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This is My Dad – Illustration Process

This is My Dad – Illustration Process

by | Mar 8, 2022 | Illustration

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...
Piper Picks the Perfect Pet – Illustration Process

Piper Picks the Perfect Pet – Illustration Process

by | Jun 10, 2021 | Illustration

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

Amira’s Suitcase – Illustration Process

by | Mar 11, 2021 | Illustration

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...
How I Stretch my Watercolour Paper

How I Stretch my Watercolour Paper

by | Jul 15, 2020 | Illustration

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...
Illustration Process – Under the Same Sky

Illustration Process – Under the Same Sky

by | Sep 4, 2019 | Illustration

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...
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