A Mouse in the House

Illustration Friday ~ Double

2010-07-26T05:46:58Z

“Well, well!” said an old woman, peering out with a crafty look. “And haven’t you children a sweet tooth?”
“Come in! Come in, you’ve nothing to fear!”

The witch was hoping for a double portion of meat for her “Children ala King,” but she would settle for a nice, juicy baked boy! Clever Gretel pushed the old witch into her very own oven!

Up and Away

2010-07-20T17:10:50Z

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon
Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon
We could float among the stars together, you and I
For we can fly we can fly
Up, up and away
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon
The world’s a nicer place in my beautiful balloon
It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon
We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky
For we can fly we can fly

By Jimmy Web

Here’s one I’ve been working on for a little while now. I think it’ll be the next promotional postcard!

Illustration Friday ~ Breakfast

2010-07-16T15:58:24Z

Tip toeing quietly
Behind the coffee cup…
Determined not to ever be
Served with bacon …. sunny side up

This is an oldie…. but it fit so well I couldn’t resist! Uh waiter….. I’ll have a “short stack of vermonts, pigs on the side and a blond joe, hold the sand!“

A New Sketch

2010-07-15T22:18:16Z

What’s new on the drawing board….. hot air balloons, witches and snowmen of course!
Now to add the color!

And Away We Go

2010-07-15T16:05:44Z

The second time is the charm! After getting lost in FedEx land, Vista resent my order with a confirmed arrival on the 14th of July!

Happy dance… Squeee!

Send off dance Squeeeeeeee!

Fingers and toes crossed dance squeee…. eeee…..eee!

Still Rippling

2010-07-13T16:35:36Z

With the new cap on the BP oil leak… maybe we’ll finally see the end of the oil gushing into the ocean, but the clean up is far from over! Thankfully there has been progress.
Great things are happening and Ripple is one of them! Kelly Light and her daughter, with the help of hundreds of talented illustrators have raised almost $8000 dollars!
In July, Ripple has been celebrating “GREAT AMERICAN ILLUSTRATOR” MONTH.” Stop by and check out all the great art work !

This is my forth entry and will be heading to Ripple soon…. keep an eye out!

Illustration Friday ~ Diary

2010-07-10T00:00:12Z

Long story, short…. Josephine was going to be booted out of her title as Mistress by her lover. He wanted a new mistress, so he introduced Josephine to Napoleon, who was instantly smitten!
Josephine….. not so much!
Rather than face living in the streets with her two children, she decided to marry Napoleon, although she did not love him. In fact, she did everything in her power to be as far from Napoleon as possible, even feigning pregnancy to forgo traveling with him. While he was away she would attend balls and parties and was known to have many lovers.

When Napoleon finally caught word of her behavior he rushed home to confront her telling her she had killed his heart. The irony? Josephine had finally fallen in love with Napoleon… too late!
It’s said that as she lay dying of diphtheria, “Napoleon” was her last uttered word.

Now that’s a juicy diary!!

The letter says:

I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil.
Sweet incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart!
Are you angry?
Do I see you looking sad? Are you worried? …
My soul aches with sorrow, and there can be no rest for your lover; but is there still more in store for me when, yielding to the profound feelings which overwhelm me, I draw from your lips, from your heart a love which consumes me with fire? Ah! it was last night that I fully realized how false an image of you your portrait gives!
You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours.
Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.

Bonaparte

Where have the bees gone?

2010-07-07T22:25:23Z

I have a rather large, seemingly healthy eggplant…. plant, but no egg plant fruits.

I have watered, I have fertilized I have talked lovingly, wishing it healthy spurts of growth. No eggplants! So I did what every one does…. I asked my mother. “Have you seen any bees?” she said.

Light bulb moment “No I haven’t!” So I did what every one does and looked it up on the internet…. Eggplant … plants drop their flowers before fruit because of the lack of water… meh! And a lack of pollination… from bees.

Enter my paint brush! I’ve decided to try to do the job of our missing bees. For this I will talk especially lovingly to my eggplant! As I flit from flower to flower I think about how much easier it would be if the bees were able to do their job of spreading the love! As for me… I miss the bees!

SCBWI Bulletin Illustrations

2010-07-07T04:29:44Z

Here are a few of my illustrations you’ll see in the July/August SCBWI Bulletin!

Check it out!

Happy 4th of July!

2010-07-03T14:14:38Z

Uncle Sam Paper Toy Link