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This Rabbit some lunch and books
This week was filled with photographing my illustrations for a new children’s book tentatively titled “This Rabbit” (as I wrote last week). Then I uploaded the photos checking the digital images against the original artwork for accuracy of color. Sometimes I had to retake a photo. Once all of the illustrations were digitally correct, more…
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Bunnies books and blooms
As I mentioned in my last post I’ve been sorting and winnowing my illustrations and poetry for a new children’s book. By writing the poem lines on index cards and having the illustrations on paper I can physically spread them out and sort them. This is very much the editing and rewriting process that the…
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Rabbits roses cups cards meatballs and book muchness
I’m having fun with new combinations of colors. In a recent post I tried a yellow and grey color set. After posting about that a friend said she liked pink and grey together. So I tried that combination this week. I’ve enjoyed playing with odd sized elements so I continued that in this new ink…
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Leaf fabric, greeting cards, books and rabbits
In a prior post I showed a fabric design in progress. This week I got a fabric swatch proof, pictured below, which I approved and have made publicly available now. I like the bright colors of it. In the most recent children’s book I illustrated, Pembral Forgets, I used a leaf motif thought the book. …
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Linked by leaves lemons and literature
I’m amazed at how easy it can be to change one’s perception and be inspired. For example I took these yellow lemons and set them next to a grey and cream cookie jar. Suddenly I have a color scheme I hadn’t thought of before. The randomness of all the creative stimuli in the world can…
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A box of leaves – Pembral Forgets
The inside of a book is made up of pages which are called “leaves”. The handmade box I’ve been constructing holds all of the “loose leaves” for Pembral Forgets. I love the pun…a story about fall leaves housed in a box covered with a pattern of leaves, containing loose leaf pages…. Yes, I know…🤣 ……
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A box for Pembral Forgets
A horrible but predictable insurrection happened in the US last week. My book shaped box to hold the original artwork for Pembral Forgets was at the needs-to-dry stage the day before, so Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the day of the attempted coup, I nervously read a lot of news. And thought of how a seditious…
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Art for Pembral Forgets
I’ve illustrated Pembral Forgets written by Steve Tubbs and in my last post I talked about my process of creating the cover and my leaf motif that flows through the book. Well here, below, are some of the finished illustrations with the text so you can see what I mean. Later on in the story…
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Pembral Forgets and a holiday
Mid November 2020 I was asked to illustrate Pembral Forgets by Steve Tubbs. It’s a story about fall leaves, good food and an absentminded boy who forgets something important. In mid December I took a social media break in order to focus more intensely on my illustrations. (There’s 38 pages of illustrations!) I’m glad I…
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Hare be books dragons and comforts
In my last post I wrote about my children’s books. Here are 4 of my books for those over age 18: Dogs by Sue Clancy Dr Bob’s Emotional Repair Program First Aid Kit Another Sketchbook Favorites So Far All 4 of these books are from my sketchbook keeping practice. All are about ways to take…
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