The Letter G

Today's letter is G.

I found this quote that I just love, so I'm sharing.  Enjoy.

"Art has the power to make any spot on earth the living center of the universe; and unlike science, which often gives us the illusion of understanding things we really do not understand, it helps us to know life in a way that still keeps before us the mystery of things.  It enhances the sense of wonder.  And wonder is respect for life."  -- William Steig, in his Caldecott Medal acceptance speech for Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

More letters

Here are a few more letters I have illustrated.  This is a fun illustration excercise to work on, if only to improve your painting skills.   It's also really fun to paint type face.  Well, it's fun for me, anyway.

2nd Post of the day

This is a first.  Two posts on my blog in one day.
I thought about my last post a little bit and decided to be a bit more upbeat.
As hard as it is to have my artwork rejected I still have to pull myself together and carry on.  So, on that note I will post some artwork I've been working on and shall we say, tweaking a bit. I will try and post a few letters everyday.  Onward and upward!

Back to the Drawing Board

Well, my fabric company took a pass on the new designs I submitted last week.  So, I need to get back to work on something new.  It's always hard to be turned down.  Oh well,  that's life I guess.  The rest of the week has got to get better.  I thought it was kind of fun.

Designing

I am busy working on my design skills.  Here is a little something I've had in my head for awhile.  Shown here in two different color ways.   Maybe for fabric?  I hope.  I need to give it a name. But, what shall I call it?  That is always hard for me.  Not hard to come up with a name, just hard to make up my mind about all the different possible names.  Well, I need to think about this a bit more.  I'll keep you all posted.  Cheers!

Home work

I stayed home sick a couple days this week.  I had an awful cold.  But, I did manage to draw a bit in my sketchbook.  Gosh, I love a sketchbook.  Hope everyone else is feeling good.  I still have a deep voice but other than that I'm back in the pink.  Here is a snap shot of some raccoon drawings I've been working on.

Edge

This is what I came up with for Illustration Friday.  The word to illustrate this week was Edge.


"LeRoy liked to walk on the edge of Mrs. Murphy's garden wall.  Mrs. Murphy did not enjoy this activity in the least."

If you look real hard, you might see Mrs. Murphy's cat in the drawing as well.