The designer with whom I work, (she worked on The Ring and
the Roaring Water and produced the illustration for that cover), looked at my painting of the illustrations
from Things I Like ( previous post) and thought we could work with them. So I should be
thrilled, right? I was, but being thrilled only lasts for some time, I’ve
found. Being thrilled can so easily be followed by doubts. Is this part of the artistic temperament?
So I’ve done two more, which are shown here. One is a night
scene. Big challenge! I approached it by looking at other illustrations of
night scenes in children’s books, and have come up with what I think may work.
No, I haven’t shown it to my designer yet. I have two others to do, and one of
those is a night scene inside. Source of light, etc. and how that throws light
onto the scene, to be taken into
consideration. All very interesting, fascinating even.
The plan is to produce a CD from which we could produce a
couple of hard copies to be shown to prospective sponsors. Excellent idea! Then ‘faint
heart never won fair lady’ syndrome creeps in, that is, not about to win fair
lady. How does one promote oneself? I really find it very hard. And this is why
I wish for an agent for Jamaican/Caribbean children’s books, to market them,
look for sponsors, set up readings, etc. and etc. and etc. The person would
have to have some other source of income, decidedly. We have tried versions of
this with great expectations, like someone going around to book/craft
fairs, etc. for a percentage of sales.
Not even remotely sustainable.
Actually, I wish one of the young social media whiz kids
would take this on while pursuing his/her other more lucrative sources of
employment. Ah, well. Meanwhile I’ll continue trying with Things I Like.
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