IF: Worry

This boy is worried about his unexpected visitor! I painted this for the upcoming June issue for Stories for Children magazine. I hope you like it!

What I've Been Working On

I don't have much time these days to do a lot of illustrating, but I sign myself up to illustrate one or two illo's for Stories for Children Magazine every month just so I keep doing something. Here's one of them.

I admittedly dream about the great things I'm going to do some day with my writing and illustration more than I actually WORK toward those dreams. Sometimes I wonder if I'm good enough or will ever be good enough but, regardless of all that, I do enjoy creating things and I feel a great sense of satisfaction when I've done something I'm proud of.

Technology

So my husband doesn't really find it weird, but I was inking over this finished illustration (for Stories for Children Magazine) and messed up the left girl's mouth. It made me sick after it happened and, if I'd had enough time, I would have done it all over again. Alas, a teething baby and other responsibilities left me with enough time to simply finish this illustration just in time, but with not enough time to do it the way I would have preferred. However, thanks to technology and a wonderful program called GIMP (a free Photoshop-like program) I was able to manipulate things until they were a bit more palatable for me. Whew!

IF: Fail

Bo Peep has failed to find her sheep! Your job is to tell to turn around and then to spot at least 14 differences in the pictures (I know they're kind of small. Sorry!).

IF: Save

These brothers are saving a delightful mess for Mom to discover. I just finished this for Stories For Children Magazine and hope you like it. It was fun drawing the mess (although I'm glad I don't have to clean it up!).

IF: Homage

Wee Ones Magazine asked me to illustrate an upcoming story about a girl who doesn't like her name, but adores her aunt (who she later learns she was named after). The second illustration shows her paying homage to this aunt. I hope you like them!

By the way, can you tell I really like pink and purple? I suppose these pictures could also be my homage to these colors. My 3 1/2 year old son also LOVES pink. Who'da thought?

Merry Christmas!

Sorry I haven't posted at all for so long. Having a baby and moving have consumed my days. But here's something I did last year to wish you all a merry Christmas with. My son and I had gone to a Creche exhibit and later that day I thought this up.

Hopefully I'll be back in business sometime in January. See you soon!