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Saturday, May 16, 2015 10:41:29 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled The Answer to the Riddle:
Jacqueline said, "Remember this piece? I wrote about it here. I feel like anyone who bought this print at The Calgary Expo has now had ample opportunity to decipher it, and so it's time to post the answer.'I speak a language with two characters. To understand..." more
Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:55:10 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Allow Me To Introduce Baby Cthulhu:
Jacqueline said, "The fourth and final print in my Horror Collection is my take on H.P. Lovecraft's character, Cthulhu. You can see the rest of this series HERE and HERE.They will all be available at the Calgary Expo, which starts today :)"
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:47:05 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Another New Print!:
Jacqueline said, "My portrait of Edward Gorey is the third print from my 'Horror Collection,' which I'll be selling this weekend at the Calgary Expo. You can see the first 2 portraits HERE.I'm a big fan of Edward Gorey and own several of his illustrated books. I..." more
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 10:39:16 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Edward Gorey Sketch
Saturday, April 11, 2015 4:31:24 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Meet Boris and Natasha:
Jacqueline said, "Two more new prints for the Calgary Expo. I think they'd look cute in white frames, hanging side by side."
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 12:44:50 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled New Art Prints!:
Jacqueline said, "Here are the finished portraits of H.P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. Both prints will be available at the Calgary Expo."
Tuesday, April 7, 2015 11:02:48 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Lovecraft & Poe
Monday, April 6, 2015 9:34:46 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled A Hidden Message Within the Image:
Jacqueline said, "This was my submission for the Calgary Expo's art book. The theme was 'Adventures in Time' and my very smart husband came up with the idea of doing an image with a hidden message. We decided to use clocks because of the 'time' part of the theme and..." more
Sunday, April 5, 2015 9:58:39 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Calgary Expo, April 16-19, 2015:
Jacqueline said, "I'll be at the Calgary expo again this year, at table D 07 in the small press section. I'll be selling the same prints, buttons and books as I have in the past, plus some new additions. I've added stickers, a limited run of canvas bags and..." more
Saturday, April 4, 2015 9:10:30 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Review of Charlie's Dirt Day:
Jacqueline said, "This review of Charlie's Dirt Day was in the March 7th edition of the Calgary Herald."
Sunday, February 22, 2015 11:31:55 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled arizona:
Jacqueline said, "At the beginning of February, my family and I went on a little trip down south to Arizona. It was the first real trip that we've taken since moving back to Canada from Europe four years ago. Arizona wasn't even a place I was very interested in..." more
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 11:27:05 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled two great interviews:
Jacqueline said, "I wanted to share these 2 illustrator interviews that I recently read and enjoyed.The first one was with Carson Ellis on the blog, Picturebook Makers. Her first picture book that she's both written and illustrated, Home, is coming out this month...." more
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:17:12 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled the good stuff from 2014:
Jacqueline said, "I'm a little late on this post. I initially wasn't going to bother with it because I couldn't think of a lot of things to include. I usually focus my energy on building my illustration business, but in 2014 most of my energy went into growing a baby..." more
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:30:11 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 6 - final art:
Jacqueline said, "A final sneak peek inside the finished pages of Charlie's Dirt Day...This image is one of my favourites. It was really fun to work on and until it was completely finished I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out.I hope you've enjoyed the preview..." more
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 1:57:42 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 6 - sketch:
Jacqueline said, "This is the last sketch that I'll be sharing from my new children's book, Charlie's Dirt Day. Stay tuned to see how the final art turned out; I'll be sharing that illustration tomorrow.If you've missed any of my previous process posts from this..." more
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 10:19:18 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 5 - final art:
Jacqueline said, "Here's another finished spread from my upcoming picture book."
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 12:29:12 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 5 - sketch:
Jacqueline said, "This scene takes place a year after the rest of the story as the characters are heading to the next annual Dirt Day. The same characters who attended the previous year have decided to come back, but because so much time has passed, I included some..." more
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 11:22:47 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 4 - final art:
Jacqueline said, "Another look at a finished spread from my new children's book."
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 9:06:44 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 4 - sketch:
Jacqueline said, "For this sketch, I tried to make the composition more interesting by playing with the foreground. I liked the idea of bringing the viewer into the scene on the left side of the spread with a close up of a bowl of freshly picked tomatoes while..." more
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 3:46:14 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind The Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 3 - final art:
Jacqueline said, "Here's another peek at some of the final art from my next book.The Character of Charlie was based on a sketch I had done when I was traveling through Europe. At one point, my husband and I were living in Paris and I was drawing more than I ever have..." more
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 11:29:33 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 3 - sketch:
Jacqueline said, "When designing an illustration for a picture book, you need to leave room for the text. This double page spread had quite a bit of text to work around. In my initial thumbnail, I had envisioned the older man on the right side filling most of the..." more
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:40:17 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 2 - final art:
Jacqueline said, "This illustration is probably my favourite one from Charlie's Dirt Day because I included lots of personal touches. Several of the characters in this spread made appearances in my first picture book, Bye, Bye Butterflies, such as the lady in the..." more
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 12:44:17 PM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 2 - sketch:
Jacqueline said, "This image is one that I had in my mind from the very beginning, and you can see from the initial thumb nail sketch below that it didn't change much. Because of all of the characters that I wanted to include, this spread was quite intimidating for..." more
Friday, November 7, 2014 9:04:15 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Behind the Scenes of Charlie's Dirt Day - PART 1 - storyboards:
Jacqueline said, "To kick things off, I'd like to share my initial thumb nail sketches and storyboards for my soon-to-be-released children's book, Charlie's Dirt Day, written by Andrew Larsen and published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside.The first thing I did when I got..." more
Saturday, May 16, 2015 10:41:29 AM
Jacqueline Hudon-Verrelli wrote a blog post titled Smorgasbook 2015:
Jacqueline said, "Last Tuesday I was thrilled to participate in Smorgasbook, an event put on by the Young Alberta Book Society. I presented both Bye, Bye, Butterflies! and Charlie's Dirt Day to local teachers and librarians. It was my first time doing an even like..." more