Brilliant!

ok, I love, love, love this idea. It's soooo brilliant and beyond, that I am not even having a
 (wish I thought of that moment).
Check it out: http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=2584#more-2584

new illustration

                                                 collage then photoshop -whale boy

new illustration

working on this collage, drawn from a children's book story idea, still playing with color.

The background was made from photographing tinfoil with holes poked into it ( see below)

old sketch book

      I took an old sketch book and made these tiny ones that I colored and photographed (here)
      Now all my old sketch books better hide unless they too want to snip, shrink, snizzle

playing off a sketch

                      
                                                  images from sketchbook
                                                  that I have played some more
                                                
                                                  my new friend is the paint bucket pattern tool in photoshop,
                                                  only took me a few years to discover that one

Sketch Book pages

old made new

some older illustrations revisited and replayed

He turned my heart upside down

                                      
                                           sketch for a picture book idea in musing mode

Love-a-Ball

                     sketches from a picture book dummy (i prefer smarty). It is called Love-a Ball.
    Dog loses ball. Dog finds ball. Dog loves ball. Dog plays with ball in the SNOW he calls OH!
Dog loses ball in the Oh. Oh NO! Dog is sad and remembers ball and calls for ball and.....

If you are an editor or art director and would like to see the full smarty for Love-a-Ball let me know. Cheerio!

Muse Hint

double hint for below
red dot red dot + blue dot= purple dot purple dot

What's in a muse?

                           Love it when I see something new in something I have seen and heard before.
                                          The word muse provided me with some a-muse-ment recently.
                           Can you see what I see inside the word muse? (hint, connect the color dots)

Brrrrrrrrrr

  
  Man oh man oh wooooo, it is brrrrrrrr today. Fine hour to sip tea, play with some collage, and voila!

Focus Pose

Rainbow IGLOO- LOVE THIS

ooooh, I want a rainbow igloo, I want to build one now. How absolutely fabulous. I LOVE THIS!
check out story behind this delightful winter structure at the link:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/01/rainbow-igloo-lights-up-edmonton-backyard.html

Paper sculpture

This piece is made from stacking various blue, blue- green drawn dots on top of one another. It has been hanging around my studio for quite some time. I finally got around to taking a picture of it. It is a mix between a drawing and a sculpture.

Playing with Color

 Brain Storm

I found these images yesterday and had fun adding more contrast with brighter colors and texture.

From a Drawer, Watch Dog

I love our big dog. He is away for a few days while we go away,

 and today I found myself staring at this old sketch. I must miss him already. 

Love this!

Love this video of Tomi Ungerer talking about making 
children's books.
I agree it is a great luxury!
http://youtu.be/gDF5c3-Nvjo

New illustrations

                                     some new illustrations (in process) from a new picture book (in process)

Love This! The Art of Bullshifting

The Picasso Picture Book Scale: The Art of Bullshifting and the State of the Contemporary Picture Book

went clicking this morning and landed on this, quite brilliant and hilarious take on the art in picture book making, take a look

http://www.candaceryanbooks.com/2011/11/picasso-picture-book-scale-art-of.html