Instinctively, she turned to her old love, drawing, and her hands alighted on the frayed, old teddy bear she had cherished from birth. Publishers were dazzled by her loose, textured drawing style and minute attention to lighting and detail. There had been nothing quite like it. But her path to fame was not an easy one. But when she did finally decide to launch herself on an unsuspecting publishing world, her worst fears were confirmed. Bundling her drawings into a portfolio, she set off for London in the hope of finding an agent, only to return deeply disappointed on the homeward-bound train.
And when another asked what else I could draw I could only mention the fruit and vegetable illustrations I had done at art college. When the chosen author failed to deliver the accompanying storyline on time, Jane valiantly stepped into the breach, opting to write and illustrate the text herself with resounding success.
No doubt some of that success can be attributed to her meticulous drawing style. She begins every illustration by mapping out the outline of her composition on layout paper, then copying the image using a tracing-down paper onto soft watercolour board.
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Series by Jane Hissey. Jane has a meticulous drawing style, beginning every illustration by mapping out the outline of her composition on layout paper, then copying the image using a tracing-down paper onto soft watercolour board. She discovered her favoured medium of coloured pencil while at art school. Jane said: "I remember breathing a huge sigh of relief. Each drawing takes many, many hours and a whole book can take a year.
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