This is My Dad – Illustration Process
Illustration Process – This is My Dad I am thrilled to have teamed up again with wonderful author Dimity Powell. We have worked together on The Fix-It Man and also At the End of Holyrood Lane. This Is My Dad is a timely, important and heartwarming look at modern...
The Incredibly Busy Mind of Bowen Bartholomew Crisp – Illustration Process
Illustration Process – The Incredibly Busy Mind of Bowen Bartholomew Crisp This book is one that is very dear to my heart. Paul Russell (who happens to be the author of Grandma Forgets) met my son Bowen in Melbourne at the book launch of Grandma Forgets....
Piper Picks the Perfect Pet – Illustration Process
Illustration Process Piper Picks the Perfect Pet has approximately 180 words (painstakingly crafted by Caroline Tuohey ), which is not a lot of words for a picture book. This excited me greatly because every word was perfectly positioned leaving me with a huge blank...
Amira’s Suitcase – Illustration Process
Illustration Process – Amira’s Suitcase Below is the illustration process I used to create the illustrations for Amira’s Suitcase. Amira’s Suitcase was such a beautiful book to illustrate. I loved working with the colour palette of rich, deep...
Piper Picks the Perfect Pet – animation
Today is the release of Piper Picks the Perfect Pet! During Covid-19 lockdown, my son made this little stop motion animation to help celebrate the release of new book Piper Picked the Perfect Pet . Written by Caroline Tuohey, illustrated by Nicky Johnston, published...
Book Trailer ~ Piper Picks the Perfect Pet
Here it is…. Piper Picks the Perfect Pet BOOK TRAILER! Check it out! Written by Caroline Tuohey, illustrated by Nicky Johnston, published by Ford St Publishing Download Piper Picks the Perfect Pet Teacher Notes HERE Activity 1 – Book...
How I Stretch my Watercolour Paper
I am asked A LOT about the process I use to stretch my watercolour paper, so while preparing my paper for a new book I am illustrating (The Incredibly Busy Mind of Bowen Bartholomew Crisp – written by Paul Russel, EK Books) I decided to record my process. Now, I...
Coco Big City Kitty is here!
Welcome to the world COCO Big City Kitty! Coco lived on the top floor of the tallest building on Meowington Avenue. Her days were filled with action, excitement, noise and activity. And nothing made Coco happier than being a Big City Kitty. To celebrate the release of...
Illustration Process – Under the Same Sky
I love reflecting on the whole process of a book. Especially when I go back to some of my very first sketches. The evolution of illustrations can happen quite quickly but generally take many, many sketches to finally get the perfect story telling illustrations before...About Nicky Johnston
Nicky is a children’s book author and illustrator. Read more about Nicky HERE
Professional Member of:
The Style File Illustration Portfolio
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Australian Society of Authors
