Recently I attended the SCBWI – Southern Breeze Illustrators sketchbook event to Atlanta Botanical Gardens. The sketchbook events are always fun and it is great to meet with other like-minded people like myself that like to draw and illustrate. I was especially excited about this […]
Second Birthday For My Book Drabsville
This month marks the second birthday for my book, Drabsville. I came up with the idea for the book around 1980 when I was attending Georgia State University. I had always wanted to write and illustrate a picture book but had no idea how to do so. I was taking art education courses and […]
My August ABC Insects Illustrations For ...
My August ABC Insects Illustrations for Doodle Day kept me very busy last month. For those of you that might not have heard of Doodle Day, it is a group on Facebook for anyone that likes to doodle, adults and children. The prompts each month are daily and based on a them for the […]
Gallery House 12, A New Website For Chil...
Recently I was online and was checking through my inbox on LinkedIn and found interesting information on Gallery House 12, a new website for children’s books illustrators and writers. Interested to know more, I contacted Catherine Lee, the owner and asked her the following questions: 1. How did you come up with the idea for […]
Sketches for SkADaMo – 2
I was out-of-town for a couple of days up a mountain with no internet connection so here are my second group of sketches for SkADaMo -2. One of my new book ideas involves a squirrel and so I have been doing sketches of squirrels and looking for photos for reference. I think when drawing animals […]
November Is Picture Book Month
Fall is special in many ways including the celebration of Halloween and Thanksgiving, the changing of the seasons with the leaves beginning to fall, but also for another reason: November is picture book month. For writers, authors and illustrators of picture books this is a special celebration that recognizes the love we all have […]
SCBWI Southern Breeze Illustrators Sketc...
SCBWI Southern Breeze Illustrators Sketchbook event to BAPS Mandir was Saturday, September 27, 2013. The word Mandir means place of worship and prayer in Hindu. It is located in Lilburn, Ga.. As we met outside the gift shop on a beautiful fall day, we admired the large pool with the fountain of elephant heads […]
Children’s Books -Drabsville Book Traile
When trying to decide how I would make my first video about my children’s picture book, Drabsville, I decided to focus on the spider which is the pet of the main character, Matt, in the book. The spider was added to the cast of characters late in the development of the book, actually after […]