Hold the cabbage!

Here's a sneak peak at part of a spread based on the fairy tale Dwarf Nose, by Wilhelm Hauff.

Mice Are Nice

I painted a series of mice going on an adventure in the woods. I grew up in the lush wooded hills of southern Wisconsin where spent many happy hours wandering the woods, building forts with my brother and sister. I love to the feel of earth between my toes.

In these paintings, I had a lot of fun with the mark making in the negative space.

22/31: little

Giant sneeze on the Sky Farm

This farm scene is finished. Acrylic and digital paint. I love painting vegetables, buildings and flying cows. lol

Character Design Exercise

1. beginning shapes

Thanks, J. E. Morris for reposting this warm-up sketch exercise from Kelly Light's Character Design 101 Workshop at NESCBWI 2012. The exercise consists of taking the given shapes and creating characters from them. It was a challenge and a lot of fun!

1. The beginning shapes

2. by Alicia Schwab

3. created by guest artist ISABEL, age eight.

2. Here is what I came up with. Hope you like it.

3. I have a guest artist featured below. The artist ISABEL, age eight has been drawing all her life. She loves birds and she draws them all the time. I especially like the spotted claw in the lower right!