Flat Plan: This Moose Belongs to Me

Artist Copy - Felicita Sala

The children's book that I have chosen to copy is called 'My Father is a Polar Bear' written by Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Felicita Sala.

Here is the original illustration:

I chose this illustration because it created an atmospheric scene within the children's book. It's interesting shapes and colour combinations work together well to portray a cold Autumnal day in an old town. The warm red, brown and yellow tones contrast against the cold blue, grey and green tones.

I started by drawing out a basic outline. I then added base colours by using water colour paint. I made sure the saturation wasn't strong so that I could draw over the top of the water colour later on.





Here I worked on top of the water colour wash with coloured pencil crayons. I used a scribbly technique to match the original.

Drawings of Subject Matter

Here are my drawings of subject matter. I did these to further my exploration in drawing in a variety of styles. I have tried out drawing in detail, quick scribbles, water colour and water on top of fine liner. From this, I can see what has worked and what hasn't worked. I think that the sketchy drawings with a slight bit of water colour turned out the best and that the drawings with block colour turned out the worst.  

Book Name Ideas

I have started to think about my book title. Here I have written a list of ideas:

Subject Matter

Primary Photos

New York and Boston - USA

London - UK

Secondary Photos

New York - USA

London - UK

Pinterest Boards

The link to my Pinterest account is HERE.

On Pinterest, I created a number of pin boards. I looked at travel destinations from all over the world and other artist's illustrations and photographs for inspiration.