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Joel Stewart.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom

Joel Stewart: British illustrator and animation creator behind Julia Donaldson's The Magic Paintbrush and CBeebies' Abney & Teal — loose, watercoloury, slightly retro for ages 3–7.

Joel Stewart is a British author-illustrator best known to UK children's-book readers as the illustrator of The Magic Paintbrush by Julia Donaldson and a range of other picture books and CBeebies animation work (notably Abney & Teal, which he created). Stewart's style is loose, watercoloury, slightly retro, with strong sense of character and atmosphere. A reliable contemporary UK picture-book illustrator and animation creator for ages 3–7.