These are the finished paintings for my new book...

and their most dangerous threat.





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What my desk looks like right now...

I'm in the middle of painting the finishes for my new Kidogo book. When i'm painting I have a hard time thinking about anything else. My brain doesn't like transitions.


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Wuhoo, Grace!

My friend Grace Lin just won a Newbery Honor award for her book, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon! I am so thrilled for her. Yay, Grace!! If you haven't already, go read her book, everyone. She is a wonderful and amazing author and illustrator. I'm so proud of her.

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Today we climbed trees

On my desk right now

Amazing Monty
In Progress

iPhone brushes

I just heard about this app that lets you draw and paint right on your iPhone screen. With you fingers. It's pretty cool. This is my first attempt. I painted both the pencil and the baby right on my little phone. Crazy, huh?!



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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!
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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)