Sonal Gupta at AFCC

Sonal Gupta, the illustrator of A Wednesday Bazaar, was at the AFCC this year telling stories, signing autographs and giving out Bela's umbrella bookmarks! One of her illustrations from the book was selected to be displayed at the Book Illustrators Gallery at the festival. Here, have a look at some of the pictures that Sonal sent us!

The Wednesday Bazaar on Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews The Wednesday Bazaar (written by Neha Singh and illustrated by Sonal Gupta) and here's what they have to say about it: "A few moments of distress capped by a happy ending and an iced lolly—all stories should end so well."

To read the entire review, visit https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/neha-singh/the-wednesday-bazaar/. To purchase the book, visit www.karaditales.com. 

Meet our Illustrators - Sonal Gupta

This week, we'd like you to meet Sonal Gupta, illustrator of The Wednesday Bazaar. Sonal loves experimenting with bright colours and visuals. An Animation Designer from MIT Institute of Design, she loves illustrating for children because it takes her back to being a kid. She likes to draw and paint with hands because she loves the feel of textures, paper and paints. The digital medium, according to her, is just a sophisticated tool to enhance her hand-drawn illustrations.

She loves stationery and collecting matchboxes. She uses the matchbox as a canvas to paint and, guess what, even her visiting card is a matchbox!  

Sonal is currently working on developing educational products for children. She also conducts weekly storytelling sessions for Vidya, an organisation for educating and empowering women and children.

To have a look at what Sonal does, head to www.sonal7gupta.blogspot.com and  https://www.behance.net/sonal479.