Showing posts with label cute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cute. Show all posts

Monday 7 November 2016

'Bluebird' Children's Book Illustration - Speed painting

Bluebird Illustration Speed painting



I love watching speed paintings, and now I'm addicted to making them too! There's something very satisfying about watching a blank canvas transform before your eyes, I cant help but watch it over and over.


I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed making it!










This illustration was created for Laura Bullock's book; "Where Do You Live, Animal Friend?" and is available on Amazon here; Where Do You Live, Animal Friend?


If you need an illustrator for your children's book, you can email me at izzybean@izzybean.co.uk



Friday 13 November 2015

How To Draw for Children - A Christmas Reindeer face! (10 simple steps)

How To Draw A Christmas Reindeer face in ten simple steps

A Step by Step Guide for kids!


Last week we drew this cute Christmas penguin;




This week, we're going to draw his friend Rudolph! 



This guide is designed as a step-by-step tutorial that you can use along with your kids. Simply load the blog post, and scroll down - it's not only a great way to keep your children entertained over the Christmas holidays, but it also promotes creativity in children and helps you bond together! 

Kids of all ages can join in, if they're too young to follow the guide there is a free downloadable colour in sheet at the end of the guide for you to print off and use.

Are you ready? 
You will need a piece of paper and your favourite tool - whether that is a pen, pencil, paint or felt tip!
Let's go!


Step One 

Draw a U shape 

Make it wider at the bottom



Step Two 

Attach a circle to the top of the line

Start at the top of your U shape, and leave a little gap at the bottom of the circle. 



Step Three 

Do the same on the other side

Can you guess what these will be?



Step Four 

Make a V shape Make a V shape in the middle of the circles




Step Five 

Add the antlers
You can be creative and design your own antlers! 




Step Six 

Add a big circle in the middle
This will be Rudolph's nose!






Step Seven 

Add a little U shape
This will be Rudolph's mouth. 
You can use your imagination here and make him have a big smile, a sad mouth, 
or even a wobbly line for a mouth! See which one you like best.



Step Eight 

Add two circles
Draw two circles inside Rudolph's ears



Step Nine 

Add two little dots
These will be Rudolph's eyes - so add them just above his nose, at either side






Step Ten 

One more line
Finally, add one line that connects the ears in the middle to complete your face.





Well done! You've just drawn Rudolph the Red Nose reindeer's face! Did you have fun?

Now you can colour in your picture, and give it to someone you love this Christmas.

If you used this guide, I' love to see how you did! 
Send a photo of him to izzybean@izzybean.co.uk and I'll upload your work online!



Here is a large version of the Reindeer face, you can download him, print him out and hand him out to kids to colour in! Just right click and 'Save Picture'



Wednesday 17 September 2014

Do You Poop?

Do You Poop? and other great stories!




Wow, has it really been almost 5 months since my last post? It seems like 5 minutes! 

I have been working hard and putting all of my time and devotion into some really great new projects. Sometimes I feel so privileged to get such great stories to illustrate! Often I get sent some copies of books once they’ve been printed, so I thought what better way to kick off this blog then with some photos of those great books I mentioned!




Do You Poop?


I loved the premise for this book as soon as Kerri contacted me. It was not only fun to illustrate, but it was great fun to read too! Take a look;







Do You Poop is a great book if you have young kids whether they are potty training or not. Check out Kerri's website for more information, or buy the book on Amazon!





The Selfish Shellfish


You might remember I blogged about Grandma Paint Pot and her loveable sea creatures in the past. Well here are some (overdue) pictures of this brilliant book about the cute creatures and their crazy antics. The writing is superb, the characters are fantastic - and it’s set in Cornwall too! So what’s not to love?!





I highly recommend a visit to Grandma Paint Pot's website to find out more information and great pictures of REAL Leonard limpets and Pheobe periwinkles!


You can buy this book in paperback;



And stay tuned for book two! I'm not giving anything away, except that it will be worth the wait to see some familiar faces!



TESCO’s GO CREATE colouring pad


I was a little surprised (and a lot pleased) to see my illustrations had made it into Tesco’s colouring books. At only £2.50 for 64 illustrations for your little ones to scribble in - you know that’s a bargain! 





Check out my two nephew’s handiwork too! Not bad, hey? We’ll make an illustrator of him yet!



What else?


Well it’s been a busy summer, and there’s lots of beautiful books and projects I have yet to share with you! Here’s a small selection of some of the latest - and there's more to come soon! 











I’ve even included some sneaky sketches of projects I’m working on right now! Can you guess what they'll turn into?





I actually do a much better job of updating my website then I do my blog! So if you’d like to see my most current work, or ask for a quote for your book, please visit www.izzybean.co.uk or email me at izzybean@izzybean.co.uk

Thanks!


Thursday 19 December 2013

Lion cubs and poppies - plus a FREE Santa Xmas card!


With the run up to Xmas, things have been hectic. I'm happily working away on some fantastic projects - so I thought I'd share a few illustrations with you to give you a look at what I've been doing!


I recently finished a series of illustrations for a book written by Marc Gawley

The book is a bright, fun, rhyming book for young children that will be available to personalise in a variety of names!





This illustration above was created as a sample for a new book - 
It was created in Adobe Photoshop, and the hair was created using custom brushes!

And this cute little girl is the newest addition to Evergreen Creation's Fairy Tale Trail series - you'll be seeing more of her soon!


And finally, I've created a colourful Santa gift card that you can use absolutely free!



Simply print out these 2 pictures below, at the same size, glue them together so the pictures face outwards, fold them in half and there you go! Your very own Santa card that you know nobody else will have this Xmas.

The pictures are best printed onto photo paper, and no bigger than 100%






Have a great Xmas and New Year!

If you like my illustrations, and would like a quote for a project of your own, you can visit my website at;


Or email me at;

izzybean@izzybean.co.uk