Winter fun - anita bijsterbosch

Im Anita Bijsterbosch .

I was born in 1961 in The Netherlands.

My entire life, I have loved reading.

As a child, I could spend hours thumbing through books, looking at the pictures, and hoping I could one day make such beautiful illustrations myself.

I studied the images down to the smallest detail and made up my own little stories to go along with them.

After high school, I took drawing and painting lessons in small galleries in my neighborhood.

And I learned a lot from drawing and painting books.

But I also mastered many techniques simply by experimenting with them on my own.

When my children were still young, I read them a bedtime story every night.

I rediscovered that some picture books are real pieces of art.

Thats when I got the ambition to make my very own picture books.

I was remarked by the jury of the Key Colours International Illustrators Award 2012.

The book Whose Hat is That? was published by Clavis Publishing and every book I have made since has been even more successful.