My Self Publishing Adventure -Part 2

Picking up from my first post I will continue with the creation of my book. The next step, once I had a clear idea of the story and the page layout was to begin refining the details.

I had to develop my characters  and be able to paint them consistently throughout the book.

 Millicent was a no brainer since I have painted over 100 cows, but Mouse was a new creation and so I had to play around with him a little bit and create him  in various moods and positions throughout the book.

And then there was the Farmers wife...

 I had to make a lot of decisions. One idea I had in an effort to shorten the length of the book was to have a  split illustration but I felt it was too distracting to one part of the story or the other.

  My work began with these line drawings and others that I would eventually turn into paintings. Stay tuned for those next time....

Inspiration Avenue Challenge- "Celestial"

Very fitting for the theme, my children's book "Millicent and the Faraway Moon" is all about reaching for the stars. 40 pages, full color, hardcover and available in my ETSY SHOP. There are more than one available, so if you get there and it is sold, please convo me for your signed copies :0) Special Inspiration Avenue discount- mention IA in convo for $2.95 discount.