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how to draw an armadillo

This is the first in a series of illustrations of an ABC of animals that I will be making.
I will then be creating mugs and t-shirts from the designs and maybe a book at the end of it all. You can order your mug here:
Drawn in Rotring Tikky Graphic pens sizes 0.3 and 0.2 and Winsor and Newton watercolours using a Pentel Aquash brush.
Rotring Tikky Graphic Pen http://amzn.to/2hLNgQo in the UK http://amzn.to/2zRyH4y in the USA http://amzn.to/2E3qL08 in Canada
The Pentel Aquash Brush http://amzn.to/2hL5MZe in the UK http://amzn.to/2zQFD1H in the USA http://amzn.to/2BpMRHg In Canada
The Cotman sketching watercolour set http://amzn.to/2hPgKgl in the UK http://amzn.to/2yWquIV in the USA http://amzn.to/2BpN0KO in Canada
Look inside this folder of classic children’s book art – Lambdrover Jim

Take a look inside this folder of art that I made in 1987 – That’s like history!
The artwork is for Lambdrover Jim, The champion sheepdog a Country story I was commissioned to write and illustrate. The images are based on the village of Pennal in West Wales Near the Market town of Machynlleth see the map here:
You can see me tell the story of Lamb Drover Jim – The Champion Sheepdog – here: https://youtu.be/qjDTnBMLcxM
If you would like to read the book for yourself, you can get a copy from Amazon: UK: https://amzn.to/3H4A6Ue USA: https://amzn.to/3rYy0kp Canada: https://amzn.to/3I1n6Aj3
I recently showed you the artwork for the companion book to this title (see Victoria the Wednesday Market Bus Victoria The Wednesday Market Bus – Story for children ) And I am very pleased to say that all the artwork is now going to be adde to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Wales in Machynlleth. See their website here https://moma.cymru/en/
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Victoria The Wednesday Market Bus – look inside the artwork folder from 1987!

I’m clearing up my artwork store in my attic. I’ve illustrated over 300 books, so there is a lot up there!
In this video I show you what is in the folder for my book, Victoria the Wednesday Market Bus.
You can see me read the the story here: https://youtu.be/MChLn7vHBXE
If you would like to read the book for yourself, you can get a copy from Amazon: UK: https://amzn.to/3I1U7wd USA: https://amzn.to/3H2A4fM Canada: https://amzn.to/3I3HiS3
The story is about the Wednesday market bus that takes everyone to market. Adding trailer loads of goods for sale along the way – until the bus breaks down. Written back in 1986, when I was living in a small Welsh village, observing the life of the village, writing about and drawing it.
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how to draw an armadillo

Look inside this folder of classic children’s book art – Lambdrover Jim

Victoria The Wednesday Market Bus – look inside the artwork folder from 1987!