22 paintings done – half way
Half way! This is the first stage of one of the larger crowd scenes. If you select 'read more' the next two paintings in the process are shown. Haven't mastered a slide show yet! I start by filling in the…
16 painted 29 to go
With the deadline getting closer I am spending all my spare time in my studio - painting. I go through such a roller-coaster of emotions as I love my drawings but get very tense around the painting process - they…
Starting the paintings – last lap
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…
Thirty-six drawings copied – 18 to go!
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…
Transferring the drawing to good watercolour paper
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…
At last final drawings done!
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…
A chat with Barbara
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…
How the Valley of Less became the Valley of More…
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…
Checkout the latest book ‘The Spell-ing Witches’
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…