My mom’s favorite Opera was always the Magic Flute. I have heard it many times and am kinda a fan now myself. I made this drawing and then immediately thought of my Mom. I think it might be really fun for me to do some more drawings from this amazing opera. Also it seems that I’m starting to be able to figure out a way to draw for a more adult audience that still holds true to the overall childlike quality I want to have show through in the work that I put out.
My commemorative Where the Wild Things Are illustration is featured on this Ten Paces & Draw, Sendak Tribute post today. See if you can find it.
Happy Mothers Day to all of you sweet mom’s out there!
Here is a close up from a Mother Day card I made for Draw Me A Lion.
I just got my copy of the new 3×3 Magazine and guess who’s Thank You Card illustration for Draw Me A Lion is in the Gallery section? Miiiine! Hurray! This issue has a children’s book illustration theme and starts off with a feature on Eric Carle and his work. Such an honor to be in the same magazine along with him! Incidentally I just so happen to be reading a very fantastic book on Carle right now. “The Art of Eric Carle” So inspiring!
The first thing I found out this morning was that Maurice Sendak died. I am really sad about this. He was such an inspiration to me and so many other people that it is a shock even though he was 83, just like it’s always a shock when someone you love simple isn’t going to be around anymore. Out of all the illustrators I can think of he is one of the ones that really carved his own way. Many of his books were hugely controversial, loved by some, hated by others. He sure didn’t let that stop him from doing it again all over with his next project. And even though he mentioned in an interview that everyone is quoting these days that he had based the Wild Things on his relatives, I think he was the most Wild Thing of them all.
I will miss you Mr. Sendak. You were truly unique.
Here is a drawing to commemorate the day.
I was going to just build another lantern house (see post before last) but then when I got to drawing I just really wanted to draw a fun tree with kids on it instead. I think it came out really fun! Yay for spring and kids in trees! If you ask me there isn’t enough of either happening around here currently. I just added this to my personal projects. Here is a link if you want to see it bigger in it’s full glory ;)
Hurray! So happy to share these two illustrations I was commissioned for by Creative Cast!
These two designs of mine will soon be for sale in form of Tattoos in Children’s hospitals all over BC for kids to put on their casts!
How awesome is that? So exciting!
I just build myself this new fort… of course by building I mean that I drew it….
Could someone build it for me for real? Either that or … could someone turn me into a drawing so that I can go and hang out in this one?
Here is the link to the Draw Me A Lion Blog I just wrote on the same subject aptly titled ‘Drawing out the Sadness’.
Took a long walk in the sun today. So beautiful out. Lovely day.
I’m especially excited for the new issue of 3×3 Magazine to hit the shops this time, because….I”m it it! Huzzah! So happy about this!
Yes, I’m in the gallery section along with some really cool other international illustrators. And look at the awesome cover (not by me, but by Michael Slack) it has! Look for it in the shops Ladies and Gents! If you’re in Vancouver they have it at Chapters and also Oscars Book shop I think and If Your Mother Knew Magazine shop further towards Kits.
Can’t wait to hold one in my greedy hands! YESSSS!
Just got to go on a little Easter Hike with one of my best buds and our dogs. Love the forest. I wish I could go more often. Me and Pancake are both exhausted but happy now back in the house. Coloured in my drawing from yesterday to take a break. Now it’s time to tackle some un-fun stuff and do some taxes….
He or she was actually not very little at all. I hope it will be fine and I’ll go check on it tomorrow and bring it to the Animal Rescue place. … even though I’m a bit disappointed that the people who just live like 15 minutes walking distance away from there won’t do it… oh well. Tomorrow little seagull… I’ll put you in a box and get you on my bike trailer… oh boy…
Today I saw the man who is in charge of the wonder mobile. He was at the sea -wall slightly bent over his contraption with tons of bags that have whatever you think is in them attached to it. As I rode by I could hear a sound emanate -from one if the bags?- that sounded like a miniature circus winding down and being sucked into some kind of magical vortex. After that, all there was, was the sound of the seagulls, the wind chimes of a rich luxury apartment dweller and me knowing that I had witnessed. Magic.
Today I got to play sub for the super-fantastic Julie Morstad , for one of her illustration classes at ECIAD. It was really fun for me to give feedback to such a talented bunch of young illustrators.
There was no illustration department at ECIAD when I was a student there, and it feels great to see so many students who are interested and encouraged to pursue illustration as their field. Vancouver has a very strong background in conceptual art and is a bit behind when it comes to illustration in my opinion. I feel a great change in the wind and am really happy to be apart of it.
Having said that here is my drawing – and this time also a bit of writing with it – to reflect this day.
Fun In the Meadow
I’m starting to be able to draw like when I was little again. And that is sooooo exciting! I feel really good about this one here. It’s much bigger in real life.