My brother and I started working on our cat book. It will be a children’s book with lots of cats.
Here is a sketch of the first page. It’s a kitchen with a bunch of cats.
Working on our book #1
Art
Best Christmas Gift
Our Mom gave my brother and me a magical scratch pad for Christmas. Actually, my brother got it, but we have both been taking turns to draw in it. It’s a sketch pad that consists of black pages, and you draw in it by scratching off the black paint with a wooden pen. Underneath is a sort of silver holographic background, so wherever you scratch off the black paint, the silver shines through.
I drew the first piece of wall with vines, and my brother added more wall, I added a window, he added the table and the jug, I added a bowl of apples, he added a rabbit, and so on, until we made a complete painting.
It’s a perfect gift for artists, we had so much fun! We will make another drawing tonight.
You can get a scratch pad for your favorite artist here.
Don’t let the dead fish fool you
My favorite book from childhood is “Summer Lake” though I have it in Polish. There’s a dead fish on the cover, but other than that, the book really is lovely.
Or at least I think this was my favorite when I was a child. Maybe I had another book that I loved more, but I forgot about it?
Anyway, this book is wonderful, it has everything a good children’s book needs: beautiful hand-drawn illustrations, lots of details, nearly no text so you can invent your own stories, little animals, tiny yellow ducklings.
The drawing that I like most is on the last page. Do you see the fish net full of flowers? It’s magical.
It’s been out of print for years, but you might still find it.
I’ve been browsing children’s books lately because my brother and I will be drawing our own book this Christmas when we meet at our mom’s house. The previous Christmases we made games.