Donovan Bixley
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Over de Auteur
Donovan Bixley has illustrated over 80 books across a broad range of genres including The Wheels on the Bus, Old MacDonald's Farm, The Weather Machine, Monkey Boy, and Faithfully Mozart. He illustrated The Three Bears Sort Of by Yvonne Morrison, which won the Children's Choice Award at the 2014 NZ toon meer Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. In 2015 he illustrated Little Bo Peep and More...: Favourite Nursery Rhymes which made The New Zealand Best Seller List. He also made the shortlist for the Esther Glen Junior Fiction award 2015 with his title Monkey Boy. This title also won a New Zealand Children's Book Awards 2015 in the category of Junior fiction. Donovan Bixley will be a speaker at the New Zealand Book Awards 2015. He made the New Zealand Best Seller List with his title Pussy Cat Pussy Cat and More...: Purrfect Nursery Rhymes. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1971
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- New Zealand
- Geboorteplaats
- Western Australia
- Opleiding
- Auckland University of Technology
- Beroepen
- illustrator
children's book author
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- Werken
- 48
- Ook door
- 1
- Leden
- 230
- Populariteit
- #97,994
- Waardering
- 4.3
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 87
- Talen
- 3
"But I don't want you to draw like me. I want to teach you to draw like YOU!"
To this end he includes information on techniques, building skils, sources of inspirartion and artists' tricks such as perspective, shading, shadows and composition. The book is full of Donovan's wonderful illustrations and characteristic quirkiness. He also includes plenty of more basic drawings saying
"I couldn't draw like this when I was young, so let's turn the page and start with something everyone can do."
He also includes pictures that he drew when he was a boy to show how far he has come.
Any child with an interest in drawing will love this book and by following Donvan's suggestions is bound to improve their skill..I agree with Leonardo when, on the inside cover, he says,
“I wish I’d had a book like this when I was young.”… (meer)