Clarence was no ordinary barnyard cat. Take your eyes off him for a minute and… oops, a few of the chickens have gone missing.
Meoooowzer, that was one bad kitty!
Shiny
…. but then the hungry mice came upon a turnip so shiny, so bright and bulbous, they immediately started to unearth their delicious treasure.
Sketches
Six Minute Warm up
This my friends, is called the Six Minute Warm Up.
Some of the illustrators I know have been doing this. Many of them went to the NE SCBWI conference and attended a workshop, Character Design 101, taught by Kelly Light in which this was included. Unfortunately I wasn’t there, but I hear the class was fabulous and she cooks a mean chocolate chip cookie!
You might want to give this a try… it’s fun.
How do you hug a porcupine?
carefully….
Essence of Squirrel
He gives me but a few seconds… I sketch his outline. Thirty seconds to catch the essence of a squirrel.
He’s my live model.
I pay him with corn.
Faded
“Nine o clock… Dad comes home today!”
As he waited, he listened to the sound of thunder and watched as the raindrops landed and then joined together in a trail that raced to the bottom of the window pane. A year is a long time to wait!
All fear faded away when he saw his Dad, dressed in army green, spotted with the weather, open the front gate and smile as he ascended the stairs.