Moose at Books of Wonder

Stephanie, Moose, and I had a great afternoon at Books of Wonder this past Sunday!
I'll let the pictures tell the story...

Thanks, Books of Wonder!

Goodreads Giveaway for No Moose!

The official book birthday for There Are No Moose on This Island! is this Friday! To celebrate I'm giving away 3 signed copies.

Since I couldn't get the widget to display properly, we're gonna do this old-school style, so...

click here to enter!

Save the Date

In a little over three weeks, just in time for MOOSE'S release, I'll be signing at Books of Wonder in New York City along with my awesome author, Stephanie Calmenson, and this fabulous line up of folks:

Books of Wonder ~ October Picture Book Bonanza
Sunday, October 13, 2013
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Hope to see you there! (I'm SO excited!!!)

Moose to the Finish Line...

This week I spread all the Moose book art out on my dining room table to check for consistency and final touch-ups. Sometimes it's really hard to know if a piece is finished. At this point I usually go through a round of neurotic panic... What if it's awful? Should I have done it differently? Should I chuck it all and go work at some big box store?...

Then my husband laughs at me and says I do this after every project. He's right. And in talking to my artist friends it seems we all go through this to some extent. Phew! I must be normal.

Near Oops

More building up of line and color here. (Tint courtesy of Instagram. Dang, those filters are fun to play with!)

Sometimes on a long project your brain switches into cruise mode. I was painting along, thinking in the back of my mind that a red lobster would pop beautifully. Only problem– these are sea creatures in their environment. A red lobster would be... a cooked lobster.

Close one, Jen...

Details, Details...

... and lots of layers...

Moose Book ~ Sketch

Here's a rough sketch from the Moose book. I'm deep into final art right now and having a blast drawing the huge variety of critters in this book– birds, bugs, marine life, mammals– and, of course, Moose!

Moose? What Moose?

Here's a snippet of a sketch from the book I'm working on now. I'm loving this Moose who likes to hide in plain sight!