Macmillan Childrens Book Research

I have been researching both artists work and images for my circus to create a sense of place sketchbook to help me start my own work. I want the setting and the characters costumes to look realistic. These will fit in well in a children's book as they will be strange and colourful.

 Image from Sara Fanelli

Circus image accessed here

Bringing up the work of collage artists like Sara Fanelli, Kate Slater and Susan Farrington, as well as looking through lots of existing children's books have helped me to plan out the style in which I will begin my own work in.

I have also photocopied my pencil drawings done for the storyboard to make a dummy book for my story. This has helped me to view more easily how the book would flow and the composition of each page.