It was exactly a month ago today that Roma's mole arrived. I say this because I am feeling a little guilty that I have a pile-up of moles at my house--THREE of them. I have finished with Roma's, finally! I had a terrible time with this last picture for some reason and I am far from satisfied with it, for which I apologize. But I was determined to complete it and get it mailed off. I probably will not be able to mail it until Monday at the earliest, but it will be on it's way ASAP!!!!
I forgot that I had originally intended to do the lettering for the captions. Here is the caption for this one, "Jacob is a crabber and clammer who lives with his fisherfolk parents and the way long time ago times when there was still magic in the world." Actually, I think I have rewritten it slightly, but I cannot locate the current version. (DUH!)
I had trouble reproducing the drawing, so have two versions of it, neither of which are quite right. The last one is the two-page spread. Click on the images to view them larger. The middle one gets bigger (for inquiring minds). I am hoping that these will become illos for a children's book for my grandson.
6 comments:
I think these are great! I ask myself, "What's going on..." They draw you into the story! Fun.
Thanks so much Mike for your kind comments! I had such a struggle with this.
Love these, Mary!! Yay, I'm so happy they're in my Mole. The clouds pull you into what seems a continious scene, yet you see from the rest of the drawings that they're not continuous. A wonderful trick for the mind.
No they are not continuous, they occur in separate spots in the book, But it was fun continuing the sky anyway! :-D THANKS--so glad you like them--hope to mail tomorrow!
Very lovely illustrations, Mary!
Thanks so much, Ballookey!
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