by Nicky | 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...
by Nicky | Aug 6, 2021 | Illustration
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....
by Nicky | 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...
by Nicky | 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...
by Nicky | 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...
by Nicky | 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...