I have the pleasure of working for a second time with Diane Cantrell, author of Mom’s Choice Award winning picture book, Good-bye Baby Max. The title of our latest picture book is yet to be set, but I can tell you the story is about three pups who don’t quite grasp the concept of the Tooth Fairy and try in earnest to find their owner’s first lost tooth. I’ve just finished up the sketches… here are a handful to have a sneak peek at! The finals will be in watercolour & pencil on Arches paper. I transferred the sketches with an Artograph a couple nights ago, so once I’ve taped the paper down to masonite boards I will start painting, yippee!

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Just wanted to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe & happy New Year! Am missing the snow here in sunny Australia… but we’ll just have to make some sand-angels on the beach instead, as we’re having a bbq on Christmas day with family and friends! I’ll be taking a bit of a blog break over the holidays… but in the mean time here’s a sneak peak (left) at a sketch from the children’s book I’m currently working on, Riley’s Lost Tooth by Diane Cantrell.