SURPRISE! SCBWI Draw this!

This month prompt is Surprise!
Here are two of my sketches:

Surprise!
copyright 2017
Andrea K. Lawson

Surprise! Miniature Pets-in-A-Box
by Andrea K. Lawson
copyright 2017

Childhood, Dream with Cuddly Blanket

Flying on Cuddly Blanket by Andrea K. Lawson copyright 2016

Shine for the SCBWI Jan/Feb inspiration challenge:

The SCBWI Bulletin is in black and white but I did it originally in color, so here are both. I was remembering the Waldorf School lantern festivals that we use to take our daughters to.

 Shine

Ink and watercolor

Shine

Black and white version

Time

Time and Timepiece Flies!

Hope your new year is a blast!

JUngle

JUngle

Illustration Friday: Robot

Rabbit Robot

Illustration Friday: Travel

 Traveling by Air

On a Visit

Illustration Friday

Worn

Bonjour! Harry Potter Cover in French is so different.

Harry Potter, French Cover

Harry Potter, Irish Cover

Harry Potter, U.S. Cover

 I like this French  cover. Got it from the Chronicle Books Blog because Taylor Norman mentioned that she is  reading it. If my french is correct, the French title  reads, Harry Potter at Wizards School.  Maybe french kids prefer books about school  to sorcerer's stones? Let me know if you have more info on this and  if indeed it is the same story.  In our house we have the book with an Irish cover. My daughter is reading Irish and I got it from her book shelf. I have not yet learned Irish and probably never will since saying "good morning" took me about a week to memorize.
It's so interesting to see the different illustration trends as they vary from country to country.

Voila! Kevin magically appears at SCBWI Bainbridge kidlit night!

Seven intrepid SCBWI-ers traveled from far and wide on a very dark and rainy Friday night recently to join up on at Casa Rojas Cantina on Bainbridge Island for Kid Lit Drink Night.   Kevan Attebury came all the way over from the East Side (but departed before our photo shoot). Christina Wilsdon joined us from Seattle. Rowena Russell traveled from Bremerton. And Andrea Lawson came down in the dark from Port Townsend. Margaret Nevinski, Dawn Simon and Jennifer Mann made the relatively short journey from other dark and rainy neighborhoods on the island. Although we competed for the Noisiest Group Award with a large and lively crowd imbibing at the Cantina before seeing Breaking Dawn at the theater next door, we did manage to silence the room when we loudly brainstormed brilliant and unexpected markets for Kevan’s Monster-a-day project. We also solved some vexing photoshop problems, discussed the current state of publishing and generally toasted the wonder and joy that is children’s books. It was a great night to venture out into the rain! Next time maybe we’ll aim for a sunny summer evening, and a spot on the deck of the Harbour Pub. This blurb courtesy of  Jennifer Mann, illustrator, writer.

quentin.mov

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qCHoUZHcK9Q

The renowned  illustrator Quentin  Blake inspires me so much that I wanted to share this video for my first artist process entry. Here is an illustrator who doesn't seem to bother with the computer  and doesn't need it! Mostly I love  the movement and expression in his lines and ease of coloring seemingly without fuss. It is also a reminder to draw and redraw and redraw...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qCHoUZHcK9Q


Shane Watson shared this fun video about printmaking and bookmaking. The artist and writer  is Michael Wertz,.