{"id":866,"date":"2014-04-21T12:46:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T12:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=866"},"modified":"2014-04-21T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T12:46:05","slug":"illustrating-the-tomtes-with-brenda-tyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/04\/21\/illustrating-the-tomtes-with-brenda-tyler\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustrating the Tomtes with Brenda Tyler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier in the year, the Floris office was treated to a very special visit from Brenda Tyler, author-illustrator of our beautiful <a title=\"See all our Tomtes of Hilltop picture books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/searchresults.html?keywords=hilltop\">Hilltop picture book series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda popped in to work with our design team on illustrations for her new Hilltop book, <a title=\"Read more about The Tomtes of Hilltop Stream\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Brenda-Tyler\/Tomtes+of+Hilltop+Stream\/9781782500452\"><em>The Tomtes of Hilltop Stream<\/em><\/a>, and we were lucky enough to catch her in action! Watch our video below to see Brenda add the finishing touches to her watercolour spreads. As you&#8217;ll see, Emily, Jamie and Lichen are working hard to clean Hilltop Stream&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKwYBxrOI8s?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And if you enjoyed that, we&#8217;ve also put some lovely pictures from the day <a title=\"Visit the Floris Books Pinterest board\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/florisbooks\/illustrating-the-tomtes-with-brenda-tyler\/\">up on Pinterest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>About <a title=\"Read more about The Tomtes of Hilltop Stream\" href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Brenda-Tyler\/Tomtes+of+Hilltop+Stream\/9781782500452\">The Tomtes of Hilltop Stream<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Brenda-Tyler\/Tomtes+of+Hilltop+Stream\/9781782500452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-883 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TylerTomtesStream.jpg\" alt=\"TylerTomtesStream\" width=\"180\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TylerTomtesStream.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/TylerTomtesStream-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Emily and Jamie live near Hilltop Wood. 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