Header Sketch

Recently I have been  working on a new header for my art and creative writing  blog -- this one obviously!

 I did this sketch for my theme.  Turned out pretty good, except when I photographed it, it was an overcast day outside and the photograph turned out blue! I know the rule, "Let your white be WHITE and your blacks be BLACK!" I've tweaked it all I can to remove the color, but alas, it's still blue!  Maybe I should have run it through the scanner instead of trying to photo it!! 

Enjoy anyway . . . 

Linking today with:
Sunday Sketches

Next Illustration

It's time for Sunday Sketches over at BlueChairDiary and today I am submitting my next illustration sketch of my slippery stairs page for my Grandma Book.  I am working on an image of stairs with snow and may even do another sketch with ice, although I am not sure I want to try an icy one.  Not sure how to handle that! 

Anyway, here's my first sketch.  I think I want to work on the perspective a bit in my second attempt. Here's hoping it turns out well!

Sunday Sketches - Figures

I have been getting back to a children's book that I wrote some years ago, letting it sit unfinished when I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer.  I'm doing fine now, seven years later, and now I am  finishing up all the illustrations for it.  (You can catch up on the process in my previous week's posts.) 

Some illustrations have come easier than others--I find that I am not very good with human figures, so I have been practicing!  Here are a couple of pages from my sketch book diary.

Thanks for taking a look!

I have linked up with Sunday Sketches over at BlueChairDiary.  It's fun to see what everyone else is working on! I hope you will visit.