Fine art processes in a variety of media. Musings on the art of writing and illustrating for fiction, non-fiction and books for children - tips, anecdotes and sketches.
Although I had promised to work on Pokiri Parrot and the Magic Pearl I was side-tracked by requests for more black and white samples from my agent and a bid for an assignment with a religious publisher in Minnesota. To allay any guilt I may be feeling due to Pokiri procrastination I am posting some of the religious images...in keeping with this holiday season. May all of our guilts and procrastinations be so easily diverted in the forthcoming year.
I am a Canadian author/illustrator of fiction and non-fiction for both trade and educational publishers in Canada, the US, and abroad. I have written 4 trade books for Orca books, illustrated and written over 2 dozen picture books and am coauthor/illustrator of an environmental middle-grade fiction series for Harper Collins Children's Books in India. Email: steve@stephenaitken.com
"Just Grace"Illustrator Sharon Lane Holm and Author Kathleen Bookbinder display the
cover of their book "Just Grace". A collaboration that was
created in support of t...
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