One large handmade book (A4 size)

Here is another handmade book created over a weekend at ArtStation. This is my favourite out of all three courses I have participated in. Just the pure size of this book makes it so much more special than the previous A6 books I have made in the past. I intend to use this book as a journal for a trip to India and Nepal I took back in Aug/Sep 2013.

Ten handmade books

I made these ten books as part of a two day course at ArtStation in Ponsonby. We spent the morning on the first day creating our own special 'paste papers', which - once dry - were used for the cover of each book.

This is the second book course I have done at ArtStation. Previously I have made a series of four books, each with a different binding technique.

Botanical illustration class

I've got pretty behind in uploading my botanical illustration on my blog. Here is my latest effort. Onion and garlic - watercolour and coloured pencil.

I started with the watercolour but wasn't really liking the result so continued with coloured pencil over the top. The garlic on the left is unfinished and shows the watercolour base.