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A few words from our book creators:
Adam Stower Adam’s Top 5

Sketching and Colouring Tips:

1. Relax and have fun: Everyone can do it. It’s the act of sketching
and colouring that’s important, not the result.

2. Feel free, be confident: Express yourself in any style you choose.
This for you. Enjoy yourself.

3. Look, See, Observe: When you are making a sketch of your own,
really take the time to study your subject and consider the shapes,
tones and textures you see. When colouring, never make assumptions.
The sea isn’t ALWAYS blue and trees aren’t ALWAYS green.

4. Keep it simple: Don’t be too ambitious when selecting what to sketch.
Then reduce your subject to simple shapes and lightly mark them out as
“Sketching and colouring are wonderful ways to relax, and in this age of digital photography a foundation for your sketch. If you’re colouring, try using just three
when the world is viewed through an HD screen and snapped in an instant, it makes a colours and think in terms of pattern rather than realistic colours.
pleasant change to stop for a moment, really observe and appreciate your surroundings
and record them in a way that is personal to you. It’s fun and hugely rewarding. It offers a 5. Make your book interesting and unique to you: Vary your subjects from
chance to be calm, focused and mindful of the moment. Your Caribbean Colour Me Calm small details (shells, flowers, a bottle cap from your favourite drink) to
book will be a wonderful and unique souvenir of your travels” larger views. Think of your sketchbook as a visual diary. Add little notes
of where you are, what you’ve done, what you can hear, smell and feel.
It’ll all help to create vivid memories
of your Caribbean experiences.
ABOUT ADAM STOWER:
Adam Stower has been a professional illustrator for more than twenty years and is an
award winning author and illustrator of books for children. His books have received critical
acclaim both in the UK and the U.S. His publishers include Puffin books, Templar Publishing,
Scholastic Books, Random House, Bloomsbury, Simon and Schuster US and Candlewick
US. Besides children’s fiction, Adam illustrates for magazines, animation character
development, packaging and product design. Underpinning all of Adam’s work is his love
of drawing. Since 2010 Adam has run annual workshops in Antigua and St Lucia as a guest
of the Elite island resort group.
www.worldofadam.com