Finish & Sent:)

O.k I finished the 50 ( in B& W only) illustrations. Phew. It's in the Mail to the client's graphic designer. I'm all fingers crossed that I saved all images at the right dpi, file sixe etc and they are going to come out o.k. Hoping the graphic designer doesn't think ...WHAT?!!

This is always difficult when u start new venture/self -taught and u realise is the the correct "procedure"?? Sure could 've made things easier for myself at the beginning. Many of the illustrations were first drawn too large for my scanner. Sure I photographed them and downloaded them. Though when it came time edit...white space and getting the right contrast became tricky.

O.k we are going to find out in next couple of days....:)

Always Ideas going on..

I started this idea a while ago about self publishing a small book on my efforts as an artist between being a Mama to 4 kidlets. Almost impossible!

I really early on in my "career" as a Mama had difficulty realising that the time I had, had to be channelled towards the children and not my own arty passion. Visions of being an fine art oil painter or one of a kind precious jeweller had to take a back seat for now. So the children's world opened up to me with the amazing talents of children's illustrators...could I do that? I ended up trying with the first book " The Dragon's Gift." written by Tom Allen.

So where am I now...developing more illustrations for another self -publisher. We'll see.

But yes I miss jewellery & enamelling.It's not to say I can't do it now. But finances & time are the culprits. ( may'be I don't manage my time efficiently...quite honestly do I need to be perfect?..I can't. :)

Funny I haven't looked at this cover Idea for a while ..and I want to change things!

Light at the end of the tunnel!!

Seriously ...getting to the end and the energy revs up for the last 7-8 illustrations to go:):)

There was 50 in total!!!!

All had to be b& w though.

Couldn't resist this version for myself.

King Kong on T.V

My eldest son hanging out in the coffee shop whilst I'm try and figure out ..actually the last illustration shown here."I know a secret ..Ha ha ha"

Became interested in him when I became stuck on drawing hands.

I know a secret..ha ha ha

"I know a secret..ha ha ha."

1 of the 50 illustrations...48 hrs to finishing editing.Why am I here!!

..kind of like this peculiar guy illustration.

Once in a while I see somebody that I just have to draw, this lady at a local coffe shop became my pen study ...later digitally painted.

Begining a daunting commission for a freind...Michelangelo "The creation of Adam " hands...

Cannot get the hands wrong and I'm still not that great a painter!