!
We’re going this week-hurrah!!
Should be excellent fun!!!
hey its a little forest animal music festival! its all there, the stage, the music, the tents, the bar, the long line to the porta-loo- and all in my favourite colours! so cute ๐
I adore this illustration. i looked everywhere for a camping illustration to put on the masthead of a camping newsletter going out to our huge family prior to our annual family camp out.
My advice take a good book and plenty of vodka!
Yes! I love the camping illustration. Of course I am probably biased because I LOVE camping, but I think it looks like a pretty acurate representation of camping! We are going camping at easter. Can’t wait! (The caravan park, luxurious kind not the bush/dig a hole kind)
I adore this, Pip! Especially love the minmial use of colour; reminds me of the children’s picture books of the 1950s and 60s like Eloise, Madeline and No Roses for Harry, where the gorgeous illustrations were so expressive, they didn’t need the fluorescent colour we often see today (not that there’s anything wrong with that!). How I crave to see book colour like those used by M Sasek – ‘This is New York’, ‘This is Paris’ etc – in children’s books today. I think they’re creeping back…
Anyway, I’m ranting – you’ve inspired me to post some pics of my retro postcards!!
I love this illustration. So cute, and it reminds me of things at summer camp, like new friends and fun outdoorsy activities (I think I may not have as much of an aversion to the outdoorsy stuff as you sound like you may! – however, I don’t think anyone on earth is fond of mosquitos.)
camping illustrations are fun! especially if the campers are animals!
I totally love this illustration!!! So cute!
Doesn’t make me like camping any better… but…just look at that hedgehog:)
It makes me want to go camping! x
hee hee, forget the rose-coloured glasses in favour of the Rose and Pinot, there’s my tip of the day on camping ๐
Yep! Cute is the word.
totally cute!!!
At least camping at The Prom you have a general store, flushing toilets, warm showers and wombats sneaking into your tents at night !! Could be worse!! ๐ That is UNLESS you are not staying at Tidal River and going bush?!?! Then I would do a BIG gulp!!!
anyway.. yes i heart this pic a lot! x