Maybe I Should Do a Counting Book. With Tomatoes.

You do the math.

Favorite Tools

Pencil, tracing paper, and kneaded eraser: priceless for revising and tweaking.  Photoshop, too. But sometimes the old-fashioned way is easiest.

I should be able to show some of the sketches from this project, soon!

Fall 2011 Children's Announcements!

From Publisher's Weekly

MACMILLAN/HENRY HOLT
Maggie and Oliver or a Bone of One’s Own by Valerie Hobbs, illus. by Jennifer Thermes (Oct; $15.99; ISBN 978-0-8050-9294-3) relays the adventures of an orphan girl and an orphaned dog in turn-of-the-century Boston. Ages 8 to 12.

Vintagy (Is that a word?) Map

Here's a new map for an upcoming issue of Adirondack Life magazine. This one was a lot of fun to do, because the Art Director wanted a sort of 1940's-vintage-linen postcard feel to the map. (Try looking those up on ebay... way to want to start collecting 'em!) This will run on a tilt across a spread, so I had to design it to keep the lettering out of the gutter– thus the blankish area toward the right. (That sneaky little gutter... always good for a challenge!)

Back from the Beach!

We spent a lovely vacation at the shore. Somebody loved the water...

... and returned home to Squashapalooza.















So far I've come up with 14 ways to cook zucchini.

Ironic

 

Today will reach close to 100 degrees. And it's humid. 

And I'm drawing kids in snow gear.

I love my job! (No irony intended!)

How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

Tomatoes

Cucumbers

Lettuce

Pole and bush beans

Swiss Chard

Kale

Rutabaga

Onions

Beets

Carrots

Too many varieties of squash to name
(Butternut, Acorn... you get the idea.)

Asparagus

Strawberries

Snap Peas

Kohlrabi

Broccoli (Though it always breaks my heart.)

Now if I could only find a way to grow ice cream...

Summer Postcard

Here's my summer postcard mailer, and I've added a few new pieces to my black & white portfolio. Busy days around here!