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1. Rapunzel

By: ARIS, on 6/16/2013
Blog: Aris blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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2. MOMO 6

By: ARIS, on 5/29/2013
Blog: Aris blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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1 Comments on MOMO 6, last added: 6/5/2013

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3. Moscow Dream

By: ARIS, on 5/17/2013
Blog: Aris blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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6 Comments on Moscow Dream, last added: 5/25/2013

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4. Cappuccetto Rosso

By: ARIS, on 5/15/2013
Blog: Aris blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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4 Comments on Cappuccetto Rosso, last added: 5/17/2013

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5. Madame Frog

By: ARIS, on 5/6/2013
Blog: Aris blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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2 Comments on Madame Frog, last added: 5/17/2013

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6. spring botanicals

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 4/17/2013
Blog: paperwork (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I picked a long strand of these flowers yesterday on my morning walk with the dog. It grows wildly and climbs over everything. It's Carolina Jessamine, the state flower

watercolor

papercut silhouette

My favorite wild flowers are cropping up by the side of the road, but I need to bring a knife to take them home. I'll show you some drawings of those pricklies tomorrow.

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7. IF: Wild

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 4/16/2013
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This week's Illustration Friday topic: Wild

a little hand lettering to celebrate the explosion of spring...

4 Comments on IF: Wild, last added: 4/19/2013

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8. The White Witch

By: Eric Orchard, on 4/15/2013
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I was commissioned to draw the White Witch and I now this is one of my favorite DC Comics characters.

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9. Something New

By: Kathleen Rietz, on 4/12/2013
Blog: Kathleen Rietz (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I thought I would try something different. I love this print wrap I brought back from Hawaii a few years ago. I tried to salvage this old apple painting by adding the pattern in the background. I think it looks pretty, although apples are not typically found in Hawaii the way they are on the mainland. What do you think? It's available in my Etsy shop.

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10. Jack Pumpkinhead And The Sawhorse

By: Eric Orchard, on 4/11/2013
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A commission of Jack and the Sawhorse from the Oz books, currently making it's way west to sunny California.

2 Comments on Jack Pumpkinhead And The Sawhorse, last added: 4/13/2013

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11. A Happy Hedgehog

By: Eric Orchard, on 4/5/2013
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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A hedgehog in the woods, smoking a pipe and brewing tea. He's using a steel enamel cup, which I love. This is one of those commissions where the patron said "do what you want" which is the best thing ever. It's a gift. You'll always get something interesting with that request, I think.

4 Comments on A Happy Hedgehog, last added: 4/8/2013

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12. Cabin Sketch

By: Eric Orchard, on 4/3/2013
Blog: Eric Orchard (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Another morning warm-up sketch I played with in Photoshop. I don't get to work a lot with gouache these days so I like to practice a bit when I can.

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13. Sneak Peak of my latest piece.

By: Brian Bowes, on 3/21/2013
Blog: Studio Bowes Art (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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via Emergent Ideas Sneak Peak of my latest piece.

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14. Indiana Jones On Scrap Paper

By: Eric Orchard, on 3/21/2013
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A morning warm up sketch of one of my favorite movie heroes Henry "Junior" "Indiana" Jones. Drawn with brush and ink and watercolour and something that kind of feels like a page from a Moleskine notebook.

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15. 10+ Hours of Watercolor Painting in an 8 Minute Video

By: Brian Bowes, on 3/18/2013
Blog: Studio Bowes Art (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Summary: 10+ hours of painting in an 8 minute video? I share watercolor painting tips and concepts in a time lapse painting of three storybook characters. Check it out, and share it with your friends.

via Studio Bowes Art Blog at http://studiobowesart.com/2013/03/18/10-hours-of-watercolor-painting-in-an-8-minute-video/

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16. Corto Maltese

By: Eric Orchard, on 3/18/2013
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If you're waiting on a commission, thank you for your patience! It took me a while to get to them but I'm just working on commissions at the moment and hope to have them all finished in just over a week.

Here is a detail of a commission that was a lot of fun to do, Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese.

2 Comments on Corto Maltese, last added: 3/19/2013

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17. Something New

By: Catharine, on 3/8/2013
Blog: Monday Artday (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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New Years resolution, more painting, more romance?

2 Comments on Something New, last added: 3/10/2013

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18. Fairies!

By: Sara Burrier, on 2/22/2013
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Well, princesses will have to wait until the fairies fly South for the winter.

I have been given a new project involving these wonderful wee folk, and it's been quite some time since I have painted them. Almost two years in fact! I think I've done one or two here and there, but not many.

To catch you up to date, here are the new members of the portfolio family. It's been interesting to see how the added styles and techniques I've acquired over the last couple of years is being translated into the fairies.

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19. Cat 2

By: Bernhard Oberdieck, on 2/5/2013
Blog: the dust of everyday life (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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20. 40 valentines

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 2/11/2013
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When you're in first grade you have to get creative to be able to make 40 valentine's and still have fun.

Mission accomplished.

Here is my valentine to you, dear blog. Playing around with my color palette....

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21. IF:Storm

By: Tatjana Mai-Wyss, on 2/12/2013
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I had so much fun with this image I ended up killing it in the end, but I do still like this little corner...

and sometimes it is the process that counts

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22. Botanical Knits

By: Neesha Hunter, on 2/17/2013
Blog: castle-building (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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I recently finished working with Alana Dakos on her newest book, "Botanical Knits." The patterns are inspired from plants, trees, leaves, etc. I love the designs (as always when looking at Alana's stuff) and once again wish I had the physical dexterity to knit.

Working with Alana (see also "Coastal Knits" and "Annie and the Swiss Cheese Scarf") is really great because there is a lot of room for exploration. For example, she gave me several photos of her knits...

...along with images that inspired her to create the patterns. Then essentially said, "here is what I created, now you create something." So I did.

If you have the book you could play a fun "Where's Waldo" trying to find where some of the illustrations ended up. The interesting thing for me is to see what made it into the book (of course not all do) and where.

Alana also asked me to design the title. Always a fun challenge. She wanted something natural, rustic, with tall letters, almost like they are growing. So here are some examples I came up with.

But ultimately this style was the winner (see above cover).

Another interesting request was for the resource page. She knitted little leaves out of the fabric she used for the knits in the book, and used those as reference for where she got the yarn. Photos of the knitted leaves were eventually placed onto an illustration of a tree branch. You can get an idea for it from the color studies. You will have to buy the book to see how it all really comes together. :)

Thumbnails.

Color Studies.

Final Illustration.

That's it! Thanks for reading.

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23. Waltzing Into The New Year

By: Brian Bowes, on 2/18/2013
Blog: Studio Bowes Art (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Summary: I don't believe that anyone get's anywhere without help from the people around them. It is through this network of mutual support that beautiful things can emerge. This is the tale of just such a project.

via Studio Bowes Art Blog at http://studiobowesart.com/2012/03/29/waltzing-into-the-new-year/

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24. IF: wool