I have been trying to nail down 2 things: My exact style for this book and the ground that I like the best.

I had an aborted attempt or 2 with Gerda and the Robber Girl. The big one is illustration board with an initial coat of egg wash. he egg wash is really not necessary. I also wasnt sure of my design for this before I started so I ended up scraping off the entire background and redoing it. NOTE: Figure out concept in drawing stages!

I will come back to this later. I also finally created a book file in Indesign to see how the whole thing should look. I realized I should limit myself to 3 sizes. The one below is an experiment with a square size.

This was on clayboard (not necessary) I ended up putting the paint on way too thick and the contouring didnt even show up, I was trying some solvent free medium too. That might be good for some glazes in later stages but not for the small ones. I'm still figuring out what to do for this chapter.

And also:

I moved on to the next one

FIGHTING

This one was just on illustration board, no ground. Sky was gouache with no egg and then covered with layer of egg after. Seems to work. I was pretty happy with the way this one went overall. Mostly because I think I knew what i was going for from the start. I also have Rachel's camera and am learning how to photograph and edit and print things. Should be good for making things look better and reproducing them.