Walking on Gold

Walking on Gold by Janine Amos
Book Cover by Maria Forrester

A few weeks back I completed a lovely commission for a book cover aimed at young readers.

To read an extract from the book and for more information about Janine's work and other books, you can visit her new website http://janineamos.com/walking-on-gold/. The book is due to be published in Spring 2014 and sounds really exciting. I'm sure it is going to be a great success and I'm looking forward to reading the whole book.

This book cover was created using various media. Watercolour and cling film was used for the background. Rubbings of fossils, drawings of coins and grasses (and making them look like rubbings), acrylic paint, hand rendered text and even my rough seagull drawings were used to create this colourful cover. This was a commission for the full front and back cover, but also for publication on ebooks.

Some Development Images

Summerhill Glen, Douglas, Isle of Man

Dolphin Rocks, Summerhill Glen.

I took some of my art materials with me whilst visiting the Isle of Man, and had the opportunity to create a couple of life drawings. I completed most of the work during my stay but added dark acrylic paint on my return. These two pieces are created using mixed media and consist of pen, graphite crayon, black watercolour pencil/paint and acrylic paint.

I really enjoyed creating these pieces and will certainly make time to do some more life drawing in September, when I visit the Lake District. This will be good experience as I haven't actually done any landscape drawing. I'm hoping to continue my exploration of mark making to create some new and interesting pieces.

Stairway, Summerhill Glen.

Prints of these images will be up for
sale shortly on my online shops.

Soil Texture Background

Soil Texture

This work has been produced as a background for some educational resources on soil texture and has really inspired me to create some more art based on this theme. Most definitely going to get started on it now.