This is a very old illo, one I did over 10 years ago for Cricket magazine. But in addition to fitting the "skinny" prompt, it's related to some wonderful news!The story this illustrated was "The Old Man and the Cat," by Anthony Holcroft. I've always loved this gentle, yet dramatic tale, so I was thrilled when Anthony asked me if I would be interested in doing illos for a picture book version of the story! It is to be published by Penguin New Zealand (Anthony is a New Zealand author).
I'm thinking about setting up a blog for the book & posting some of the illos, which will be done in the collage & acrylics of my more recent work, but with characters based on the original Cricket illos.
Watercolor and colored pencil on paper, about 3.5"x6"
14 comments:
Ooo, I like how you´re characters are all stretchy! And gorgeous colors too!
Hi Leah;
Glad to see that you are posting again. Congratulations on the book. I will wait with interest to see what you come up with.
Regards,
Neil
well done - I like the style
Beautiful work! I love the luminous colors.
Hey Leah, great work as always! I think it's awesome that you do illos for Cricket. I don't remember if I mentioned that I still have the issues I received from 1974-1978. They are among my prized possessions.
Awesome illustration, and spectacular book news! I look forward to the updates.
Congrats!
And please do... process posts are one of my favourite guilty pleasures!
Cheers!
Wonderful news and a beautiful illustration. Wonderful colours.
Congratulations Leah! such wonderful news..
This is a brilliant piece, I really love your style! And good luck on your new project :)
This is great! All your work is. I've spent the last half hour going through all your work on here. The color, whimsy and sense of depth/volume in your images are just wonderful. I grew up in Cary, so reading about your work being on display at the Cameron Village Library reminds of home. Oh and thanks for the kind words over at my blog.
Oh, that poor lovely cat! The expression is very affecting!
Wonderful news - big congrats!!!
WoW! Really like this painting! ANd the colours! Fairytale:-)
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