Week four: The next decision was which part of the book I should illustrate, and I did these rough sketches of a scene where Eleanor slides down a giraffe's neck, has a bath with a sea lion, and looks out of the window of the apartment and watches swooping swallows.
I went with the double page spread with Eleanor and the sea lion.
I'm particularly pleased with the two vignettes on the left.
Week five and the cover. I went with the plain background, but afterwards thought that maybe the animals should have joined in - what do you think?
When I had finished the course I took another look at the at the five pieces I submitted to the class gallery and changed some elements... you remember my first draft of Eleanor with her accessories in week one well she now looks like this:
The course was with Lilla Rogers at Make Art That Sells and I recommend it.
It's full of great information and Lilla and Zoë Tucker really know their stuff!
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