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Julia Brooks

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Julia Brooks covers Culture, Law and Publishing News.

Articles by Julia Brooks

Cover artist painting a bold jacket design at a wooden studio easel

How Book Cover Illustration Begins Long Before the First Brushstroke

Julia Brooks

Hands in cotton gloves sliding an original artwork into a clear archival sleeve

How Illustration Licensing Actually Works for Artists

Julia Brooks

Embroidery hoop with a colourful stitch sampler in progress on cotton

Five embroidery stitches for beginners carry almost every pattern

Julia Brooks

Infographic comparing slip trailing, sgraffito and inlay on leather-hard clay

Three slip decoration techniques transform clay at the leather-hard stage

Julia Brooks

Ivory wool skeins steeping in a warm amber natural dye bath

Dyeing wool with plants follows one gentle method from mordant to rinse

Julia Brooks

Infographic chart of hand positions across five wheel-throwing stages, labelled

Wheel throwing for beginners begins with centring, opening and pulling

Julia Brooks

Author-illustrator sketching tiny thumbnail roughs at a wooden studio desk in natural light

How Picture Book Illustration Grows From Tiny Thumbnails to Finished Artwork

Julia Brooks