24 Apr A Journey begins…
{art seen here} Happy Friday! I thought we'd start the weekend with a inspiration quote. I found this lovely and modern print at minted.com. I know this message rings true with me as I begin to set out on...
10 Apr Pencils are Awesome
{Pencil sketch in my journal} I love pencils! No surprise right, being an artist? Graphite or colored, there is something delicious and utterly satisfying about dragging the tip of a pencil across paper. I have always loved them starting back...
27 Mar Circus Train: New Picture Book
{Hot off the presses!} It's a rainy, blah day here, so I thought I'd shake things up and share with you one of my latest's picture books that I designed. It's called CIRCUS TRAIN by Jennifer Cole Judd and...
20 Mar Spring Bunny Bonus
{We Love bunnies here!} There's more daylight now and the weather is above 40 degrees! What's a girl to do, but start to get hopeful for Spring! And to celebrate, all of our rabbit artwork has a special deal...
17 Mar Green is Great But…
{I heart color wheels} ...
13 Mar Be Light and Free
I found this quote very inspiring and wanted to pass it along to you! I hope you shine brightly today. Happy Friday!...
06 Mar Stars and Baseball
{It got a starred book review!} In publishing, receiving a starred book review is a biggish deal and one of my latest projects I worked on, THE WAY HOME LOOKS NOW, just received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews,...
02 Mar Sunrise Farmyard
It's March people! March! And this means we start to have a glimmer of hope that Spring is coming (pretty please, Mother Nature!) Over the weekend, I day dreamed of warm sunshine and this is what happened...
20 Feb Beating the Winter Blues
Instead of feeling blue, I've been painting with blues! For awhile now, I have been looking for a daily painting or drawing project, but knowing me it would have to be pretty simple to add it into my mix of...
12 Feb And the winners are…
Phew, it's been a busy couple of weeks. I'm happy to be back to writing and sharing what's happening in the land of book illustration! And there's BIG news since the Caldecott winners were announced recently. This is THE award...