Wombats!

I just finished this piece this weekend as well. A couple of mischievous wombats unraveling their scarves. There were many iterations of the fella with the blue scarf. I have to say I am very appreciative of forgiving watercolor paper and good watercolors! Originally he was going to look just like his friend, but I wanted to composition to be more dynamic. So I changed the scarf to yellow, like ketchup and mustard (also good name ideas for the characters I thought). But the yellow scarf was too hard to see. Then the yellow scarf became green- like ketchup and relish (also good names). Not dynamic enough, and slightly too holiday colored. Then he found his blue scarf, no food/name relation here, but he had and orange sweater. Clashed too much into the other colors. THEN he had a yellow sweater- still not right and too primary color looking. Finally, I decided he got up that morning to put on his blue scarf and green sweater. Phew! What a wishy washy wombat. But that right there is a good name for a children's book! Hmm...

Illustration Friday: Faded

Hey everyone!
I'm getting back into the swing of things post vacation and I wanted to catch up with my IF entries. This week's topic is "faded" but in a way my illustration works for last week's topic "sight" as well. I sort of feel like this illustration says that Mr. Mole here has found something in his hole, but for numerous reasons, he can't see what it is.  I drew and water colored the piece by hand, but in Photoshop I enhance the lighting a little differently on the second one around the lamp. What do you think? Also, I've also added my illustration for a few week's back with "jump" was the theme. Enjoy! Let me know what you think!

Mole version 1:

Mole version 2:

 

Illustration from IF theme "Jump." 

 

Hold on little guy!!!

Painting wombats

Hey everyone
I've been very m.i.a. lately, but I've been out of town and caught between a million things! I will update on my trip over the weekend, but for now I am painting wombats. More to come...

I don't want to get up!

Hey everyone!
Here is a quick little piece that I did a couple of weeks ago that I hadn't posted yet. This little guy does not want to get out of bed. I know the feeling most mornings. Any thoughts?

The Picture Book Proclamation

Hey picture bookers!
In case you haven't seen this, you need to. It's a proclamation by a group of writers and illustrators (the best currently out there in my opinion) and their commitment to making the best picture books imaginable. This is what I follow in my quest to make great books! I hope it's what we all will follow!

http://www.thepicturebook.co/