I’m excited to share my latest little illustration called “Blackberry Picking Mouse”. It’s done mostly in watercolors with only a tiny touch of gouache and it measures 6″ x 6″. It’s not for any book in particular, I just enjoy making up little scenes using mice, bunnies etc., especially when they are in nature.
I’ve created a video on my youtube channel where I talk a bit about it and then show a slide show of the stages of painting beginning to end. It’s really great to watch and see what parts appear next and see how I’ve changed some things. When you watch it, keep an eye on the butterfly!
I have a few little (square) mouse paintings I’m working on, they make such a nice collection! I’m planning to make a note card collection with them if I can save up enough to buy a printer.
Follow this link to watch the video on my channel, and please leave me a comment there of what you think about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94qef86aFeI It would be doubly great if you subscribe and share my links, that would really help me get started on the channel!
I’m finding it fun to shoot videos when I’m out in the garden, where I’ve been spending most of my time. Capturing from the beginning, our living here in Scotland in a very old stone cottage. I’m hoping to do more sharing there of my going out field sketching or maybe to show stages of painting like the “Blackberry Picking Mouse” illustration.
It really fires me up when my readers leave me comments so please do leave them here or definitely on the Video! Cheers and enjoy!
PS. I have a private video I’ll be sharing here on the website soon, of a walk Gary and I took, it’s just music playing, no talking. I really like it but we’ve decided for this one to keep it just for the folks who find it here on my website!