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I’ve posted another illustration on the Hairy Eyeballs site. I have one more spot left and then I’ll start removing the ones that are there to make room for more. This one is another page from “The T-Rex and the Hare” graphic novel.

Went for an absolutely gorgeous walk on the Laurel Highlands Trail today. I love the spot here where the trail runs in and around a maze of massive boulders. The best way to wind your way out the other side is just following the blazes. It’s been above freezing for a couple weeks now (and reached 80 degrees this afternoon!), …

I did a few more spot illustrations for Jack and Jill‘s March/April issue, and I’ll post a couple of them here. The illustrations were part of their Earth Day article that suggested things kids could do to “go green.” First, they encouraged kids to open a window when the weather was warm enough. I had to play with the “wind” …

Here’s the sketch I drew for the illustration to go with Cleaver Overachiever. Again, I’ll finish it with graphite, and when I’m finished I’ll post it on the illustration extras page of the site. I’ve made a bunch of splatters with powdered graphite to play around with, and I’ll figure out later which one I like best for the final drawing. The …

Here are a few more of the illustrations I did for Jack and Jill‘s March/April issue. These ones were spots that were scattered in and around some “how to go green for Earth Day” suggestions. This first one encouraged kids to ride their bikes to school. I played with that iconic “school zone” street sign showing kids walking to school …

As promised, here’s the first illustration I had to redraw for style consistency. It’s called Bombs Away, and the one on the left was originally published as a greeting card a few years ago. The right one is the redraw.

Jack and Jill‘s March/April issue is out, and here is one of the illustrations I did for it. All the illustrations were for an article about going green for Earth Day (April 22). I painted one big illustration (the one here), and a bunch of smaller ones (I’ll post those over the next few days).

I’ve added a couple new illustrations to the extras page of the site today. Two empty slots are left, and once they get filled up and I’m ready to upload more I’ll start removing the ones there now. Not sure yet if I’ll repost the removed ones somewhere later or not, so look while you can.

Crocuses snuck out of the ground while I was watching the snow melt and flood the yard. Less than a day after this picture, our local bunnies ate every one of these down to the stem. It looked like a baby lawnmower went through.

I’ve only gotten so far as a sketch for my next “Read” illustration, but here it is. The idea was mostly for the teachers and librarians who are using my previous “Read” illustration in their classrooms and libraries. I wanted to gear this one toward those “reluctant reader” types (boys). I’ll be painting the whole thing in Painter, and uploading it …

Ha! I had a nice, long drive to Erie on Monday, and wrote my first (and maybe only, we’ll see) poem for the book on the way up. It started as one of those first thoughts in the morning before you’re really awake kind of things about a week ago, and I already had an illustration sketch drawn and revised …

I’m just finishing up some illustrations that will put the page count for the book at 66! That’s about one-third the final length I had in mind, but it seems to be coming together quickly enough. I’m planning on writing about 225-240 pages to send off to a few hand-picked and trusted friends to read and evaluate and provide feedback. …