April Showers...

... bring May flowers. A new postcard piece.

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And here are some process sketches...

Messy scribbles in my sketchbook (this measures about 1" wide.):

Bigger (about 3") as the idea is being formed:

Rough sketch to size:

And the cleaned-up sketch, ready to go to final art:

(As of yesterday the crocuses have popped their little heads out of the ground here. Yay.)

New Sample Art

Above, the final color piece from this sketch, coming soon to a postcard near you.

Below, a black & white piece for the back. Steady as she goes!

Black-and-White-Step-by-Step

Here's a step-by-step progression of the black & white sample I was working on last week:

 Thumbnail sketch:

Rough sketch, larger:

Cleaned up sketch:

















And voilá, the final piece:

Black & White Art-In-Progress

I

love

love

love

working in black & white.

Just gotta say it.