Thursday, December 23, 2010

Kit Grady




Kit Grady
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Friday, December 17, 2010

Ginger Nielson

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Blessed New Year!  


Sunday, November 28, 2010

Kathleen Rietz


This is the spread I created for the month of September in the upcoming picture book "Prairie Storms", by Sylvan Dell Publishing, due for release in 2011.
Kathleen Rietz - website
Kathleen Rietz - blog

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Ginger Nielson

Illustration from Daniel and the Harmonica, by Rob Dubreuil, illustrated by 
©Ginger Nielson and Stemmer House Publishing
Ginger Nielson

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Penny Weber


Yuck!
acrylic collage on paper

I have a new website coming soon!
Please see more of my work at:
http://pennyweber.blogspot.com
www.pennyweberart.com
Penny is represented by WendyLynn & Company
www.wendylynn.com

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Kristi Valiant



Kristi Valiant
www.kristivaliant.com
http://kristivaliant.blogspot.com

Mary Uhles

Long time, no post, so here's some new art from a piece that got a lot of praise at a recent SCBWI conference.

See more at www. maryuhles.com or read my blog at www.fabulousillustrator.com

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Lisa J. Michaels


To see more of Lisa's illustrations, click here!
You can also visit her blog, Whimsical Scribbles,
-or- 

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Old Sketch Finally Painted!

Finally got around to painting this sketch from one of my sketchbooks...

Working on adding ideas to my "Illustration To-Do" list...
And hoping that this zone of creating new pieces for the portfolio will stick around!!!

Monday, September 6, 2010

Cathy June


Two Scoops Deluxe
pastel
Cathy June
cathyjune.com

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Kit Grady




New Book coming soon

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Roberta Baird ~ Up, Up and Away!

Would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon?
Promotional Piece by Roberta Baird

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Sneak Peek of my next book!

Here is a sneak peek inside my next book, Stork Musters& Critter Clusters...

A surfeit of skunks acted like punks.

This is book 2 in a set of 3 of the Critter Series.
Book 1 was released in January, Lemur Troops & Critter Groups, can
be purchased via 4RV Publishing's site, Amazon or Barnes and Noble.com.

If you use Facebook to keep in touch with what your friends are doing,
I would like to invite you to stop by my fan page, Nikki Boetger Illustrations!

Enjoy!!!

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Ann Pilicer

Escape
© Ann Pilicer
www.annpilicer.com
www.annpilicerillustration.blogspot.com

Friday, June 18, 2010

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Coloring Contest!


Starting today and ending June 22nd, I am having a coloring contest for my picture book, Lemur Troops & Critter Groups. The contest is open to children 10 and under. All you have to do is copy the sheet above and give to a child to color. Once the sheet has been colored, scan it and email it back to me and I will be posting them in a special slideshow and album.

Each child who enters will be put into a special drawing for a chance to win a book related prize. If for some reason you can't scan it, please contact me for a way to mail it in.

Enjoy!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Michelle Henninger


Teacher's Pet
© Michelle Henninger
www.michellehenninger.com
www.michellehenninger.blogspot.com

Cathy June


Cathy June
From the book, "We Eat Food That's Fresh!"
Our Rainbow Press
www.cathyjune.com

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Friday, May 14, 2010

Diana Ting Delosh


The Fox Bride's Daughter
© Diana Ting Delosh
Ink & Watercolor

To find out more about the illustrator, please visit her website at DIANADELOSH.COM and or hop over to her blog at THE HARE ILLUSTRATERE.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Here Piggy, Piggy...


This little piggy was my doodle for today...

I am going to start trying to soften my illustration look...
I love my linework, but have found that a lot of jobs pass me by because it is too heavy for such soft looking characters.. I also want to toy around with making my digital work look more like a traditional method of painting or maybe even color pencil...

This was just something I did while on a break at the day job. It is done in Photoshop with a dry brush...

I like it for a quick sketch...

Oh, and I truly am sorry for not blogging here for a long time.
I am working diligently on a few projects that I am not allowed to talk about. And with holding a day job too, I don't have much time left over to do new art just for me...

Enjoy!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Roberta Baird

Promotional Piece by Roberta Baird

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Ann Pilicer

Zoo Babies Splash Time
Digital Portfolio
© Ann Pilicer
www.annpilicer.com
www.annpilicerillustration.blogspot.com

Monday, April 12, 2010

Anette Heiberg


Jungle animals, pattern
Digital
Anette Heiberg - www.anetteheiberg.com

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Cathy June

Star Gazing
pastel on paper
© Cathy June
www.cathyjune.com

Thursday, April 8, 2010

patrice barton


Layla Queen of Hearts
by Glenda Millard, pictures by Patrice Barton
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) April 2010

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Ann Pilicer- Maya's Neighborhood Pet Care

annpilicer.com
annpilicerillustration.blogspot.com
©Ann Pilicer

Friday, March 19, 2010

Penny Weber


Ashitaka and Yakuul from Princess Mononoke.
Please view more of my work at http://www.pennyweberart.com/.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Ginger Nielson


Scared of your own shadow?

Cathy June

Tickled
pastel on paper
© Cathy June
www.cathyjune.com

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Cathy June

Super Max Puzzle
mixed media on paper
© Cathy June
www.cathyjune.com

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Lisa J. Michaels

Alphey swings in the playground in, "Alphey Loves Letters"
Rendered in Pencil & Photoshop, copyright 2010.
To view more of Lisa's illustrations, visit


Monday, March 1, 2010

Wet Kitty


From the picture book Hello Potty. I truly enjoy drawing animals doing "human like" activities. Although we know a kitty wouldn't play in a wading pool, let alone wear a diaper, I love drawing scenes that make it look feasible.

Image from the cover of Song For A Giraffe by Michael LaLumiere and Kim Messinger.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

From DANCING DREAMS


From the picture book, DANCING DREAMS, to be published by Accord Publishing, fall 2010.

Kristi Valiant
www.kristivaliant.com
http://kristivaliant.blogspot.com

Monday, February 22, 2010

Lemur Troops & Critter Groups


A drove of cattle wore bells that rattle.
A leash of foxes hid under boxes.

Hey all!!!

My second book, Lemur Troops & Critter Groups is now available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes & Noble.com and on the 4RV Publishing web sites.

The author, Rena Jones, has put together a series of rhyming sentences that introduce animal congregations to children. The illustrations take those silly sentences a step further and put the animals in humanistic scenarios and provide humor for children and adults.

Also, visit Rena or I on Facebook and join the Critter Series fan page!


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Penny Weber


Kisses
Arcylics for portfolio

http://www.pennyweberart.com/

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Mandy Hedrick

3 fish
portfolio piece
© Mandy Hedrick
Please visit Mandy's blog or website www.MandyHedrick.com

Monday, February 8, 2010

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Diana Ting Delosh


Groundhog Awakes!
© 2010 Diana Ting Delosh
Ink & Watercolor