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2.5 x 3.5
Coloursofts and Polychromos on board
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I know I said I was going to do black and whites. And I am! I just had to do this first.

Yesterday was such a contrast to the day before, with the terrible storm and wind and rain and all. The sky was blue, and there were these amazing gigantic fluffy clouds all over. They were still kind of ominous, with grey underbellies, but they also had the most beautiful pinks and lavender colors in them. I just had to do a little piece about them. Or try, anyway.

I don't do as well with pastelly colors for some reason. It probably looks OK to you, but I fussed with it a lot. I'm not a pastel person. I like grey and taupe and black and cream and olive and plum and...well, you get the idea. Even as a kid. (Although I was forced to have a pink bedroom. Well, at least until I got up the nerve to ask my parents to let me paint one wall blue-violet (the rest was white) which they thought was the height of teenage rebellion, and which they also thought gave them lots of "cool" points for allowing me to do. Enough said.)

Anyway, this is my little homage to the "post-storm sky".
And I find that the Polychromos work well with just about every other type of pencil. I like to start with the Coloursofts or Graphitints and then do some Polychromo on top.

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by Jacqueline Mitton; Illustrated by Christina Balit

I am always looking for well-explained astronomy for children, and this book delivers. From the tiny details, like having the crescent moon pointing in the right direction (a point that too many children's illustrators miss), to the simple and informative descriptions of the constellations and key stars, Zoo in the Sky gives emerging readers anchors in the night sky. The inside front and back covers have sky maps, giving you an opportunity to point out that northern and southern hemispheres have different constellations (rimmed by the zodiac), as well as a chance to show your reading partner the big picture.

--Juno