Gabriel Evans Q&A children's book illustrator

Gabriel Evans talks about his job as an illustrator and his work on the children’s book A Perfectly Posh Pink Afternoon Tea. Hear about his inspirations, style, techniques and how he illustrates a story.
Gabriel Evans is a Western Australian children’s book author and illustrator. Working primarily in watercolour and pencil Gabrile creates books from a small studio near a river, surrounded by oak trees.
He has published with some of Australia’s loved publishers including Penguin Australia, Hardie Grant Egmont, Scholastic and Walker Books. His recent titles include A Human for Kingsley and Norton and the Bear.
A Perfectly Posh Pink Afternoon Tea by Coral Vass and Gabriel Evans is published by Koala Books, an imprint of Scholastic Australia, 2017. Perfectly Posh! an exhibition and make-believe tea party based of Gabriel's work ran at the State Library from 21 February to 18 April 2022.
00:00 Interview with Gabriel Evans
00:12 What is your job as an illustrator?
02:26 What stories and illustrators inspire you?
06:15 What is the story A Perfectly Posh Pink Afternoon Tea about?
08:00 How do you select a style and medium for your illustrations?