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Drove through the beautiful Berkshire landscape...Me in front of Susan B. Anthony's birthplaceReplica of Susan's dollBathtub! It is soooo small!Disturbing statue from anti-suffrage...

I am not only a children's book illustrator, I am a Doctor Who fan! To indulge myself, I bought a pair of converse all-stars like David Tennant often wore.I masked off the sneakers with blue painter's tape, composed my ideas in Photoshop... and started!I painted just...

Zahrah the Windseeker is a wonderful fantasy novel by Nnedi Okorafor! I made this a "cover" image after reading this book I bet I would have loved it when I was a teen., too. 🙂 Also experimenting with color - mixing in layers on the paper rather than on the palette,...

Another gem from Soraya's photos! Had fun bleeding color and experimenting with color mixing right on the paper - not the palette. In love with Quinaqidrone colors...red, gold! Manganese blue, purple, and prussian blue, too.

Saw a stock photo that tickled me...followed it loosely. More fun with color! Not keen on the yellow bknd., though.

Saw two girls crossing the street one day. The movement of their legs, the way they were dressed was interesting, so I drew this from memory. Might color it...

After completing a very "tightly rendered" project, I wanted to do something much more loose! I like to look at photos that spark my imagination and inspire me to draw, and I found this photographer/artist -  Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy - whose photos really...

I'm going to be at the Bayswater Book Festival! July 28th in Center Harbor, NH. Along with 9 other authors and illustrators. Should be fun time, swing by if you can. 🙂