Children's Book Illustrations and More

I present here the children's book, IGUANA IN THE ROAD, by Lori Bonati. It is my second illustrated book and I'm delighted to finally see the colorful illustrations in print. This book is for iguana and lizard lovers, and for those who just want to learn more about iguanas. Lori Bonati did much research for this project and includes extra iguana facts at the end of the book.

I’m excited to announce my first picture book How to Eat Breakfast has been published by Lyric Power Publishing, which offers “delightful children’s books designed to make learning about science fun.”

The book begins as her mother sets down a plate of pancakes for Wanda and says, “Now eat them while they’re still hot.” But Wanda would not. She just sat and stared at her feet dreaming of other ways to eat. So begins Wanda’s imaginary adventures in watching how animals eat.  

I am fortunate to have teamed up with talented author, Gene Twaronite, in creating traditional watercolor illustrations to his poetic words. It was a treat to be able to illustrate two of my favorite things: animals and food.

Watch the book’s video trailer here to see the magic  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJgLF9gbbpA

Our book is now available from Amazon   https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CWJ8FNH?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

Stay safe, have fun everyone, and happy reading!

Clay Hollow Forms

Junior High Art Projects

EXPRESSIVE TREES

After a discussion of art aesthetics, students were free to create their own version of a tree.

Rule: branches must touch the sides and top of the page and all the page must be filled with color.

Junior high students used twigs as brushes and dipped them in black tempera paint to make trees.

(easy clean up!) Oil pastels were used to color in the tree and background.
Mixing and blending colors required, and making gradations encouraged.
Some students took a realistic approach, others a more expressive one.

High School Projects

COLORED PENCIL ABSTRACT CUBISM

Here I used Crayola colored pencils 

to show my high school students how 

to make many gradations in a cubistic style.

PACKING TAPE SCULPTURES

 Packing tape side up, then side down, placed around a form will create impressive

                   sculptures. Inspired by artist Mark Jenkins. This group collaboration required that sculptures                  
                  be placed somewhere on campus or in the community. 

                  Pictured here is a backpack.........................................and figures.