to recharge my creative focus , I decided to start a HEART A DAY challenge...a year seems like a long time but hopefully I will be looking back at this statement -and laugh!we'll see
last weeks IF word was entangled . I started with this image but abandoned it and entered 'Cat Lady '. when I looked back at' Dog Lady' I thought the two illo's went well together so here it is
this is my fly girl .an image created for my illustrators group,FLiEs-art for little eyes .thought it was nice timing , we are sending out our first promo .
this is the name of our illustrators group . Art For Little Eyes
I was in the book store the other day and found a very cool kids book . a novel by Vivian French called the Robe of Skulls . Wickedly illustrated by Ross Collins .I fell in love with it immediately . It's definitely the type of book I'd love to work on . I read the excerpt from the next in the series and experimented on how I would draw one of the characters . so this is my mean ol' witch ,inspired by The Bag of Bones.
In the midst of helping my son with some writing homework, we were looking up some definitions on preserverence and persistance ... found , I needed to hear them too.
consider the postage stamp:
it's usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it get's there.
J. Billings
The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places.
unknown author
Friday, January 9, 2009
This is Riley ,sitting in the L.I. sun, just begging for a portrait.