goblins market-I didn't get it they way I had pictured it-its kind of a scary poem, dark and creepy , so I think I will try in black and white next time.  If I could throw a sepia over this painting I would ....I need it to be more eerie...

well, I am two weeks into my childrens book illustration class and loving it.  I have been using pastels a lot and really coming to appreciate the look of them.  The flying elephant is an example, I don't have a pic of my first project but will take one soon.  This week class was cancelled because of illness so it was a bummer.  However I find myself doing every prompt and every aspect of every assignment so I have 5 paintings to show instead of one.  I have to pick my fav for the critique otherwise I will take up too much time, but I find doing all of the prompts really fun and helpful!

My favorite all time drawing, when I get our of my own way and just be and do I often look down at the finished product and think -that couldn't be ME-but it is!!!

My kids book is finished and with the editor and author-I will be published soon-there is some story I read where the said Now I am a book!!!! when they got the printed book  in their hands-wish I could remember where that came from but

NOW I AM A BOOK!!!!!

and

I WANT MORE!!!!!

Painting and pastels. I am really loving the pastels, however I dumped coffee on this one this morning...it was one of those days-every thing I picked up, used or tried to do was destroyed broke or went out of order-yet still I soldiered on......and poured another cup of joe.  Some days are just like that, so you either have to laugh or go crazy and I am not soing cray any more!!!

I had a facebook contest this week-the 19th like got this pastel!!!!  I had so much fun checking to see who liked it and the winner was someone I didn't know in Florida.  I have decided to do this every once in a while as I got such a kick out of it.  I have also decided to keep trying to do the daily painting, as I am now done with the illustrations for the book, and am ready to do something other than happy cartoony art.  it was a blast though, and I learned a ton.  The best of it was envisoning pictures to someone elses words.  I hope I get to do that again soon

some of my new wire wrapped pendants

Illustrating a childrens book-with a real and actual contract-also I am going to start posting the jewlery that I have started making.  I opened a whole new etsy shop for it-magicstonedesigns!!!!