I wised up this time and sketched from a shady spot. Even though I am buried in deadlines, we took a quick trip to the newly renovated p...

We went to Loveland Castle today with my nephew Joshua. Out in the middle of Symmes Township, this guy spent most of his life building a r...

Two fighting/playing dogs. The little one reminds me of my in-laws' fox terrier Angie. This is the final Taos post. As I mentioned e...

This is a teaser... The rest of the comic is at popsmoothie.com My latest Pop Smoothie web comic: What will Cosmos be like with Seth M...

No, I am not over the Year of the Dragon yet... Many more holidays to go. Here is my quickie sketch to celebrate.

Yes, I have finally posted a new comic to Pop Smoothie! Full comic here: http://popsmoothie.com/2012/07/02/maryline-and-a-wizard-schoo...

Sketches of the Earthships I put the Earthship sketch first because I loved this site. It is a collection of self-sufficient structur...

I am really excited about this one. (OK, I like both, or rather all 8 books coming out this fall, but this one is so lovely.) Tha...

Except it is not quite Taos yet. We went to Santa Fe First. Here are some sketchbook pages. They had a coupe cats, prairie dogs and chicke...

From Smelling Prey: Available September 2012 through Magic Wagon, a division of the ABDO Group ( www.abdopublishing.com ) or your educatio...

Boris and Spike Boris and a little Miffy Sketch In preparing for our journal workshop, many of the books ab...

Journal alone My Main Journal Cover Breaking in the new sketchbook with Spike... Vanessa's Lovely Color Study This ...

I just saw this posted on Boing Boing's site and and to repost it. It is a wonderful speech and Laurie Anderson is an amazing speaker...

I bought a catnip plant for the catio and hilarity ensued... I need to re-pot it if it lasts long enough...  Of course while Spike i...

Lots to get done today; but first, a bit of fun...

I am so delighted to finally work with an author/musician. It made the trailer so fun! Yes, it is clear I watched way to many Warner Broth...

You can finally read the exciting conclusion here to Dance Mom Wars ! Hopefully, I will be updating regularly now... On the non-comic ...

I am just starting on the book trailer for A Warm Winter Tail . Stay tuned! Although no explanation is probably needed, this is the squir...

A little doodle I did while my computer was restarting... (Yeah, I am getting a new one as soon as I finish this book, got to get ready fo...

Good news everyone!   The Wild Life of Elk , has been named as one of three finalists in the 2012 Benjamin Franklin Awards competit...

Here is a sneak peek of the book I illustrated and written by Johnette Downing . It is about a naive deer and not so nice possum and hilar...

Could not resist this as my warm up sketch... Now back to our regularly scheduled programming... Happy Easter!