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Picturing Yitzi Chapter 4 – More Final Illustrations

Here are some more final illustrations…

Picturing Yitzi Chapter 4 – Final Illustrations

Did I mention that I wanted to challenge myself in creating the art for this book? Well, I did…and boy did I get what I asked for. I had taken a course the summer before on how to create watercolour … Continue reading →

Picturing Yitzi Chapter 3 Continued – More Spot Drawings!

Once I get going doing spot drawings it’s hard to stop me. Overall, I must have done fifteen or twenty spots for Yitzi and the Giant Menorah. But only a handful of them ended up in the book. The others … Continue reading →

Picturing Yitzi – Chapter 3 Spot Drawings

Spot drawings are small, careful sketches that I like to include in my picture books to add balance to the full colour illustrations. They can also add another visual element to the storytelling. I have a lot of fun doing … Continue reading →

Picturing Yitzi – Chapter 2 Rough Drawings

I probably spent a whole year doing the rough drawings for Yitzi and the Giant Menorah. Yes, I draw slowly but that wasn’t the only reason it took so long. There is a lot of planning that goes into each … Continue reading →

Chapter 1 continued – More Thumbnail Sketches!

There is no such thing as too many thumbnail sketches. Because they are fast, small and don’t require a lot of equipment (only a pencil and paper) there is no excuse for not doing tons of them! Well, maybe not … Continue reading →

Picturing Yitzi – Chapter 1 Thumbnail Sketches

i always begin the illustrations for a picture book with lots and lots of sketches – called thumbnail sketches. These are quick sketches that help me sort out the very basics of what I want to include in a scene. … Continue reading →

Picturing Yitzi – Video Diary Series

In 2013, I had the idea of videotaping the creation of my next picture book. When I shared this idea with PJ Library, they thought it was a great idea. And then they asked the obvious question… where’s your story? … Continue reading →

TIME SNATCHERS COLLAGE – Ta Da!

Here it is… the finished collage! It's an open question I suppose when to end a collage. There's a strong temptation to just keep going, adding more and more and more. But this looks like a good place to end … Continue reading →

Collage Project Day 5

Things are starting to come together. If you look closely, you can see four postage stamps in there…so I know for sure that this piece of art is worth at least 73 cents. For this stage, I continued adding visual … Continue reading →