my secret dream job

So my sister Kirsten is getting married in June and two amazing photographers are taking pictures of her wedding. Christine and Andy are not only wonderful photographers, they are really fun to hang out with and, what's even more, and so so cool, they let me take pictures with them when they were doing their engagement session for Kirsten and Dennis. I got to practice my dream job for a day and see them in action and follow them around and pretend to be like them. And I think I even learned some things.

Christine and Andy's website is bellophoto.net and the fantastic pictures they took for Kirsten's engagement session are here.

These are some of the pictures I took when they let me tag along...

Thanks guys!!


















These last 2 aren't Kirsten and Dennis! I'm posting them for Christine to see because they're 2 of my summertime kid shots. Christine... the one at the bottom is the photo Kirsten was talking about of my boy and his cousin...

Book 3: Amazing Monty!

I just finished sketches for the third Monty book!! Yay!
Here's a little peek...

Amazing Monty! written by Johanna Hurwitz
will follow Mostly Monty and Mighty Monty.

My Puppy

My puppy Zephyr died last month and I think my heart is broken.

Interruptions

I was doing this...



When in came this...




p.s. Found this blogging app for my iPhone. Maybe I'll update my blog more!
-- Post From My iPhone

Mighty Monty is out!

Yay!!

Zephyr

A few kids on the playgound...

I was drawing on the playground - all the kids from school and a couple of girls came around and were "babysitting" the baby for me. It was very cute.

Plimouth Plantation

Meant to post this over the summer...

In the background is a goat standing on the roof of a goat house.

MetroNorth to GrandCentral

playing on the beach

The big brother is a master drip castler.

The Fringe

My friends Jim and Michael are in The Fringe!
That's a big fancy schmancy theater festival in New York.
Their play is called Extraordinary Rendition and I was treated to a little sneak preview one deep dark night when I took some photos for their website and publicity.
It's edgy and intense. And you can go see it in August.
Check out http://www.extraordinaryrenditionplay.com/

My Summer Vacation

(so far)

The last of the zoo sketches.

... for now.
polar bear

I love how his big feet stick out like a little sleeping baby's.
I don't think you'd want to give him a pacifier.
tiger
I did all these earlier this summer. Noel went to camp at the Bronx Zoo for a week and I stuck around a little bit on a few days to draw. Haven't been able to do that in a while and it was rejuvenating.

More zoo sketches.

African wild dog
We spent some time living in East Africa back in the day, and actually saw these guys in the wild while on a trip to Zimbabwe. They are very rare and quite spectacular in the wild. The ones we saw had pups. And there were a couple of researchers out trying to dart them. Fun stuff.
I found them tricky to draw though. They don't stay still too much and they have a very odd shape. Not like regular doggy dogs.
lemurs
Would love to go to Madagascar.

How do you get to...

... be an illustrator for the exhibits at the Bronx Zoo?
If anyone knows how you get to do that, let me know.
That's my dream job of the moment...
Grizzly
Chinchilla
Chinchilla
Gorilla
(left arm is folded so left hand tucks up under her head. Right hand is holding right foot. And left foot is back behind right leg where you can't see it - of course for all you Bronx Zoo recruiters out there, I would neaten this up a bit in the final drawing.)

an earlier sketch

for that same illustration.
Noel posed for me!

what's on my desk right now...

finishes for Mighty Monty. Coming soon (Candlwick, this fall)!
Unfortunately Amazon's got me down as Anek.

More from the Y

The sketch on the bottom left is the big sister peeking through the doors into the big gym watching a dance class. I was worried about her getting bonked in the head if someone opened the door.

Sketching at the Y

This seems to be the place where I get a chance to draw these days.
These were done with a ball point pen.

Home with the Flu

This was from a few weeks ago. Ironically she was the only one in the house who wasn't sick. But she looked so warm and cuddly on the couch all cuddled up with us.

Childhood

Why do babies have pockets?

And while we're on the subject...
What is glitter-glue for?
Is it a glue or a paint?
Big sister loves it - for painting.
But then why is it called glue?