February Mole again

February mole with watercolour background and better light:


I wanted to create a September page based on this:


September hedgehog:


September hedgehog in the rain. Rain is hard to do - not sure if it works or not, but still cute:


I am getting there slowly but surely. Looking at re-working April a bit, then I need to do something for July.

Still trying to come up with a picture book idea every day - it is hard!

February again

Still putting together the calendar. All the little details seem to take me an age, even though the result might be quite simple.

I think I will re-photograph it tomorrow, and try a watercolour background. Elements are almost finished for a hedgehog in the rain. More tomorrow :)

Picture Book Idea Month!

My husband P.J. Bracegirdle is participating in Nanowrimo.
It's quite a tough but inspiring challenge.

I am not a novelist but have often thought of trying to write my own picture books. I always found lots of excuses to never get around to actually attempting it. So I was very excited to see this: piboidmo
This gives me the perfect reason to have a go and see if it is something that I can do. Here I go, jumping in....

And of course, I still want to finish the art for the calendar, paint Christmas card designs and do a whole bunch of school visits in Ontario for TD Children's Book Week
I also haven't forgotten about opening up an Etsy shop for my little needle felted characters. As soon as I finish the calendar scenes, I will put some of the little guys up for sale...look's like November is shaping up to be a busy month!

Happy Halloween!

Look's like a quiet Halloween for us this year. Our son just came down with the flu, which thankfully looks like a mild case. So we will stay in, keep cozy and watch a bunch of movies.


Maybe I will squeeze in a little calendar making too ;) I only have a couple more months to do, then I can look into putting it up for sale. I will probably be selling it through Lulu.com, hopefully by the end of next week.

Here is where I am at so far:

Cover:


January: Haven't done yet - probably a cozy, interior scene.

February - not sure if this is too plain, and may add more details:


March: Haven't done yet - want to do something rainy.

April - Still may go and change this one, perhaps add more details:


May:


June: Haven't done yet.

July:


August:


September:


October:


November:


December:



This is the first time I have tried putting a calendar together, so any thougths/feedback are welcome :)

Have a happy and safe Halloween everyone.

Calendar encore

Thinking of this for June or August:

Different lighting and focus:

Calendarings continued

May:

More Calendarings

October:

December version 2:


Close up: