I had the privilege to do the cover for the Rabbit Room re-issue of Doug McKelvey’s book The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog. This book is excellent and a beautiful read. Doug spoke about the book a little over the phone before I started the sketches. He mentioned something about the book’s frontier quality […]
Category Archives: Art
Textbook Sketches
I’m working on a 5th grade History book for BJUPRESS. The designer and I have been going back and forth trying to zero in on the style for the book’s interior illustrations. Thought it might be interesting to give a peek at the thoughts behind the book’s illustrations. Initially, I wanted to do something stylized. The […]
Kickstarter: The Green Ember
I’ve been working on a project that I’m excited to tell you about: Written by S.D. Smith, illustrated by me, and published by Story Warren, The Green Ember is an adventure story that involves rabbits with swords. You’ll love it. As the author says in his blog post about the new book, “I made this for you.” […]
Daphne
Painting.
Rough Sketch
Here’s a sketch I did for a project a couple months ago. The sketch was discarded when they changed the parameters of the project, but I like it and may finish it one day.
Charles Dickens Series
I’ve done a few mood pieces that evoke (to me) the feel of Charles Dickens work. Here’s one.
Drawings
Here are some sketches for a storywarren post about Aesop’s fables.
Tea Paintings
There is a thought I hear quite often. It’s presented with such confidence that those who say it seem to think the matter settled. This is how it goes: humans are most human when they surrender to their appetites and abandon all to instinct. To resist one’s impulse is to deny one’s self. Remarkably, this […]
Sketchbook 4
Go big or go home.
Sketchbook 3
Another sketchbook page. It’s a giant causing giant sized mayhem.