Sofie van Schadewijk lovingly illustrates highly detailed representations full of nature and a touch of magic.

Working by hand brings her infinite pleasure, whether it is a pen drawing in colour or a woodcut print in black and white. This love and attention is reflected in her illustrations.

Sofie illustrates for:

(children's) books

magazines

stationery brands

product packaging

Sofie works with precision and craftsmanship on woodcuts and drawings full of textures, dots, lines and tiny details. In her small studio, you can smell the scent of linseed oil and printing ink, hear the sound of a razor-sharp gouge cutting through wood fibres and the spinning big wheel of the etching press.

Her work is an interplay of textures and details in which there is much to discover. A little house high up in a tree, a squirrel hanging garlands or a friendly ghost rising from a chimney - nothing is too crazy!

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  You can find handmade prints in her webshop.

About Sofie

Lives in Waalre (near Eindhoven) with her partner, their two daughters and Zappa the cat.

Studied Graphic Design at ArtEZ in Arnhem before working as an illustrator (self-employed)

Followed the Picturebook Masterclass by illustrator and author Mark Janssen in 2021, where she learned how a picture book for children is created

Won the illustration contest Picture This! by publisher Lemniscaat in 2023. Her work was published in the competition catalogue and exhibited at the Bologna Children's Bookfair in April 2024