I love New York in Spring!

Central Park

Just got back From NYC to visit my brother's family. It is SO BEAUTIFUL in spring! Tested out my new iPhone photo apps...


Giant Bubbles



Another Central Park Pano



Park Featuring a Statue of Chester Arthur.




Saw a bunch of books in the series of pop-up books Big Cats is in. Did not see BC os Sharks though...



Cherry Blossoms





Easter Egg Goodness

This was from Scholastic magazine Lets Find Out several years ago in their April issue. I like the little octopus the best.

The challenge was making them look appealing for 5 year olds and not creepy.

Dr. Sketchy's Drawing Group April

Everyone Draws Intently

Just went to another Dr. Sketchy's session last night. I needed to get out and do some loose sketching.I notice when I do more live drawing, it improves my drawing skills overall but I have been SO SWAMPED!

I want to go to the Cincy zoo for a day of sketching. I have a lot of animal illustrations coming up...

Annie Jump Cannon Cover

Today is 70th Anniversary of Annie Jump Cannon's death on April 13th, 1941...  Here is the cover of the book Carole and I did coming out in fall!

Seasons Series: Spring Final

Final color to my spring illo. Sketch here... http://christinawald.blogspot.com/2010/07/seasons-series-spring-sketch.html

I was a little shocked that the sketch for this was from July. Time is passing way too quickly! When will I finish fall I wonder?