It’s Friday! And that means it’s time for Pass the Book Baton. Every week Alphabet Soup features a book creator who will answer one question before throwing a new question to the next Friday visitor. (It’s kind of like a book relay in slow motion.)
Today the book baton is passed to Gabriel Evans. He has illustrated over twenty books and designed over a hundred greeting cards, painted large gallery artwork, and travelled across Australia presenting illustration workshops and seminars in schools and festivals.
Here are some of the books he’s illustrated:
Last week Sue Whiting asked:
What would you do differently in terms of the development of your career as an illustrator if you had your time over again?
Gabriel answers:
It has been an absolute pleasure working with Sue during her time at Walker Books.
If I was to have my time again I would definitely experiment more with my art. I was always trying to make perfect, beautiful pictures that limited my experimentation.
It’s only in recent years I take enormous pleasure and satisfaction from making risks and discovering new, creative systems. That means using BIG brushes, spray bottles, palette knives, goose feathers, cardboard, fingers, sticks and anything else I can think of.
It’s all about learning through creative, messy fun!
Find out more about Gabriel Evans and his books and art — visit his website!
And now Gabriel passes the book baton to the next Friday visitor — Alice Pung. Alice writes books for a range of ages. You might have read her Marly books from the Our Australian Girl series.
Gabriel asks:
“You’re both a solicitor and author. How do you balance these two jobs? Is there a connection between the two?”
Check in every Friday for mini interviews with children’s authors and illustrators.
See you next week!
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