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I've been busy coming up with cover concepts for the upcoming Great White Shark book. It felt great to break out the pencils again! ✏️

I've been talking about "happy accidents" in the studio, not being too stressed about the outcome, or planning for perfection. Take joy from little discoveries, immerse yourself in the process, and just have fun! That's exactly how this little puffer fish was created 💙

A few years ago I made an undersea picture book with 3D collaged creatures, using scraps of watercolor paper. I found a few of them today, and now I'm thinking of adding to the cast of characters 🦑🐙🦐🖌. That's a project for later in the year though! Swipe right for a quick video of adding highlights with a white charcoal pencil over the watercolor.🦞🦀

Today's tools. These are some of the things that helped me create in my studio today. ✏️🖌📏✂️✒️🖊 What I used them for : • Shallow water close to the coast, so lots of turquoise and aqua in pencil and paint. • Fine black linework, so a variety of opaque inks from sticks and dip nib pens. • Cutting and edging cotton papers, so fine tip scissors, blade, stylus and hematite burnisher. • Long straight lines on oversized paper, so the wooden foldable ruler that was my father's. • Reflections over the ocean surface, so white charcoal, white pigment pens, chalk down paint (in the ring) and gouache (in the shell). •Erasers to create highlights, both block and mechanical. I hope everyone had the chance to create something today! 🌟

After the intense drama of my last video's subject matter, here is some light-hearted fun, created with watercolors and a fine syringe. 💉

I'm on the Illustrators Wall (Oceania - Australia) for the @bolognachildrensbookfair, along with so many familiar faces of my colleagues from @scbwi_west and @scbwianz . Unfortunately this extraordinary book fair dedicated to children's literature was cancelled this year, but you can check out the Virtual Illustrators Wall and other exhibitions online 🖌✍️✏️📖📚

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