Amy Ward: Illustration, Storytelling & Handmade Digital Art

Amy Ward blends writing, illustration, and teaching into a creative practice built around visual storytelling. Her artwork combines digital collage with handmade crayon-resist watercolor papers created in her studio, bringing together traditional and modern techniques.

Her work shows how experimentation with materials and methods can create a distinctive artistic voice. Through books, teaching, and illustration, Amy continues to explore the connection between creativity and craft.

In this episode:

  • Combining illustration techniques to create unique artwork
  • Bringing handmade textures into digital creative processes
  • Building a career across writing, teaching, and art
  • Finding inspiration through experimentation
  • Exploring storytelling through visual design

Topics: illustration, children’s books, digital collage, art teaching, visual storytelling

Roundabout: Creative Chaos is a podcast hosted by Tammy Coron exploring creativity, design, and technology. Listen at https://roundaboutcreativechaos.com and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Amy is an elementary art teacher and published author-illustrator whose Kirkus-reviewed picture book *Crunchy, Not Sweet* features a mottled frog rendered in crayon-resist watercolor, described as 'hopping and flipping all over the page…full of pep.'

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