Welcome to the charming world of cartoonist Elise Gravel's notebook,
where her imagination runs wild with creatures of all shapes and sizes
In the outrageously amusing If Found...Please Return to Elise Gravel,
Elise Gravel offers readers a sneak peek into her sketchbook, where
colorful monsters, imaginary friends, a grumpy things reign supreme.
Meet Donald, who sings off-key; Francine, who likes to eat stones; and
Marvin, the man with lots of stuff in his beard. Mixing the real with
the fantastical, Elise's drawings exude curiosity, as microbes and
mushrooms share the page with speckled pepper pops, gloppers, and
floofs.
Filled to the brim with vibrant felt marker illustrations, If Found...
is not just an exhibition of Gravel's work, but a challenge to young
artists to keep a daily sketchbook. She reveals her top tips to becoming
a successful illustrator--practice! practice! practice!--while
empowering young artists to face their fears of making "ugly drawings."
Stop worrying about what makes a drawing good or bad--Elise draws
anything and everything and you can too!