Johanna Gousset - Children's Books

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Children's book illustrations beautiful colours trees landscape - Johanna Gousset

Children's Book Illustrations

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Creating illustrations for children's books is something I really love doing. I have been working in the illustration industry for many years now. I particularly love projects related to nature, animals, travels and music. My use of watercolours mixed with digital media allows me to create beautiful and poetic illustrations that touches both the young readers and their parents.

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Portfolio jeunesse

Bird flying over the sea young girl drawing on top of a cliff orange and blue colours

little girl drawing on top of a windy cliff sketchbook flies away as she tries to catch it

Puffin bird looking curiously at the reader. We can see beautifully drawn landscapes in the background and lovely plants and flowers in the foreground

Couverture livre jeunesse "la fille et la baleine". Cover for the picture book "a whale who wanted to climb a mountain" illustrated and written by Johanna Gousset. A whale and a young girl are having a discussion by the sea

Illustration livre jeunesse "la fille et la baleine". Spread for the picture book "a whale who wanted to climb a mountain" illustrated and written by Johanna Gousset. A whale and a young girl are having a discussion by the sea

Livre jeunesse "la fille et la baleine". Cover for the picture book "a whale who wanted to climb a mountain" illustrated and written by Johanna Gousset. The whale and young girl are at the top of the mountain and are looking at the beautiful scenery in front of them

Beautiful long illustration from a children's book in bright blue and orange colours. The grass transforms into the sea. You can see a tree boat with a child on top of the mast looking ahead over the waves of the ocean. In the corner, a white rabbit is watching.

Beautiful double page spread of a fallen tree transforming into a boat and sailing over the grass ocean. There's yellow flowers in the foreground and two white rabbits looking at the boat. It's windy and dark clouds are approaching.

A kid is running in tall yellow grasses, his father is following a few steps behind. There's a bird flying in the corner and butterflies fluttering behind the child.

Sketchbook page with seaside views of Brighton in the United Kingdom. There are birds on the pebble beach, Brighton's old pier in the distance and beach huts in the top corner vignette. The palette is limited to ocre, blue and white and has been created using mixed media techniques.

Watercolour and digital illustration in yellow and ocre tones created by Belgian artist and illustrator Johanna Gousset. Grandfather, grandpa, old man on a bike pulling lots of beehives behind him. Fun, touching image for children's books.

An atmospheric and poetic adaptation of the russian folk tale The Little Snow Girl illustrated by Johanna Gousset. There's a little girl in a white dress dancing in the snow. It's nighttime and there are snow-caped pine trees in the background. The painting has been created with watercolours in pink purple tones.

An atmospheric and poetic adaptation of the russian folk tale The Little Snow Girl illustrated by Johanna Gousset. A young girl is seating on a branch in a big tree. At the bottom of the tree, standing in the snow, is huge brown bear looking at the little girl. The image has been created with watercolours and is full of stunning flows of colours in the sky and the mountains in the background.

An atmospheric and poetic adaptation of the russian folk tale The Little Snow Girl illustrated by Johanna Gousset. A little girl is running alongside an orange fox in a snow covered forest. The moon is shinning in the night sky. It's a watercolour painting.

Watercolour illustration of a black horse rearing in a field. This is the cover for the book Black Beauty illustrated by Johanna Gousset.

A watercolour illustration of a view of London in the 19th century. We can see a horse carriage and Big Ben in the background. This is an inside illustration created by Johanna Gousset for the book Black Beauty.

A watercolour painting of a mare and her foal grazing in a grass field, under the shade of an apple tree. There's a pond with pink water lilies in the foreground. Two foals are playing in the background. This is an inside illustration created by Johanna Gousset for the book Black Beauty.

Watercolour illustration created by Johanna Gousset for the book Heartland written by Lauren Brooke. Grandpa Jack Bartlett is sitting on the porch reading the newspapers. He's scratching the head of the dog lying down beside him. A beautiful yellow light is coming from outside and we can catch a glimpse of a tree in the background.

A fish is being caught by a fisherman in the river surrounded by beautiful lush mountains and forests. This watercolour bookmark has been created by Johanna Gousset to show her skills as a nature illustrator.

Watercolour painting of horses out in nature, big blue sky and mountains in the distance. Watercolour illustration created by Johanna Gousset for the book Heartland written by Lauren Brooke. Amy and Ty, Calum and Jack Bartlett are rounding up cattle.

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