Category Archives: children’s book

Let them eat cake

I was going through my sketchbooks and I came across some sketches I did while sitting at a bakery in a Holbrook, NY. The name of the bakery is Dolci Momenti and the cakes they had in the display case were begging to be sketched. And eaten, of course. This was one of the cakesContinue reading “Let them eat cake”

Sleigh

What’s better than a sleigh with 8 reindeer? A sleigh with 8 cats! Santa’s annual run was over. He’s looking forward to a long rest. This year was stressful. The reindeer went AWOL so Santa had to use the barn cats. The elves all got sick. There was a blizzard over most of North America.Continue reading “Sleigh”

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! The day is finally here. Just when you think you won’t get everything finished on time, it all falls in place. Played with the brush markers this morning and decided to do a tree. It feels good to play with the materials for the fun of it. It’s not perfect, but trees areContinue reading “Merry Christmas”

Festive

I started this today but I have holiday chores to do. This is still a draft. I started to add color and didn’t like it. I am going to stop working on it for now come back to it with fresh eyes another day.

Paper Lanterns

We went to Animal Kingdom last week. One of the streets in the back near Asia had colorful lanterns/flags and lights hanging over the ‘village.’ It looked so pretty that I knew I would have to work it into one of my posts. Disney can truly make magic out of something so simple. And today’sContinue reading “Paper Lanterns”