Brownstone Illustration for a Children’s Book

Another Brooklyn scene in Chrysa Smith’s book The Upside-Down Gardener shows our main character Dory and her Mom, with some neighbors looking on as the little girl tosses her baseball on their way home. First the pencil sketch –

and then the finished art, painted in acrylic paint washes –

I’ll post more as we progress.

My cover art for a new children’s book

My friend. author Chrysa Smith, has penned a new book for children, with illustrations by me. Titled The Upside-Down Gardener, it takes us through a little girl’s first attempt at growing a garden in her Brooklyn, NY, backyard.

I started with a rough pencil sketch of the lead character Dory looking upside down at some of her flowers –

 

And then after checking some photo reference I refined it to a more anatomically correct stance –

We want the urban setting to be apparent, so I widened the view to show the backs of the rear buildings a bit –

 

– and tomorrow I’ll post the full color finished art.