Sometimes I have characters in mind before they have a story. This weekend, I decided to send two such characters to a cafe in France so they would have the opportunity to meet. I figured they could get to know each other and decide whether or not there was more to their story. (As a [...]
When we left off the last post, I had just taped my soaking-wet watercolor paper to a sturdy piece of board and left it to dry. Here’s what happens next in my process. (If you missed Part 1, you can read it here.) At this point the paper will stay totally flat, no matter how [...]
Happy Monday! Here’s a quick watercolor to start off the week. This is a wolf I met at a place called Mission Wolf.
The Sun Gallery has posted some great photographs from the Children’s Book Illustrator exhibition that my work is a part of (currently showing in California.) Click the image below to visit the Sun Gallery blog for the whole post! Also, if you’re in the area, be sure to come for the artist reception and book [...]
This just in… “Good Fortune” has been chosen as a 2012 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies book! I hope this means that it will end up in even more school libraries for kids to read (like me in the Loma Linda Elementary School library, back in the day.) Congrats to Renee and Joan and everyone else [...]
Here’s a new illustration I just finished last night. It makes me nostalgic for India. I imagine this is somewhere in Rajasthan, maybe Pushkar or Jodhpur (hence the blue buildings!) I just love how full of color and life India is. Where else would you find a bus that was so elaborately decorated? It’s a [...]
Last weekend I packed my bags and hopped on a plane to Carlsbad, California for a gathering of fellow illustrators. It was an incredibly inspiring weekend with some amazing artists, and from looking at old sketches and learning new techniques to demonstrating our processes and talking about the pros and cons of an agent, we [...]
Hi there! I’ve been a negligent blogger lately, but in my absence I did manage to pull together a show of originals, prints, and books, which opened on Sunday. It will be up all November! And without further ado, some pictures:
I’ll have to admit, I was pretty excited when I opened the package from Shen’s containing 20 copies of the book. It’s been the better part of a year since the project began, and the final product is the culmination of many hours of thinking, researching, doodling, sketching, and of course painting. I spent most [...]
This is page 31 from the upcoming book, Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth (to be released in May.) I thought it was appropriate for this week’s Illustration Friday theme of “Journey.” Read more about the book at www.shens.com! Here’s an excerpt from the publisher’s website: “Ji-su’s mother has been chosen by the Korean king [...]