Here are some new roughs I've done for my stories - a series of 3 books published a few years back - I've got my rights back from the publishers and have re-written the stories and intend to re-illustrate the books

Here are some pictures I illustrated for the book by Katherine Paterson - The King's Equal that was translated into Greek - a wonderful fairytale.

And here is the artwork of the Noah drawing!

Thought I'll post the picture of Noah that I'm working on -
Spring has arrived in Gordon's Bay and the beaches are getting more and more visitors. It's Wonderful!!!

MANY Rabbits!

Drawing of a fairy in my garden with how she/he camouflages!!!!
A call to ALL children's book writers, illustrators and Children's book publishers in South Africa... I have added links of South African writers, illustrators and publishers on my blog - please check your link and if there is a different link you want or if you have a website or blog and you are not listed please let me know - send me your link - contact detail on my website-gallery - www.grafikon.co.za

Some character studies for the book I'm working on. I have also worked on my other blogs - go and have a look! See links - top right of blog or go to my website - it has all the links - www.grafikon.co.za/

These are some VERY VERY rough drawings - the beginnings of a new book. (This is what it looks like in my mind's eye!!!)

A rough illustration of a Grandpa and his grandson from a book in progress that I have been working on for a loooong time - this book is looking for a publisher...

My granddaughter Klara (born July 31):

I just had to share these recent pics with you!


Happiness is... Klara in the arms of Morpheus. I love this photo!

Klara and her Oupa catching forty winks - Look at Klara's hands (she loves catching her fingers in Johann's long beard).

Newest book - just published!!

The latest book I illustrated (Nina and Little Duck by Wendy Hartmann), has just been published! Here are a few double spreads. (Click on "TRADE BOOKS" above for more information).

I've added a whole lot of links... created more blogs for myself, created blogs for the SCBWI South Africa and added links of other SA writers & illustrators and interesting websites - see the list in the sidebar and go and have a peep. If you're a SA writer/illustrator and your link is not there, please let me have your link details and I will add it.

Paddy Bouma and Wendy Hartmann have just started their own blogs - go and have a look!

(The picture above is a test illustration.)

I'm playing with sketches of babies. Newborn Babies: The neck flops and drops forward; reflexes; startled and jerky arm and leg movements; when open, eyes look either sleepy or wide eyed (startled); head size exaggerated (about one third of body size), basically body grows to catch up with head size; arms and legs very short (I remember a school readiness test where the child must be able to cross its arm over its head and touch the ear on the other side - that's about age 4 or 5). More about drawing babies later - I'm really enjoying this!!!

I have not been blogging for a while, but I have a very good reason: Her name is Klara and she arrived at 10h50, weighing in at 4.1Kg (9 pounds) on Tuesday, July 31, 2007. My daughter, Alexia, gave Johann and me our first grandchild. Once I get used to the wonderful feeling of being a granny, I will probably start drawing babies and babies and some more babies... After all, I now have the most beautiful model in the whole wide world.

My Newest Book

My book is out!!!! Launched at the Cape Town Book Fair.

It is Lulama's Long Way Home published by Giraffe Books, an imprint of Pan Macmillan - ISBN 978-1-920162-09-2 (also available in Afrikaans and will be published in 11 other languages soon) - about a little girl that is swooped out of the river by a near sighted Fish Eagle who though she was a fish!