I have been working on the illustrations for my new picture book, Lucy And Pablo’s Garden. Lucy is a very girly ladybug and Pablo is a curious boot-wearing preying mantis. This is one of the opening illustrations for the book.
Be Creative – Sketch Day 4
The last couple of days have taken up with long meetings, but I worked on a couple of sketches developing character for another new book. Right now I am just getting ideas so this might not be the final characters. It is a start and sometimes just taking time to compare the characters and think […]
Be Creative – Sketch Day 3
Today I did a sketch involving circles. My idea behind it was all alike but different expressions with different feelings about the same activity. They are synchronized emoticons (smileys). The characters are one of the ideas I have for an educational Math concept storybook I am working on. I am not sure if this will […]
Be Creative – Sketch Day 2
Here it is my second sketch for Sketch Day May. This a character that I have planned for a picture book. It is based on thoughts I have from several sources including both my thick head of hair and images of me as a young girl and also my granddaughter who loves to draw, paint […]
Southern Breeze Illustrators Sketchbook ...
On March 9, 2013, we had our second Sketchbook event for Southern Breeze, SCBWI illustrators to the historic Fox Theatre in downtown Atlanta, Ga. Being a native of Atlanta ,I have many memories of going there as a child. It has always been a place of wonder and magic to me and I have enjoyed sharing it […]
Roxie’s Doors – Kids’ Interactive Activi
Anyone that has been around children know how they get bored very easily. Roxie’s Doors is a kids’ interactive activity IPad App and offers an immediate remedy for bored children. The app reminds me of children’s books that are written with the idea of search and find. The ones I have seen are usually large […]
What Is A Storybook App?
I have always been fascinated with apps in general since they first were introduced to me through my IPhone and IPad. My grandchildren have always been fascinated with technology and my youngest grandson was learning his shapes and colors from an app when he was only a year and a half. I found storybook […]
My First Picture Book – Drabsville
I was very proud to publish my first picture book, Drabsville to say the least, but the fact that the idea came to me over 30 years ago made it an even greater accomplishment. Writing and illustrating a children’s book was something I had always wanted to do. While taking an art education course when […]