One thing I'm often asked as a children's book creator and artist is how I convey the tone, mood and feeling I want the ...

Abstract art has its roots in early human civilisation ... Neo-Plasticism. This featured horizontal and vertical black lines, punctuated by areas of white and occasional blocks of primary colour.

A painting by Dutch abstract ... figures in modern art in the 20th century. In 1940, he moved to New York where the skyscrapers and layout of the city would inspire his horizontal lines.