Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance
To borrow a phrase from the British Army, Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. One of things my art suffers from isn't always...
Stepping outside your comfort zone
Artists are often given the advice to 'try something new' when they are discovering their style or voice. MY advice is: If you're gong...
Filling up the Sketchbook
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière This is my attempt at one of the stone lions guarding La Basilique Notre Dame de Fourviere in Lyon,...
Lust, greed and and revenge. Got your attention?
The Blessing Way by Tony HIllerman Tony Hillerman books stand out from your average everyday who-dun-it murder mysteries in two very...
Hamming it up
Chester the Worldly Pig Bill Peet Bill Peet was an animator for Walt Disney (1937 to 1967), but when the stress was too much, he branched...
Flying High
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins Scholastic Books Gregor and his baby sister Boots fall down a tunnel behind the laundromat grate...
What if we could talk to the animals?
Inspired by The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale. Thanks to a run in with a sly panther, Marlin finds himself in a bit of...
Gift of Language
The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale The boy, Marlin is called upon by all the birds in the aviary to use his special gift...
Definition of a Dinosaur
19th century British paleontologist biologist Richard Owen, was the first scientist to notice similarities in the skeletal structure of...
Haven't You Always Wanted A Donkey?
Brighty of the Grand Canyon By Marguerite Henry Horse lover in the family? Marguerite Henry, teamed with Illustrator Wesley Dennis, are...