Children's Book Catch Up!

I did it.... I CAVED. 
I bought myself a scanner! It is an Epson and she is a BEAUT.  Finally(!) no more mobile uploads.  So, below are a few images you may recognize from the children's book I'm working on, The Little Book of Big Opposites, but hopefully you can appreciate them now. 

(If you're looking at these for the first time, I'll be adding the words later.  For now, refer to the labels.  Please and thank you!)

Page 1: Big/Small

Page 3:  Happy/Upset

 Page 4: Dry/Wet

Page 8: Thick/Thin

Pages 9 & 10: Out/In

Pages 13 & 14: Above/Below

Page 15: Old/New

Page 16: Many/Few

Pages 19 & 20: Borrow/Lend

Happy Pumpkins

Happy (day after) Halloween!

Sign Painting

Where have I been the last few days? Painting street signs!  

They advertise the Annual Craft & Home Show at the South Egg Harbor Firehouse.

These are the old signs:

 

 

In recent years the show has been held in October, so I made them into pumpkins.

 

 

But the show also prepares shoppers for the holiday season (and the last two years it's snowed in October), so I figured snowmen were still apropos.  I just updated them a bit.

 

 

BIG special thanks to my sister who I roped in to help paint letters!

So look for the signs!  And mark your calendars:

CRAFT SHOW

Saturday, October 26, 2013

9-3pm

South Egg Harbor Firehouse

Rt 50 and Empire St.

South Egg Harbor, NJ 08215

Oh, did I mention they were huge?

 

 

 

Muffin

I know I've been a little slow on the posts lately.  Please click The Sub Life to understand my predicament.
Just some quick doodles between the class bell....

Pages 19 & 20: Borrow/Lend

Mittens found a new comfy spot this week. Better than last weeks paws-in-the-palette. 

Letters, Letters for Sale!

You asked for them, they're here! Individual letters for sale.
Happy spelling!

Pages 13 & 14: Above/Below

Atlantic City Art Show

A little recap from the Atlantic City Boardwalk Art Show I did this weekend.
Click the link below to read!

http://atlanticcity.americancasinoguide.com/atlantic-city-boardwalk-art-show-a-palette-for-every-taste/

Elephant Love

I was going to save this one for something special like Valentine's Day, but I know there's a special someone looking for this little elephant.  If you're out there, Superman's Woman, this one's for you!

Click to Buy Elephant Love!

Pages 9 & 10: Out/In

Continuing to work on ze book....
(as usual, words will be added later)

.....and I love that my cat can't help but get her paws in my work.

Thick & Thin: Process

Some process pics of page 8 in this new book I'm working on, illustrating "Thick vs Thin." Is it just me, or do everyone's concept sketches look like pictures drawn by a blinded toddler? 

Opposite Book: Page 3

Page 3: Happy vs Upset

As one who's dropped a couple ice cream cones in her day, the concept for this one was a breeze. The full page is 9x9, mixed media. I'll be adding the words "happy" and "upset" later on, so stay tuned! 

And as usual, I apologize for the pitiful mobile picture. I'm still working on obtaining that dream scanner.....

Introducing: Book of Opposites

Here's the shindig: I'm FINALLY out of a sling after a long three months of immobility. During those three months, I experienced many things. Boredom, frustration, insanity, creativity.... essentially all the things I imagine that when collaborated, give artists the um, eccentric rep they tend to carry. And thus, I sat there for days and sketched some amateur-looking doodles with my good hand. These doodles eventually turned into concepts for a new children's book. Craziness talking? Maybe.

The book is called, "The Little Book of Big Opposites," which will be all about..... you guessed it!

I began executing the concepts, and the process of page 1 is pictured. I'm thrilled to finally have my hands in work again, even though I'm technically going against doctor orders here. I'm simply eager to train the arm back into business. We'll just call it art therapy.

Lion Tamer: Progress

 A little progress on the little tamer....

Lion Tamer: Sketch

Taking another crack at hanging up my sling and freeing myself from insanity.....

Sketching feels GREAT.