This week on my drawing board

This week in MATS class, we're doing children's picture books. The assignment was illustrating the cover or a spread of Aesop's "The Tortoise and the Hare" fable. I saw the tortoise as being a very organized and positive fellow, who would plan out his journey to the "T". I love painting rain scenes, so I threw that in because I wanted to make my painting feel really atmospheric.

Here's the final cover

I began in my sketchbook, and it gave me some ideas for how I might approach a spread. In the end, I decided to do the cover for now, because it's something I want to work on and add to my portfolio.

Last week on my drawing board

A bit late in posting this, but I've now completed this commissioned piece. I don't really have a name for it, but have been calling it "Mo & Co." It's gouache and acrylic on wood panel, 18" x 24" and has now gone to it's home in Oregon, where it will be a birthday present for a very young man, here seen sitting on a log petting a frog. Maureen, the client (left) was a pleasure to work with. Truly a fun project!

Mo. & Co.

This week on my drawing board

The Sunshine Launderama. New in my Etsy shop

Every few months I like to tackle something big and complicated. I enjoy painting on wood panels.

This week I'm also working on a commissioned painting for an Etsy client. Here's the sketch.