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New years resolution…
…try to put up more actual work in progress, sketches and doodles! If you would be in my studio and look at all my sketchbooks and papers you’d know HOW MUCH work I have! Of course because I am always thinking of it not being ‘finished enough’ etc.. and so I don’t put them up… I should change this. I will try. So here’s a drawing I made in a sketchbook a couple of weeks ago and then I coloured it in today. Hurrah, I love days off where I have time to play! 
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Christmas Panni
Over the holidays I finally got some time to relax, hang about and do some long needed drawing (without working on a specific project). ‘Aimless’ drawing is so important to me! Man is it ever. Anyhoooo… here’s one that I liked a lot so I coloured it in. It’s my cute little (but really not little at all) dog Pancake. All cozy and curled up like a Christmas stollen. Merry happy holidays!
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Class: Our Awesome Pirate Model Guy!
Back from the Christmas snooze and now I finally have some time to post some things I’ve been meaning to! For example, these pics here from my last class that I had in this year, namely my Illustration for Picture Book Portfolio class. I decided that it would be great to draw a model from life and more specifically so, a pirate. I read my students a part of a pirate story for inspiration and then asked them to either illustrate this one or another pirate involving story, using the model as a starting point. I had asked for a whole bunch of outlandish prop requests and thinking that they probably could not be fulfilled I had lugged a huge bag of things along with me. Little did I know that we were going to have the most prepared and versatile model ever! His name was Guy and he did the best poses, brought his own amazing children’s pirate costume (that fit him), down to the earring, eye-patch and plastic gun and didn’t even have a problem with me asking him to put gross fake plastic teeth in for some of the poses. I’m pretty certain he was the best model I’ve ever had! The only thing that was a little sad was that I didn’t get a chance to draw him since I was teaching. There was a part where everyone seemed to be doing good and so I couldn’t help but do a couple of quick sketches. Which I’m posting here. 
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Strathcona Artist Survey
Yeah! The Strathcona Artist Survey that Alex Stursberg and Brennan Kelly compiled and designed is published and it looks totally awesooooome! And who do you see right after opening it up? Me! Well, … not me per se, but more my illustrations. The book looks great ( I looove the cover by Kelly) and it’s a fantastic idea to put the work of so many artists working in the Strathcona area into a nice little hardcopy paper gallery so to speak. There are sooo many cool artists and people in it, and I’m glad to be a part of it. You should check it out!
I really like the forword that Alex and Brennan wrote for the SAS zine/book, so I thought I’d share it.
“The Strathcona Artist Survey was developed with the intention of showcasing the diverse community of artists, both established and emerging, living in the neighbourhood of Strathcona, Vancouver. This volume was compiled and designed by Alex Stursberg & Brennan Kelly in October, 2011 with the hopeful intention that it will become a regularly published review of practicing artists in Strathcona. The Artist Survey moniker may be used freely for your own neighbourhood publication to help promote the arts in your community.”
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Promo Card For Lucky’s!
My favorite local comic book shop Lucky’s (on Main Street) has a new Online Shop ! It’s totally awesome looking and should you love comics, graphic novels, or just really amazing books in general, you had better check it out! To announce and celebrate this some illustrator/artist friends of Lucky’s made some promo cards. Check them all out here. I think my favorite one is the one with the blue cat hidden behind the house. But that’s not the one I did. Here’s the one I made. This is pretty much how I feel whenever I go there. :)
Yay Lucky’s!
Oh yeah! Also there is an official online shop launch party this Friday the 18th from 7-10pm. Hurrah!
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Shaky Snakes Album Cover
I did a couple of different Album Covers for Shaky Snakes . Here is one of them.
Check out his new song ‘Sure is Fun in the City’ here. One of my faves so far for sure!
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One more colour experiment
Illustration by Helme Heine
Colour inspired by Helme Heine
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More colour inspiration
Image by Richard Scarry
Colour inspired by Richard Scarry
Unknown AWESOME image :)
Colour inspired by unknown AWESOME image.
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Today I am a colour thief
This week in my class we’ll be looking at how being a temporary colour thief can really help you narrow down your palette, look more at other artists you love and come to view your strengths and weaknesses in the vast vast world that is colour! I will make everyone bring in an object or image who’s colours they like a lot and then we will colour the same image several times using these different combinations as inspiration. I haven’t actually done this myself for a long time and in light of the results of my demonstration images here I must say that I maybe Should do so more often.
Illustration from her 'Zodiac Series' by Jillian Tamaki
Colour inspired by Jillian Tamaki
'In the grass' by Nadia Moss
Colour inspired by Nadia Moss
Image by Marc Boutavant
Colour inspired by Marc Boutavant
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I made some bird jars
So I had made these jars for Shakey Snakes and then what do you know but that he had posted them on his blog. I didn’t want to post them on the blog because I thought that would make them a bit less special but since they now already exist in the internet world, se la vie.
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Info about Presentation & Readings for elementary schools and other interested venues:
Hey all of you lovely folks!
I have recently taken the time to create some profiles on the ‘Writers Union of Canada‘ website as well as the ‘CWILL/Children’s Writers and Illustrators of BC‘ (which I recently joined) member page.
Both profiles supply information on author/illustrator presentations and readings as well as fees for elementary school visits and other events.
Click HERE for my profile on the Writers Union of Canada site
Click HERE for my profile on the CWILL site
I just thought that these links might be useful for some of you who have either asked me about doing presentations or as something that is easy to pass onto others who might be interested.
So yes, if you work in an elementary school in the lower Mainland and your looking for a fun presentation and reading from an author and illustrator of Children’s Books, look no further!
Cheers,
Lisa Cinar
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My Original Drawings for Sale on Etsy
Original artwork from ‘The Day it all Blew Away’ is finally on Etsy!
So, should you or your loved ones be in need of some original illustrations from a published Children’s Book, look no further! Reasonably priced and dimensions that are easy to frame. Would make a pretty cool present I think. Especially if you buy the book to go along with it!
(also, if you’re buying more than one drawing the shipping prices are the same as just for one. I think I posted that wrong for some of them, so just a heads up… oopps)
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Drawing of the Day
Trees, or the German equivalent. I love both equally.
Rainy, rainy Vancouver, when will you not be rainy anymore? Vancouver:”Never!” Me:”Oh! … Dang.”
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Writing Techniques: Cluster Writing
Here’s a really valuable brainstorming exercise for pretty much anything from writing to illustrating to… organizing your life… Cluster writing!
Below… an example I did. The subject I gave myself to write on is in the middle. Bears!
It’s an especially good exercise if you’re like me and how should I say it…. ALL OVER THE PLACE thought wise. It allows you to easily, visually view and assess which ideas are most interesting to you. Bingo! Try it. Time yourself! 5 minutes! Go!
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Happy Valentines to all!
In honor of the cheesiest of ‘holiday’s’ here’s an I-phone wallpaper I made. Feel free to save it and put it on yer phone, but hurry only 20 minutes left of Valentines Day!
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IPhone Wallpaper
So I caved and finally got an iphone. In celebration of my horrible 3 year contract here is a wallpaper for your iphone. save it to your screen and your done and done. Fun & fun. 
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Drawing of the day
Here’s a drawing a made a while ago from some old old family photos of my family in Germany. The only thing I changed is the background and the polkadots in one of them. I really like how they turned out. I’d like to do a whole family album drawn sometime. That would be a great project!
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Drawing of the day
I don’t know what’s with me and drawing everyone juggling these days… i did get some juggling balls for christmas… 
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Little Red Riding Hood
One of the assignments I always give in my class is to illustrate a part of Little Red Riding Hood. Since I’ve been a bit sick, I decided I should be doing this assignment myself this time around.
Several cups of ginger tea later here’s what came out … of the woods. 
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little drawing