Marjorie's Sketch Blog

Marjorie van Heerden writes and illustrates children's books.

Saturday, 24 May 2025

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I make and print a calendar every year that I give as Christmas gifts.The illustrations in the Calendars are my preliminary, rough sketches ...
Wednesday, 11 May 2022

2022 South African Children’s Laureate Award.

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    I received exciting news recently... I was chosen as a recipient of the 2022 South African Children’s Laureate Award. This honour is aw...
Wednesday, 6 April 2022

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Got a surprise parcel today!! The English addition of Die Leeutemmer se Assitent (Afr. published by LAPA published in 2017) was published t...
Wednesday, 16 March 2022

Protea Boekhuis' new cover picture

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Protea Boekhuis updated their Facebook cover photo using the ghost story book!!
Monday, 14 February 2022

Card I drew for Johann - Happy Valentine to all!

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Friday, 11 February 2022

The Ghost-stories-of-Langehoven Book is in print and soon to be in the Book Shops.

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 Exciting - The Ghost stories Book will be available to hold and scarily hug soon!!! Thank you, Wendy Maartens, who collected and adapted ...
Wednesday, 2 February 2022

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  Happy New Year! 2022 is the Year of the Tiger (yin; water) - the tradition of the Chinese Zodiac animals originated as early as 2,300BC!...
Wednesday, 26 January 2022

A bit of fun!

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      For the Langenhoven Ghost stories Book (details of book on my Trade books blog)... because of the text font being changed, there were ...

Bye Bye 2020 and welcome to a New Year - 2021!

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Although belated, never the less, honest wishes to you all from Margie and Johann, may this coming year be a year full of health, produc...
Thursday, 19 April 2018

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In China this year, 2018, is “The Year of the Brown Earth Dog”. It is going to be a good year in all respects, but it will also be a...
Monday, 30 January 2017

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Here is wishing you a wonderful New Year, full of energy, new inspiration and happiness! 2017 is the Chinese Year of the Fire Rooster and...
Sunday, 29 January 2017

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I have been so busy working on books locally and internationally that I have rather neglected this blog for a while. At last I have now mana...
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