Why hello there – where did the summer go? I was immersed in illustrating a chapter book for Kids Can Press and it involved a lot of firsts. Not only was it the first time I have created black and white illustrations for a book but I had also worked on them digitally, which is [...]
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Spring and things
Well, hello there! My blogging activity didn’t end up getting any livelier as I got caught up in finishing The Little Christmas Elf for Little Golden Books. It was really fun working on this book – lovely folks at Random House and the author Nikki Shannon Smith is really sweet. Dream job really – nice [...]
An illustrator first
I recently finished illustrating a picture book for Kids Can Press called Reaching by Judy Ann Sadler. We are at the stage of checking final proofs before it goes to print and soon we will get to hold the real books in our hands. Exciting. Here is a tiny sneak peek: This book was quite [...]
A Harvest of New Books
I wanted to give this a mention. If you are in Montreal, you are welcome to join us: Yes Oui CANSCAIP hosts “A Harvest of New Books” Wed., Oct. 27th at 7 p.m. Montreal West Town Hall (50 Westminster South in Montreal West) Local children’s book authors Nancy Gow, Jennifer Lloyd, P.J. Bracegirdle, Jill Murray, [...]
September musings
I can’t believe that it has been almost a month since I last posted something here. My days are filled with painting a cute baby and his family. This book is especially fun for me to paint because the baby is based on how my son looked when he was a one year old and [...]
