All fingers and thumbs

 

Rachel Boulton blogs for us on a very productive series with Cico Books.

For the better part of two years I have been working with Cico Books illustrating their ‘My First’ range. I’ve just finished my ninth book with them called ‘My First Jewellery Making Book’. The other two done at the same time were a Nature Book and a Crochet Book. I must point out that while these books are generally for  age seven years and up, I haven’t actually made all the projects thank goodness!

I did however make quite a few of the delights from the Cupcake Book illustrated in 2011; in fact I think my partner can only just manage looking at cupcakes again after ‘having’ to eat so many!

This is the sort of thing I’ve been digitally drawing, step by step illustrations for each project, with hands holding everything you can think of to do with craft; never have I seen so many activities for children! The projects range from, decorating cupcakes, sewing on beads and buttons and folding paper to building a bug hotel in the garden! I’ve even managed to even draw some feet in there too. Who knows what will be next! Fingers crossed they keep on being successful books!

 

I should point out I often end up illustrating with the company of our rabbit Maple, who isn’t really concerned how long I look at my computer, as long as she still gets cuddles and cabbage leaves whenever she demands…