Benny and Squirrel

This is Benny and his friend Squirrel.  These two pals make an appearance on the new postcards that I just ordered for the SCBWI Winter conference in New York.  Are you going to the conference, too?

In other news, here are some links you might like...

Picture books that will never win awards, from the New York Public Library

A video of Author/Illustrator, Peter Brown, sharing his process

Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen have a new book coming out with Candlewick

A great process post from Greg Pizzoli about his award winning book, The Watermelon Seed

Also, I just finished reading Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys and I can't stop thinking about it.  If you haven't read it yet, please do.

Ok, that's all for now.  Back to drawing.  Happy Tuesday!

Monday...

What I'm working on today...

Tuesday morning...

I started off the day sketching and reading at one of my favorite coffee shops.  Sometimes it's nice to get out of the studio for a little while.  Now I'm back home and deadlines are quickly approaching so I'm off to work on book projects.  But, before I go, here are a few links you might like...

An article about Kadir Nelson and his new book, Baby Bear.

My author/illustrator friend, Julie Rowan-Zoch, recently introduced me to the very excellent work of Vladimir Stankovic.

A conversation between Caldecott winners, Jon Klassen and Chris Raschka. 

An interesting video of illustrator, Victo Ngai. 

My brother's really cool instagram photos. 

Enjoy your Tuesday! :)

Monday...