Anastasia

Teenage obsessions: getting my bangs to flip up just so, watching the "Buddy Holly" video roughly fifty million times and any/all books that had to do with the Romanov family.

The more things change, the more they stay the same? Happy Weekends!

Under the Waves

Sketchbook-in' it today. I think she's got the right idea for these temps.

 

And I wasn't kidding about those berries, proof positive.

Les Framboises

 

The raspberries are out, as are the blueberries and (inevitably) the mosquitoes. The combination of all three means I'm eating lots of berries and continuously itching insect-inflicted battle scars. But it's worth it all, a sort of summer badge of honor.

Now if you don't mind me, it's 90+ degrees here and I'm sans air conditioner. Basically, that's a long-winded wind-up to say that I'm going swimming.

July-ish

 

 

What life looks like lately.

Ellery's Escape Plan

The Bear's Lament

 

I don't typically draw a lot of animals, so fixing that situation was the goal today. I just finished A Winter's Tale this weekend, so I guess I have bears on the brain?

Other things I did this past weekend: baked a cake. Mmm hmm.

And Happy Canada Day/Bonne Fête du Canada/Early Happy July 4th! I'm popping off to enjoy the festivities for the next few days, so I'll catch you some time next week.

Words + Pictures

Mixing and matching, scanning bits from here and there, reassembling. Further experimentation has been happening (see also: last week). Thumbnailing and dummy making is also being attempted and I'm taping pages on the wall as I go, looking for missteps in rhythm and prose. And in between I finished a book cover and did some lettering. So all in all, it's been a full week.

And two things:

*I just finished Hope Larson's A Wrinkle In Time adaptation. I was a diehard fan of the original and this one captures the spirit of the novel perfectly. It's well-worth the read.

*A fun review for Bella's Rules over on BookDragon.