Jack and the Beanstalk

By John Shelley

My current work-in-progress is a picture book of Jack and the Beanstalk for Fukuinkan Shoten publishers in Japan.

I was specifically asked to approach this in a very traditional 'English' style, which you can probably tell! These are unfinished images of the line work before painting in watercolour. Inevitably a lot of the pen work will blend in when the spreads are painted, a problem I often face, but I'm hoping a lot will still be clear. Anyway, so far so good!