Products I have shared lately

I have been making more of an effort to share on social media but with that, the blog has fallen away.

I am going to try and find some sort of middle ground so I thought I would start with things I have been talking about elsewhere on social media lately.

To start with we have my new favourite book (albeit that it is for children).

Mary and Frankenstein - Both the story and the illustrations and enthralling

And this is another gorgeous children's book that I got for the illustrations, though more specifically the colour palette. I think the pop of neon with neutral colours is something I want to experiment with.

what is your favorite illustrated children's book?

Finally - my product of choice at the moment is Turner gouache though I am going to treat myself to some of these Shin Han hybrid paints this month to try them out

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I am also working through a number of courses on Domestika at the moment and my current fav is "Gouache and Collage Techniques for Narrative Illustration".

Finally - some of these products have been mentioned on my new Tik Tok. I would love it if you would come over and follow me and if you sign in every day for a week there is currently a promo on (at time of writing) for an amazon voucher but do check the T&C's.

Join me on TikTok and get a £15 Amazon Gift Card for new reads and more! https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYVpHMrA/

This post contains some affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may earn an affiliate commission. I would never share an item that I would not purchase with my own money, and I have in fact purchased the items featured.

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