Friday, July 31, 2009

Giraffe sillyness

Just that. 

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Where the Wild Things Are

I noticed today that Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are has a total of ten sentences.

Ogre


Tuesday, July 14, 2009

American Library Association Conference Photos

Here are some photos from ALA ...

Judy Blume.




Lane Smith likes Guy Francis' book...or does he?





The Cat in the Hat





Brian Selznick signs copies of "The Invention of Hugo Cabret"





Maryann Cocca-Leffler





Neil Gaiman

Watching the Caldecot, Newbery and Laura Ingalls Wilder winners receive their medals was a lot like watching the Oscars.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Picture book illo


Still needs some work, but for every paint stroke I make, I have to make 50 more to fix it. Again, this is black gouache with watercolor.

Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride

I'm at the American Library Association conference and look what I found displayed ....Great job, Wes!

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

American Library Association Conference


I will be attending the American Library Association conference July 11-15th.
I'll be signing at the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators -Illinois booth (Booth #1626) on Tuesday, July 14th.
I'll be signing books, posters and giving away my newly printed bookmarks, postcards, etc.

If you're going to ALA, look me up!

Links:
American Library Association

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Friday, July 3, 2009

Working on the car


I messed this up when I laid in the watercolor, but here's the b&w version.