Quick Sketch. Initial quick expressive sketching of characters keeps them alive and kicking. Or exhausted and moping as needed. A practice reinforced by Mallory Grigg, Senior Art Director at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, during a breakout session at the SCBWI Marvelous Midwest Conference held in Iowa this past weekend. Her suggestion of flour sack doodles and stretch and squish variations to reinvigorate the liveliness of our …
Paint to Pencil
Decision time. Always a little apprehensive and excited when time comes to decide to set down my paint brushes and pick up my color pencils to finish a piece. I love the combination but often find it tricky to know the exact switch over time, and perhaps it's not as cut and dried as I sometimes fear it to be. Working on some finished pieces for dummies and preparing a piece for the SCBWI Marvelous Midwest Conference. I'm excited to learn …
Entering #50PreciousWords
Vivian Kirkfield's yearly contest inspires frugalness with words. https://viviankirkfield.com/2024/03/02/the-50preciouswords-2024-international-writing-contest-is-open/comment-page-13/#comment-280875 I thought these old sketches went well with my submission. One done many years ago when my girls were young. The other done in my college days, of dorm chums Cindy and Kris. We need friends through out our lives. …