So after that I tried pen and ink, pen and ink with wash, casein, collage, watercolor, acrylics trying to fit the medium and techniques to the spirit of the book. You just can t beat color for emotional power, range, and subtlety. I love their warmth and the ease with which they can be used. I m also trying to incorporate colored pencils, so that I can do color line work. And lately, I ve been experimenting with pastel, which is the purest color in the world.
Pastels are pure, unadulterated pigment.
Nothing refracts light more finely than pastel. The difficulty is that it is very delicate and tends not to reproduce well. Several of her books were done in Acrylic on fabric mounted to masonite. She prefers a horizontal format for books about the sea or on travel, and a vertical format for Christmas books to have enough room for vertical Christmas trees or hovering angels. She chose illustration over fine art because of her love for a good story.