Following the most recent post, it seems necessary to state that with my change in ways, come a change in interest. Janice Nadeau uses a range of mediums within her work. Her most recent are primarily watercolour. Although her work for the book above, differs somewhat, it fascinates me. Hand made, drawn, painted. It is so expressive and delicate. 
As you can see, I have been trying to be creative.. this is my owl!
Title: English fairy tale: Hobyahs(Collected and edited by Joseph Jacobs)
Once there was an old man and woman and a little girl, and they all lived in a house made of hempstalks. Now the old man had a little dog named Turpie; and one night the Hobyahs came and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off his tail." So in the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie's tail.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off one of his legs." So in the morning the old man cut off one of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs." So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs." So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off another of his legs." So in the morning the old man cut off another of little dog Turpie's legs.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" But little dog Turpie barked so that the Hobyahs ran off; and the old man said, "Little dog Turpie barks so that I cannot sleep nor slumber, and if I live till morning I will cut off little dog Turpie's head." So in the morning the old man cut off little dog Turpie's head.
The next night the Hobyahs came again, and said, "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" And when the Hobyahs found that little dog Turpie's head was off they tore down the hempstalks, ate up the old man and woman, and carried the little girl off in a bag.
And when the Hobyahs came to their home they hung up the bag with the little girl in it, and every Hobyah knocked on the top of the bag and said, "Look me! look me!" And then they went to sleep until the next night, for the Hobyahs slept in the daytime.
The little girl cried a great deal, and a man with a big dog came that way and heard her crying. When he asked her how she came there and she told him, he put the dog in the bag and took the little girl to his home.
The next night the Hobyahs took down the bag and knocked on the top of it, and said "Look me! look me!" and when they opened the bag--the big dog jumped out and ate them all up; so there are no Hobyahs now.
[The end]
Joseph Jacobs's English fairy tale: The Hobyahs
I must add that the book I have, the story I have related my images to is a lot less like a grimm fairy tale.. It was a story book I grew up with, and it is only at this point that I can see the horrible side to it, netherless it does not reflect within the illustrations I have embarked upon creating for this childrens book.
The Image above it one I sketched out as an illustration for the book, I forget who inspired me now.. Im sure Ill remember in time and make a post. :) I may or may not use it yet, Ive been playing with all sorts of mediums, I like this pencil sketch tho..
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for emailing me! I took a look at your pdf and I really like the
direction you have. There is a strong consistency in your work and I
like the textural aspects of it.
I think you will find as you go along after graduation that your work
will take many different turns. You have the talent, that's for sure!
Find out what comes naturally and doesn't feel like work to you and
you'll find your place.
Best,
Steve
I have only recently come across Steve Mack's work. It fascinates me! His use of texture and colour within his illustrations is marvelous.. and they are simple! 
Hi Sarah,
Your work is really nice and has a unique style.
It would work really well for editorial/ advertising possibly even in
child based media/ design.
I'm not so sure it holds the particular narrative qualities often looked
for by picture book editors and art directors and if you do want to
progress into picture books I suggest you work more on characterisation.
Appealing characters combined with a different but saleable illustration
technique is what most art directors look for when commissioning new
talent.
I suggest you do think about doing the following if you really want to
work in children's books:
* Get some work experience in children's publishing. Having been on the
publishing side of things will give you greater insight about the industry
as a whole.
* Work on producing a mock-up picture book with an existing story of your
choice.
* Send the mock-up to publishers/ agents and get feedback.
* Read Martin Salisbury's book on illustrating picture books.
Good luck
Hannah x
And so now a mock up picture book will commence.. whether or not it will come out successful is another matter.. but who knows until you try.. I knew I needed to characterise more when completing my degree.. but when i tried I felt it didnt blend so much with my work.. i always relied upon silhouettes for characters.. so much of illustration today is character based but not all illustrations need it, depending on the field.. I know i want characters within my work, now is the time to develop that.
