Miss Mingo 3
I've just started working on the third Miss Mingo book, currently titled, Miss Mingo Weathers the Storm. Usually I find it hard to get started on a new project, but it's much easier now that I have Mabel. Besides keeping me company, she offers lots of feedback. We work well together.I've almost got … [Read more...]
A great show
My web designer and good friend, Barbara DiLorenzo, runs a gallery in Ipswich, MA.This month she had a children's book illustration show featuring the work of Mary Jane Begin, Pat Lowery Collins, Ed Emberley, Jarrett Krosoczka, Kristina Lindborg, Tom Palance, Julia Purinton, Andy J. Smith, and my … [Read more...]
Final EllRay cover?
So this is what the book designer at Viking did with the cover art I sent for the first EllRay book by Sally Warner. She said she might try some different colors for the "blast" - but I like this one a lot. Now I just have to wait a long, long time before I see a printed proof of the cover. … [Read more...]
Final EllRay cover art
It's hard to believe my part with the cover is done. I'm so happy and relieved. I can't wait to see what Nancy (book designer at Viking) will do with it next. … [Read more...]
Favorite new quill pen
I use a quill pen a lot in my ink and watercolor illustrations. For years, or as long as I've been illustrating, I used the very popular Speedball Crow quill holders and Hunt nibs. I used the "finest" nib (no. 104) because, surprisingly, it offered the most range in line width. I found that I could … [Read more...]
EllRay covers continued…
I'm still working away on the cover for EllRay Fights Back (2011), the first book in the new series written by Sally Warner and published by Viking. As I said in an earlier post (2/16), making the first jacket in a series can be a challenge and this one had been no exception. I'm down to the inking … [Read more...]
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