children's books

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Peacock's Tale

I want Owl to be bright and colourful. I want to create illustrations that are vibrant and bold. I made this with Lino cut, watercolour,...

Birds, birds, birds

Some more of my feathered friends. This time in watercolour, pen and oil pastel.

goniochromism. I googled it.

"...it is the property of certain surfaces that appear to change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes". Like ...

Paper and Light

More paper cuts, this time I was playing around with light. Creating layers of tracing paper to diffuse differing amounts of light.

Steg

This little character popped into my head, and I think he could have a fine adventure across the pages of a children's book.

Paper cut birds: getting better...

Paper cut: Bird illustrations

Probably just because I like playing with knives, I have been exploring the possibility of illustrating my book with paper cuts. I imagin...

Sewing Stuff

Playing about with the possibility of illustrating using textiles and embroidery... you know, sewing stuff.

Text

I envision this book with a hand drawn quality to the text. I have been messing around with how to pair text and image.

Mixed media birds

Acrylic, collage and pen

Owl's Big Journey

I have written a children's book, about an owl who goes on a great journey and meets lots of other birds along the way, and eventually le...

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