IF: Journey

Aside from having Steve Perry's voice running through my head for this week's Illustration Friday prompt, I had images of hitch hikers and epic road trips... so here's a mini traveller in the making....

On another note...Liam is done! Livi and Grace are coming along...Dusty Road is coming along slowly...&! Another book commission in the making...this one for a little girl named Tyler...my May vacation is going to be a busy month, between catching up on illustrations, making another book, attempting to become fluent in Italian, preparing for the next session of kids....and possibly learning to play some guitar..... oh dio! Andiamo!

Liam's Adventures!

At last! Liam is complete and ready to be shipped off to the states! I want to enjoy him for a little while longer before I may never see this little guy again. I've loved working on him but it is time to move on to other projects more in depth....So here is my latest little guy before he makes his next adventure to the states and then home to Australia!

Liam was a little lad who dreamed both far and wide,

to travel across all seven oceans and up great mountain sides.

He hoped to ride a camel 'cross the sparse Moroccan plains,

then traverse the African jungles in a jolly caravan.

After dining one night in Rome, with no less than the Pope,

Liam would then catch a flight to go ski an Alpine slope.

A quick trip to Paris, the lunch atop the Great Wall,

before a flight back west to see London's Royal Halls.

He'd then cruise South America aback a vintage motorbike,

being sure to make a stop for a brief Peruvian hike.

From San Francisco to New York, Madagascar to Tripoli,

there surely is no place too far for Liam's need to see.

After it all, he'd return safe to his cozy Australian home

and tell of all the places he was lucky enough to roam.

He'd chat all day with Annie and Lee then sleepily drift away,

back into his jet plane to explore all through the next day.



this and that....

The last couple of months of non Italy/work sketches. An assortment of pencil sketches from source photos I found ages ago and doodles via inspiration from one of my art loves, Valentina Ramos.

primavera e spagna...

Another sketchbook catch-up!

Here's a smattering of sketches from these past couple months and my most recent adventure to Spain!

Apollo and Daphne

Mimose from Festa delle Donne

Las Ramblas in Barcelona

La Sagrada Familia

Escriba...new favorite pastry shop...

Gaudi's Park Guell

La Sagrada Familia....