The Growly Bear #1
This is the first illustration from The Growly Bear, written by my grandmother Coral O’Donnell.
The bear is drawn in watercolour pencil on hot pressed watercolour paper, while the background has been done digitally using a Wacom tablet in Photoshop.
This book is now available in paperback and hard cover in the store.
Little Bird #2
Pencil on sketching pad
The second in a series of three small birds, for personal use. Sparrows remind me a lot of New Zealand, where I grew up before we moved to Australia when I was six.
I’m a tiny bit proud of the fluffy texture I kind of managed to create on his chest, although I think I still need to work on capturing the personality behind the eyes (or in this case, eye).