All this talk about Dragons

For awhile now I have been mentioning working on illustrations for a children's book on dragons. I am finally getting some final drawings ready for the author. Getting what is in her mind into mine and on paper has been a learning curve. Today is all about the dragons and pieces are coming together.

My biggest hurdle was making an anatomy for the creature. I have never drawn fantasy pieces and needed to make this one move for the different things he does in the story. Also with being photorealistic in most of my drawings, I couldn't put too much detail into illustration so many sketches are on the dining room floor.

They will all come together in the end and there has been a lot of learning in the process I would never have pursued otherwise. The author is self-publishing so she can pretty much do what she has pictured in her head all these years of writing this series of stories (yes, she has plans for more). Challenges and going after dreams is what life is all about and this idea of hers is helping both of us with that.

Zebras Finished...Happy Holidays.

Happy holidays to everyone. I hope that you all have a wonderful season with your families and that many blessings come to you in the New Year.

I got my website up and running at http://croftangleart.mosaicglobe.com. It is such a beautiful community of artists that lends inspiration for all generations. This blog and that site I hope will be the beginning to a beautiful friendship to the network of friends made through art.

The zebras with human eyes are complete and waiting for the client to come check out the results. I have now begun working on her second piece. This one excites me as it is a larger drawing and more accurate to the animal’s true nature.

I am back to work on the dragon illustrations for a children’s book. All the rough drafts are going to be put into storyboard today so I can begin the final copy. The author will be coming after the holidays to see the progress. I bought a small dragon egg to sit in front of my pads as inspiration.

There are also the pieces I need to gather for the window display at ColourArt store in Springwood for January or February. They were not sure which month they wanted to use my pieces to promote graphite.  I’ll have to lay those out tonight when I get off work.

Thought of the day: There are no rules in painting. Imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty. - Goya