How to Illustrate a Book in Se7en Steps, Augustus and His Smile…

While the Crafty Crow is having a month of book loving we have been loving books ourselves. One of our favorite, favorite picture books is: Augustus and His Smile.


He pops up all over the place…
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Even climbing out of the recycling bin…
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So we decided to do some book illustration….

We began with some watercolor stripes… Some deep blue sea…

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Golden desert sand…
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Deep green jungle…
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Crystal clear sky…
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Purple tissue paper mountains…
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Colorful jungle plants…
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Sparkling fish…
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Feline footprints across the desert sand…
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Some sparkling jungle birds…
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And of course you will need a tiger…
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If you are looking for some happy Tiger fun of the Augustus variety then follow this link.

6 Replies to “How to Illustrate a Book in Se7en Steps, Augustus and His Smile…”

  1. Such a fun, easy craft. Thank You.

    ps…I know that you are not into this kind of thing but I nominated you for an award on my blog. Have a look when you have a gap.
    x

  2. Thanks Julia – That is so funny!!! Thanks for enjoying our blog enough to award us and thank-you for the very sweet things you had to say about us… and I loved having a browse through your favorite faves!!! Hope you enjoy your weekend!!!

  3. Hay Karyn!!! Legend!!! We have some great puppets coming this week… lots of fun warning!!! Hope you have a brilliant weekend!!!

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