This is the proposed colour cover for 'The Dragonbone Chair.' I referenced a castle nearby where I live - slightly changing it of course but the figures and rocks are out of books and magazines. The weather conditions are supposed to be at night but I had to lighten it to actually show what's happening and make sure I left enough space for title and blurb. It was great fun just throwing the paint around wet on wet in the open spaces in the top left!
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the link, your work is fantastic. I would be really interested to know whether or not you would be interested in providing the illustrations for the book and more importantly - how much you would charge. I haven't done this before so I have no idea, but if you were interested I'm sure we could find out from someone...you may already know how it works. It is very difficult to get a publisher and I have been looking into self publishing, but want to provide them with a finished product rather than have them provide illustrations . it is a story about a scarecrow and I have trailed the usual schools , nurseries and local book shops to ask their opinion, all were very complimentary...mind you they probably didn't have the heart to say otherwise, however it was the children's reaction that I was more interested in, they did all seem to love it , one little lad was in tears until he heard the ending so I'm a little hopeful....but then so are the thousands of other authors who are out there looking to be published I suppose !! actually am I supposed to be only commenting on the watercolour...I will e mail you.
please give it some consideration and let me know what you think... I would like the illustrations to be done in watercolours. speak to you soon.
Cheers Judith