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Interviews With 10 Australian Authors, Ch 2: Draw with Bronwyn Bancroft

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Author Bronwyn Bancroft
Interviews With 10 Australian Authors, Ch 2: Draw with Bronwyn Bancroft

SUBJECTS:  English

YEARS:  5–6, 7–8, 9–10


How do you draw a giant rainstorm?

Bronwyn Bancroft loves Australian nature. She knows how to paint the weather, the land, and the animals. In this interview she speaks about what it's like to live in a country town when a storm hits.

In Big Rain Coming the words and pictures work together to tell the story. The words tell you that the characters feel excited and impatient for the rain to come to their town, while the bright colours show you how hot the characters feel, which is the reason why the rain is so welcome.

Bancroft is the third person to illustrate Stradbroke Dreamtime. Her work in this book is an example of mixing together Aboriginal and modern-day art. She uses traditional design, such as dot painting and Aboriginal symbols, along with non-traditional colours.



Production Date: 2015


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