Sheep studies

Practicing with sheep views for the dummy...the sketchbook is getting full of them, but I haven't quite gotten to the point where I want to use them in the book. Still working on this one, but having lots of fun too.

A Great Day for A Kite

©Ginger Nielson

ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY ~ PARADE

From the book I illustrated, "Song for a Giraffe" comes this parade of animals ready to greet the morning with song.

Published by StaggerLee Books and written by Michael LaLumiere and Kim Messinger, "Song for a Giraffe" tells a story of friendship and support for the differences that make us all so unique.

Uh Oh... Better Duck

©Ginger Nielson 2009

Mother and Cub

An image of mother and child from a current work in progress.

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Scanning Artwork studies and sketches vs Digital photo

Water color Cat studies

I have this ongoing argument with myself. Will I scan my artwork? Will I photograph it?

Will I leave it as is, or transform it into a digital painting?

Most of the time I will scan a sketch if it isn't too big. I like seeing the texture that a scan can pick up. Occasionally a piece is way to large to scan and I will photograph it with and without flash to transfer it to the computer for finishing.

Here are three examples. I did some water color CAT studies, and then a "cat scan" and a photo with flash and with lamplight. While all three will have usefulness in future work, today I prefer the "cat Scan" for the color and texture. So that is one that I will keep handy for use in a current dummy I am working on.

Cat study photographed with flash

Cat study photographed with lamp light

And finally the

"Cat Scan" --- I just loved saying that *:)

Illustration Friday ~ Hierarchy

©Ginger Nielson 2009

There are actually two spellings for this word. The word HIerarchy refers to angels or holy beings or a ranking of clergy. The word HEirarchy refers to all other leveled orders.

So I chose to illustrate something sort of halfway between each. Actually the hierarchy will contain the same definition as a 3rd or 4th meaning, so we are safe either way. I noticed different artists here have spelled it both ways.