3 or 4 Wolves

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD MEETS THE WOLF

 

 

 

 

several versios that I tried for fun looking for a very sneaky wolf?

Unnofficial Participant Tomi dePaula Award 2012

copyright Andrea K. Lawson 2011

My illustration for “Chicken Licken,” by P.C. Asbjörnsen is included in the unnoficial gallery of Tomi dePaula award. http://scbwicontest.blogspot.com/

So they went along and went along until they met Turkey Lurkey
“Good morning, Goosey Loosey, Ducky Daddles, Cocky Locky, Henny Penny,
and Chicken Licken,” said Turkey Lurkey, “where are you going?”
“Oh, Turkey Lurkey, the sky is falling and we are going to tell the King!”
“How do you know the sky is falling?” asked Turkey Lurkey.
“Ducky Daddles told me,” said Goosey Loosey.
“Cocky Locky told me,” said Ducky Daddles.
“Henny Penny told me,” said Cocky Locky.
“Chicken Licken told me,” said Henny Penny
“I saw it with my own eyes, I heard it with my own ears,
and a piece of it fell on my tail!” said Chicken Licken.
“Then I will go with you,” said Turkey Lurkey, “and we will tell the King!”

Learning from trials and tribulations, illustrating Heidi

I recently submitted an illustration for the Tomie De Paolo SCBWI award.Even though I wasn't the lucky winner the process was fun and a great learning experience. The assignment was to illustrate the first page of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. This is the page where Heidi, wearing several layers of clothes is being dragged up the sunny mountain to Grandfather.It was challenging to illustrate a classic that has been illustrated so many times before. First I read and reread the paragraph several times. Then I found my copy of the book, which I hadn't seen in a while and read the book again to remember more about Heidi. I researched the flora and landscape of Switzerland, doing sketches of Swiss wildflowers such as gentian and edelweiss, that might be in bloom during the month of June when the story opens. I created thumbnail sketches to decide on the composition. I thought it would be a fun idea to see the scene from the point of view of a mountain goat. This would also show the vastness of the mountain she was climbing and the smallness of Heidi, roasting in her clothes. I chose to make the goat very large. I tried it in pastels and then acrylic. Here are my three color illustrations. I chose to submit the acrylic because it is the most dramatic, with the larger goat. I painted these on large boards, then photographed them to create a digital image.