Picture Book Idea Month! Hurrah!

I joined late, but not too late-I just came up with 7 picture book ideas to catch up!

 Pi Bo Id Mo Information!

Chris's Birthday Card

Bass Fox Watercolor and Ink 5x7"

Ok, this is late on but I wanted to post a card I made for my hubby Chris Gagon whom I adore. He wanted something with a fox so I painted him playing his bass as a fox!

Bio Pic and Cat and Fox Sketch

Cat and Fox Pick Apples

I have been planning for my new website for quite some time now, and I am currently designing it! My good friend and amazing pro photographer Leanne of Sargeant Photography took some snaps of me for my bio page. Here are a few shots and a copy of the sketch I created during the process! The sketch is of me (I'm the cat ), my husband Chris (the fox), and our puppy Darwin (as himself).

This will prob be the bio pic!

I make artwork that makes me laugh!

Baby Weekend

Last weekend was baby weekend! Baby birthday and baby shower galore! Here are some quick spot watercolor illustrations for the wee ones:

Kenneth's Birds

It has taken me some time to write this post thinking of my uncle Kenneth who has passed away from cancer this past September. Death doesn't seem real sometimes, especially if you are far from it. Kenneth enjoyed life, and he especially liked watching the birds and creatures outside his home in Greenvale New York. He and I shared this love of nature's peacefulness, even though I haven't seen him since I was a little girl. Over the years he sent me photos of the birds he took and I painted him some pictures for him a few years ago. I didn't get to painting all of the photos so when we found out he might not have much time, we got a plane ticket to visit and I feverishly painted the last few pictures he sent me. Unfortunately, we were too late and he never got to see his last gift from me. I will not forget his kind heart and connection with nature we shared. Though I will miss him, he can now be free from the pain as birds flying in the wind. These are the paintings for Kenneth titled "Kenneth's Birds" which showed in the Acres of Art Show at the Art Exchange in Long Beach last weekend. This is a reminder that you never know what will happen and it is important to not wait too long to appreciate the ones you love. I also will share a poem he wrote and sent to me:

­­Autumn Magic

 A sudden gust of wind and a

 Flock of leaves burst joyously out of the treetops

Soaring high in a grey- ghost sky

Then sailing on invisible currents they

Transform themselves from birds to leaves and then into

Dead kites sadly twirling to the ground.

November 23, 2009

Kenneth Eisenpresser

Old Brookville, New York

Costa Rica Mural

Here is the Costa Rica Mural Project! Chris and I were on vacation celebrating our 1st year as a married couple and one day Alonso at the Backpackers hostel in Monteverde starting painting the walls white. Then he said, I would like to have someone paint a mural here, and I said I paint murals! And there you have it. We completed the mural in one day! I couldn't have done it without all of the volunteers that helped! What a fun project!

Before

Sketching out the design

Blocking in areas to be filled in

Alonso and Mahrisa

Go green team!

Slothing around

left side

middle area

right side

Thanks to all who helped!

Hooray we did it!

Illustration Friday Topic "Identical"

Meet our new dog "Darwin", he loves to spend his time playing with his reflection in the mirror! This watercolor sketch was done for the Illustration Friday topic "identical". See the resemblance? hee hee