Character studies

These are two characters from a story I am working on.

Mourning Maurice

Many of us will miss Maurice, but his work will live on.
I did this doodle this morning:

Stop Motion

Here's another short movie by Thomas:

My new project

I am having fun sketching for my new book.  I can't wait to get started painting.

Training a lamb

Edie is working with Sally the lamb.  She hopes to show her with 4H this summer.

IF: Vocal

Emerson

more elephants

Baby elephant

What started out like this:

 ended up like this:

 

This is for the baby next door.  I think I prefer the looser sketch.

 

Bedtime story from the Elderly Fairy

Fairy House

Last night Edie and I made a couple of fairy houses.  I was inspired by the pieces of bark that I found in our yard waste pile.  We used a piece of scrap wood as the base and some birch bark for the walls.  The other bark was used for the roof, with a pine cone as a ridge beam beneath.  Moss that we found added the perfect woodsy feel to the house.  It looks like someone may have already taken up residence!
*one note of caution: glue from glue guns is like molten lava and can burn you very badly.  Ouch!

old photos

I have been organizing photos and found one of me when I was about six.  I had just been given a sea otter stuffed animal for Christmas by a family friend.  We were visiting my grandparents in New Hampshire where there were often white Christmases.

oops

Look what I did subconsciously. 
(I do think it's a little bit funny)

Meanwhile. . .

Painting tidal pools for an educational job is making me miss Rhode Island. 

Tick Bait's Universe

Great news!  The app I have been working on is now for sale on iTunes.  It is a great children to learn about science by zooming in to explore at a microscopic level and zooming out to explore the universe.
If you have an iPad, I would definitely recommend checking it out.  Kids curious about science will love it!

Heart Monkey

 

After seeing all sorts of beautiful art at the Kindling Words conference I just returned from, I decided that it would be fun to play around on the computer.  Here's a little something I sketched out for Valentine's Day.