Here he is! I was very happy with how it turned it. For those of you on my holiday card list, you'll get your very own! I'm probably going to do a bigger print run this year and sell any extras.
Once my sketch is complete, I do some rough color studies. They don't have to be perfect -- just enough for me to get an idea of the colors that I need to work with.
The artwork for my holiday card is finally done. This is the first pastel piece that I've broken down step-by-step, and I'll be posting the pictures later to my Flickr stream.
Just in time for Halloween, Tricky Treats has been updated with some fun new power-ups and some cute extra touches! Go check them out at Left Brain Games' website or on Widgetbox. Turn down the sound if you don't like squeaky doors and cackling witches.
Here's a "cutesyed up" sketch from one of my recent freelance projects this summer. I haven't been posting that much because I'm working on loads of readers' theaters for an educational publisher.
My brother and sister-in-law are expecting their first child in August. I had this in mind as a gift for my new nephew or niece. I was thinking daisies -- there would be greens and whites, with lots of atmospheric perspective! Another pastel piece, of course!
I've been meaning to do a studio tour for a long time. I took these pictures the week that the crabapple tree was blooming, which my drawing desk overlooks. I have a reading nook, next to my picture book collection and my published works. I keep my pastels in an old typesetting drawer. The entire tour is on my Flickr stream.
Maybe flowers and the alphabet have been overdone, but I'VE never done them :) Nor, I think, are people ever going to get tired of looking at a beautiful flower. This is an idea for a new licensing line. I like the borders, but I'm not going to overdo it -- I'm planning to do this in pastels, so I can't get crazy with small details. I will post a color study shortly.
Forty-three years ago my parents got married on Easter weekend. This year it falls near Easter weekend again, so I thought it would be cute to combine Easter and Anniversary greetings! I want to do a color version of this, when I'm not so busy with extra freelancing.
When I think of the word "poise", I think of "elegant balance." My wedding doves are the best example I have of this concept, on many levels.
Lots going on here! This is a page from a kindergarten activity book that unfortunately got shelved.
The Hat Kid series continues with this little guy. There is so much green! I'm hoping to break up the humongous shape of the hat with a subtle clover pattern. I also thought it would be funny to show the little bird with the elusive piece of gold in its beak.
I don't know about you, but as a kid leaf piles fascinated me. I'm sure it had something to do with the fact that I was asthmatic and was forbidden from jumping into billowing clouds of dust.
Not quite done in time for Valentine's Day, but oh well! It's soft pastel on Canson paper.
The "Mama Bear" card was created for my mom's birthday a couple of weeks ago. The original doodle had languished long enough in my sketchbook!
I'm dusting off "The Hat Kid" series to begin developing a licensing line. My Tea Party Girl and Football Player I did years ago, and I'd like love to do a calendar with these guys.
