Amelia Magic

A Little Job For Me

I am an illustrator now, doing a book cover.  That's right, a working woman.  It is for a self help book on parenting.  (I will tell you more about that when it is published and the title is all settled and everything.)  This was really fun to work on, I felt very professional--"kids, can't you see that I am WORKING!!??"  Hee, hee.

Here is a quick shot of the "finished" work.  Meaning what I am turning in as a first look and then they will let me know what to change. 



Right now it is soft and sketchy, hopefully I can add a little sparkle and mess it up a bit, we will see.  Either way, I am happy with it (I love the little girl in her dress) and I can't wait to see it in print.  I also have to make some black and white drawings to highlight the affirmations that will be throughout the inside....those should be really fun, I love simple little sketches.

Gosh, look at the time, I REALLY need to get back to WORK!

From The Hands Of Babes

I volunteer twice a week at Piper's school, one day I am a lunch lady (so much fun!) and another day I go into her class and help with art projects.  Usually the teacher has a project ready to go that coincides with whatever they are learning at the moment.  But this week I took in a bunch of watercolor trays and brushes and just let them have at it.  I do this with my kids and their friends all the time so I know how into it they get, but it was so cool to see a crazy bunch of loud, hot, tired and distracted 5 year olds all calm down and sit quietly and share paint trays and talk about how the colors mix up and want "more paper please" and to be so confident in what they are doing.  (I think that's one of the things I love to see most in a child--confidence--they all have it in a very innate way and I think it is sooooooooooo important for grown-ups to tread lightly so we don't squash that confidence that they are born with.) 

Anyway, we had fun, making art.  I brought their work home and mounted it for them on cardstock and strung it up with some yarn and a couple of beads just for fun so they can hang it proudly on their wall at home. 

Here are some pics.......................enjoy.

























Wow.  That's a ton of pictures, I know, but I couldn't resist.

Go ahead, scroll up, have another look. 

Beautiful.

Hello Spring.

Yes, I know it has been spring for awhile now but I feel like I have just woken up from a looooooooong hibernation and I am ready to go.  I have been driving around LA and noticing all kinds of beautiful  blossoms sprouting up, in front yards, parks, even at the side of the highways and especially in our own little courtyard.  Here is a little spring munchkin showing off her "new dress".  It was, at one time, just black & white, but Piper, Audrey and I went to town with the fabric pens and voila'--color explosion.  Now I can't get her to take it off, it stinks.  Really.

Audrey wanted me to show you the butterfly she painted, the one right there...............



.............see it?  Under the stinky armpit.

And to be fair, I will show you Piper's masterpiece (my personal favorite-shhh, don't tell)..........



..................the butterfly with hearts.  So awesome.

We now are searching through or wardrobes for anything black and white to spruce up a bit.  Washed out denim works too. 

Try it, you'll like it.