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My Brother is a Polar Bear (part # whatever)

 

pen and ink with watercolor

opinions welcome

 

So I have been taken the time to create model sheets for an idea  I am working on.

I am enjoying this approach it allows me to play with the idea without committing 100% to finished artwork.

In the past I have gotten excited about an idea for a picture book start doing finished art before I have a solid foundation for the story, then I am trying to fit the finished artwork in and it does not always work so well leaving me frustrated and then putting the idea aside for a long time .

The model sheets also gives me a chance to enjoy playing with watercolor with out commitment to a set of colors.

It is a beautiful thing!    

 

 

pen and ink with watercolor

Happy Birthday Tomie!

Just a quick shout out to

Tomie dePaola 

who's birthday was yesterday September 15th

 

Happy Birthday

Tomie!



Happy Birthday to Me

 

That's right Sunday June 16th is my Birthday!

So I made myself a card.

 

 

Also if you live in or around NYC go see the

Maurice Sendak

exhibit at 

The Society of Illustrators

I was there last night and plan to revisit.

June 11th - August 17th

    

All the Turkish Delight was eaten

  



Well I finished the last of the Turkish Delight so the Holidays must be over. I hope everyone had a nice holiday; I have to say mine went well this year very little stress and a lot of activities visiting family, dinner, plays, seeing the Rockets, shopping, even the opera.

I spent many days after New Year’s playing a video game called “Assassin Creed 3” the graphics are just beautiful. The time and people power it must have taken to create this world is just amazing and I’m looking forward to spending more time playing the adventure.  

But that is all done for the moment and I am back to the drawing board, for the last couple of days I spent updating some of the sites I belong to, I also created a new website “Picture Book Artist”; it came out well and I really enjoy how the “Gallery” is set up it really shows off my artwork.

 

I am also spending time working on finishing a storyboard “Emma B. Lavender goes on a trip” it is an idea I had sitting around and a friend of mine has encouraged me to finish it so I’ll be working on that for the next few weeks and unfortunately will not have time to create artwork for “Illustration Friday” weekly word challenges till I am done.

Also! my good friend Lisa Zilker is doing a Kickstater campaign “Postcard Book” she plans to self-publish postcards she painted from her travels and seeking space to rent for an exhibit it should be a fun book and show. (See links below for details)
 

please help if you can. 

 

Lisa's Postcards

Cake anyone?

Well today is my birthday, during the day

 I'll take a moment and reflect on how my life is going.

LOL! Naaaaaa

I just eat

Cake!!!!!!!

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Updated on 6/19/20012
and cake I ate

What my GF made me



GF made me cut into

Job #2

Job #1

It was a lot of cake;
 I was on a sugar rush for most of the  day. And crashed big time by the time I got home.

Done!

I'm tired!

that's me!

Day 2 started at 8:00AM till 10:00PM

And  Sunday was the last day stared around 8:30 ended around 3:00PM.

I have no idea how the people who plans this keeps up with all of it
a very

BIG THANK YOU!

for all the planing and hard work.

Also a nice surprise was when this man walked unto the stage.

 He was not the only speaker to inspire me to keep going but his own childhood story he shared felt closer to my own.

Also I was and I am not sure why (yet!) moved by

author and illustrator

 John Rocco  

It was not so much what he said but I guess how he said it, plus he seemed to really enjoy talking to all of us. It made me buy his book

   

"BLACKOUT"

 just won the

"Caldecott Honor"

  It will not be hard to stay focused for the next year do to this little gem I will see every day

   

This is Sophie Blackall illustration; she also spoke to us at the conference.
the illustration is displayed in the subway cars and I ride the NYC subways so something to smile at.
(Beautiful!)

  

me last day very tired

SFC October Issue 2011

The October issue of

"Stories for Children Magazine "

 is out!

You can find some wonderful stories written and illustrated by talented people like

myself ;)  

"Mystery of the Grinning Skull"

 (10-12)

By: Andrew MacRae

illustrated by: Stephen Macquignon

Pen & Ink
buy a copy to see the color version