The Meadow Mouse

Today I was informed that I'm a children's book I wrote is going to be published by Dawn Publications!  Here is an image from the story.  Due for release spring 2014.

Overlay Demo

The transition from digital, to oil, and back to digital...

On the left is a digital under painting I drew in Photoshop.  The middle piece is a result of printing out that under painting and glazing oil color over top.  I guess I just wasn't ready to put the brush and paint away.  On the right I took out the middle process and did a color overlay in Photoshop.

EARTH Feeling The Heat - 2010.

Seahorses - Final

The finished painting, done in Photoshop using a color overlay.  Getting from the finished comp to full color is relatively easy since the values were already established.  Kind of like glazing oil washes over a solid under painting.

This wound up being the cover of Seahorses - By Jennifer Keats Curtis, Henry Holt and Company.

Seahorses - Finished Comp

Further refinement to the point I'm satisfied with the overall composition and details.

Seahorses - Comp in Progress

Here the sketch is refined and starting to move towards color by creating a neutral half tone.  Magenta usually works for me if I know the color palette will be on the cool side.

Seahorses - Sketch

Sketch of "Small Fry" for my recently released book Seahorses by Jennifer Keats Kurtis, Henry Holt and Company.

Squirrel Christmas