Earlier this year I was approached by a gentleman looking for an Illustrator for a children’s book he had written. It’s a cute story of two young sisters and their imaginary adventures in their backyard pool. I just finished the 17 colored pencil illustrations and sent them back to the author. The whole […]
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Last week at this time I was attending a workshop at the California Center for Creative Renewal in Encinitas. It was called “Art Meditations in Nature”. I needed some creative inspiration and this sounded perfect!! The morning was spent on the beach with guest artist Andres Amador and his massive sand […]
Book Illustration Project: part 4 I finished the first of the illustrations for this book project a few days ago and sent it off to the author for his critique. And I got a response. He has suggested several revisions to my drawing. So here’s where the hard part begins. I realize that he is […]
Book Illustration project: part 3. I began to color in my sketch. I’m using prismacolor pencils for the vibrant color and versatility. For the story characters’ imaginary underwater adventure, I envision a kinda loose and whimsical style. I really thought the story lent itself to collage, but time restraints do not permit that medium.
Book Illustration project continued: I am still “applying” for the illustrator job by creating and submitting a sample of my work. After coming up with an idea for one page of text and drawing it in pencil, I needed to decide on a medium to execute the idea. Based on […]
New Project!!! Children’s book illustrations. Right before Christmas a gentleman contacted me looking for an illustrator for a children’s book he had written and asked if […]
Dia de los Muertos or Halloween was the theme of Saturday night’s painting party. Another community event, organized by one of the members, for the neighbors to enjoy and get to know each other. This was quite a lively bunch of ladies.
Happy 15th birthday to this teen!! What a great group of friends that came together to help Delaney celebrate her big day. And the party girl choose a Sloth as the subject of their painting experience. Everyone put their own twist to the final product to make them each unique
This troop of Girl Scouts earned their Drawing badges tonight. With quite a list of drawing objectives to work with, they learned about 1 point perspective, shading, and a variety of drawing mediums. Each girl finished with their specially designed tree house. Well done ladies!!
The plant materials have been soaking in distilled water over night. Soak the yarn in clean water for 1 hour before dyeing. Never put dry fibers into a dye bath. It will absorb the dye unevenly, resulting in a variegated colored yarn. Pour the plant materials and […]