Draft completed

I finally managed to complete the first draft of my new children's book; now for the big editing. And it will need a great deal of editing too - in its present form it's rather a mess of typos, bad writing, plot holes and unwieldy pacing.

I will use this, or something like it, as cover picture:

Enticing, isn't it? Watch this space for updates. In the meantime, I will finally have some time and energy again for a bit of painting, something I hope to get back to soon.

Cherry tomatoes

HB mechanical pencil:

Juicy Delights

HB mechanical pencil:

And another pencil drawing. Still busy with the draft of my new children's book, and thus I convince myself that I don't have enough energy left for painting. It's probably just an excuse. Anyway, the book's first draft is almost done. Watch this space for details...

Sundae

Pencil on cartridge paper, about 25 x 20 cm:

I should do one of these in color some time. Not immediately though - I am still working on my latest children's book; I hope to have a draft ready by the end of the month...

And another wrapped candy

Similar to the previous one. I suppose I should stop now, lest I add to the world's obesity problem:

Wrapped candy

HB mechanical pencil on A4 paper. The drawing is rather smaller than the paper. I can't be bothered to go measure its exact dimensions now...

Cupcake

HB mechanical pencil on cartridge paper, about 15 x 16 cm: