'The Chair' Cover Illustration - Process

Children's Book

I wanted to keep the mixed colours visible, so I didn't blend in the sky very much.

Psychological Horror

I was concerned about building layers of watercolour on this shiny paper because it doesn't stick very well to the surface, so it was in danger of being rubbed off if I was too heavy-handed with the brush. However, I managed fine in the end.

Sci-fi

The different colours were visible throughout the painting, but towards the end, it became lost because of the blue spotlight against the blue sky.