The Pineapple Diary

Back to the dummy...

I'm taking a little break from the Sketchbook Project - not long since it's due by the 31st of January. Yikes! I'm trying to get my long-suffering picture book dummy ready to send off for a critique at the NESCBWI conference. I've shared this with lots of fellow illustrators, but never had an editor, agent, or AD look at it. It's really about time. And with that, I'm off to sketch, revise, and sketch some more!

Sketchbook Project 2012: HouseTree

Gouache, cut paper

Sketchbook Project 2012: Shhhh

This might be one of my favorite spreads from the book. It's also, chronologically, the last spread. I really tried to have a light touch and leave lots of white space and unresolved details.

Heres a detail:

This one is just gouache and pencil. I have several single pages to fill in plus room to add thumbnail sketches and a little bio on the last page.

Sketchbook Project 2012: House Eater

Collage with gouache, pencils (mechanical & carbon), cut paper, colored pencils, scrapbook paper

*This scanned horribly, so I'm going with this less horrible photo. ;)

Sketchbook Project 2012: Storytime

I'm sure she's telling them a story about people doing animal things, don't you think?

Watercolor, copic multiliner, and pencil

Sketchbook Project 2012: Fairybug Bedtime

 

Gosh these pages get wrinkly with wet media! It's still too fun to add paint to my book. This is a watercolor wash (brown) with a bit of gouache and pencil.

Sketchbook Project 2012: Lunch