Each piece is executed in pencil - water soluble graphite and a range of standard graphite pencils with white gouache paint highlights. The production team at Austin Macauley Publishers suggested that each drawing be placed at the beginning of each chapter to which I happily agreed.
For the most part, I used my own studies of life drawing models except for the ballet dancer pose which is a combination of studies from various images - I only know one ballet dancer! The woman below is as close as I could get for my inspiration for April, Markas' partner-in-art. My initial inspiration was a wonderful and beautiful ballet dancer I met on a Baroque dance course many years ago.
For the background - more volcanic cones and also NZ mountain ranges.
The final illustration. The seascape - volcanic plugs of course for the coast. Ginkgo leaves formed the basis of the Fan Trees. For the sequel I'm digging around for the oddest Earth plants I can find for the illustrations - sorry no red roses and buttercups and daisies!
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