Zaccheaus

Like I said in my previous post, I'm painting murals for the preschool I work at. Here is the first one, Zaccheaus. It's been fun getting out of my digital illustration comfort zone and working with acrylics. I'm definitely going to do more of this in the future - other than the 4 other murals I need to complete before September 5th, that is. Right now I'm working on Adam & Eve. I'll post more pictures as they're completed. Enjoy!

Christian Preschool murals - sketches

This summer I've been commissioned, by the preschool I work at, to paint small murals in 5 of the classrooms. It's a Christian preschool, so we're thinking Bible stories. Here are the sketches I've come up with. Wallspace is tight, so they won't take up the whole wall, just a rectangle. They might end up being a little skinnier. Enjoy and have a blessed day!

Worm farm

Here's a spot illustration for an article I wrote and illustrated. It's all about the benefit of composting and having a worm farm. Interesting stuff! Check it out online at Red River Kids Magazine.

random sketches

Here's some random silliness from my sketchpad today. You'll probably see more sloths in the future. I'm doing a lot of research on them - I think they're fascinating critters.

New sketches

This should finish up my 21 days of sketches, even though I was pretty sporadic with it. I sketched a lot last night. I seem to come up with the same ideas: crazy dogs, and kids with books or art supplies! That's me in a nutshell. 3 of my favorites!

Deb's learning a thang or two

Howdy Hi, kiddiewinkies. I've been a slug about posting, but really I have been pretty busy. I'm working on a couple new illustration jobs, and also taking some online classes. Today I took a class from David Billings AKA "Sparkyfirepants". What a riot that man is! I'd definitely recommend his course if you are new to vector illustration and interested in learning your way around Adobe Illustrator. I work in Illustrator all the time, but even I learned quite a lot from Mr. Sparkyfirepants. :) I'm going to add a button to the side of my blog, so you too can sign up for his classes, but until then, check it out here.

I'm also taking part in a teleseminar with Tara Reed (the artist, not the actress) on Tuesday, June 9th. It's called "The Goal Wheel For Artists". Check it out. She has a lot of awesome information about licensing on her blog too.

School's out as of today, but I plan on spending my summer learning new illustration techniques to improve my work. This is the fun stuff to learn, I'm thankful it doesn't involve math. (It doesn't involve math, does it???)

Challenge Day 19 - Mother's Day

In preschool today, we had our "Mother's Day Tea". It got me all nostalgic about when my boys were little. It's kind of sad, actually. Time flies by way too quickly. Happy Mother's Day, ya'll!