Rooster

And last but not least, here is the rooster. Someone asked me the title of the book. It is called "Christmas at the Stable" and is written by Kimberly Funk.

Donkey

No. 5 of 6 animals in the book I'm illustrating. I really like this guy :)

Baa

Sheep!
Another animal in the children's book. Four down, two more to go :)

Moo

My third animal illustration for the children's book :)

Camel

And here is my next animal illustration for the book: a camel.

Still here!

Well, it's been a while :) Still here, but this is definitely the longest break from posting I've ever taken. I've been working away and a lot has been happening but I have gone through social media/posting fatigue I guess. However...I'm back in the saddle and here is the month in review.
1. I marked my 7th year Blogivesary last week. Seven years! Maybe I was due for a time-out.
2. I got a job illustrating a children's book. My dream. This is what I majored in all those years ago at art school (advertising was my minor). I have been planning, sketching, drawing roughs, drawing final roughs, transferring drawings and painting madly for the past few weeks. I received permission from the author to share some of the finished illustrations here so here is my first one:

3. I sold a few paintings this month. Always good for the soul (and paying bills :) Here they are:

 All In / SOLD

 Cosmos with lemons / SOLD

 Spring bouquet / SOLD

And that's about it for today. Thanks for reading!

Oh - one more thing. There are a lot of things in the news lately that have crushed our hearts. I just found this bit of writing and would like to share. Take care everyone!

We make our lives out of chaos and hope. And love. 

~Bones, "Mother and Child in the Bay," original airdate 2006 September 6th, spoken by the character Angela Montenegro, writing credits S.Nathan, H.Hanson, K.Reichs, and N.Hawley