Sketches for The Christmas Quiet Book on Amazon

Some pictures (8) of my sketchbooks from The Christmas Quiet Book have been posted on the Amazon page for the book HERE. This is me just starting a finished drawing with the book dummy as reference. I think this was drawn at a coffee shop in Vancouver. Click to enlarge.

Pre Show Tomorrow Night

Mike and I will be having an open house at our RANDM collective studio tomorrow from 5-8 pm. We will be showing some recent work including a preview of a short story for a magazine that Mike wrote and I illustrated.

During the show we will just be hanging out and sketching, you are welcome to join us.

PRE SHOW at RANDM Collective on the lower level of Art Central in downtown Calgary. 100 7 Ave SW.

How to work with an illustrator

Deborah has done a wonderful post on how to work with an illustrator! The way we worked together made a big difference on our books.

Check it out here:
http://writeroutine.blogspot.ca/2012/10/wriwopi-deborah-underwood.html

The Christmas Quiet Book at The Original Art

The Original Art Exhibition of Children's Book Illustration at the Society of Illustrators opens this evening. I was very happy that The Christmas Quiet Book was included! The show is up until Dec 22. I was at the show a couple of years ago and it was amazing to see so much great art in one place and in person - I would highly recommend visiting if you are in NY.

Sketches

Here are some of the drawings for TCQB. The first one was a quick thumbnail sketch to get approval for the idea and it was quickest to sketch it on the computer. The second is the finished drawing which was used in the book.

Dave Whamond book launch

This weekend Dave Whamond will be launching his new book Oddrey, I am looking forward to it!