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...