Map for the a children's book...

In June I posted a map I was working on for a children's book, to view click here. Now I can reveal the colour version below. I shall add a map key with numbers, compass and probably a frame at a later date so that kids can pore the map working out where all the action is taking place and generally looking for mistakes, just like I used to do!

The illustration was completed in exclusively watercolour, size 30x24cm.

Sketches For A New Project

As with everything I'm doing at the moment I have hold back the finished artwork, however I have been given permission to show my sketches. Below you can see the beginnings of a map that will hopefully feature in a children's novel. I can't reveal the plot but suffice to say the main characters are not human!

 2nd Sketch

1st Sketch

You can see a few changes I had to make from the 1st to the 2nd sketch but essentially I kept the same view. The reason behind the 'google satellite' view is to show all the alleyways behind the terraced house clearly because the various back routes feature heavily in the story.