I finished copying the rough drawings onto good watercolour paper and am now starting the last process before the book can go to 'Copy Press' and be prepared for printing. It's been a year at least since I painted at…
I'm going a bit googled-eyed copying and tracing my rough sketches onto good watercolour paper so I had a break today and did some 'Zentangling' - very restful and totally absorbing. I used some shells as an inspiration collected from…
It's a three stage process to transfer the much rubbed-out, much scribbled drawing onto the final suitable paper. First the transparent tracing paper is taped onto the drawing and the image is drawn with a very heavy pencil. The the…
I finished the 50 odd drawings for the final book of my trilogy today. I need to transfer them to good watercolour paper and paint them now! I am super organised this time. For my first book my drawings were…
Q - ‘The Journey to Dragonsneer’ is the second book in the Prince and the Dragon trilogy. Was it any easier to write and illustrate than the first book? A - It was easier in that I had a plan…
Enjoy a short snippet from the original story. Chapter 1 Once upon a time there was a kingdom hidden away in a deep valley behind very high mountains. This kingdom was called The Valley of Less and the high encircling…
The third and final book in The Prince and Dragon trilogy - The Spell-ing Witches. It has been a wonderful journey from a short story to a one-off (as I thought) children’s fairy story with over 50 watercolour illustrations. And…