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...

Busy. Like a Bee.

More updates soon!

(Some of the) Things On My Desk

One of these things is inspiring. The other is inspiring and shedding.

3x3!

Last week I learned that my illustrations for Maggie & Oliver, or A Bone of One's Own won a place in the 3x3 Children's Show No. 9! Here's the list of all the winners. So exciting!

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!

Beachy Break

I took a much-needed break at the beach. It was hard to do this– I'm in the middle of some exciting projects, with more waiting in the wings– and I was afraid of losing momentum. That said, I haven't had a vacation in a long time. It was so refreshing!

There were spectacular sunrises. (I'm still an early riser, even on vacation.)

And clouds. And wind. And awesome thunderstorms!

The requisite disembodied-pedicured-feet-on-beach angle shot...
 

... and miscellaneous flotsam. This must be a good sign:

Coastline Map

Here's a very simple map of the Connecticut coastline I did recently for Connecticut Cottages & Gardens Magazine. Nice to see how they use it on the page.

(My crummy scan doesn't do the magazine justice... their gorgeous photography gives me total house and garden envy!)