Beers for Aya (Round 2 Collab)

Hey Aya, have a beer with me? If you don't like beer, no worries, I'll drink yours... but please enjoy drawing something on this page first ;-)

Heidi Ships Anders to Aya (Round 2)

Anders gets a 3-tea sampler in his pocket from me, to ward off head colds, HA! Here's my collaborative art in his book, with Ash, who gave me "blaaahh!" to work with. It's me as a sick raccoon, tucked in bed with my current favorite tea. I used black pen & some gray acrylic wash to align with Ash's style... except the tea wrapper & hangtag, which are glued in as collage.

Heads up, Aya: I mailed Anders book to you today. I'm not sure if I should apologize for lateness or not? I was working on your book, but then happily switched to Anders' when it arrived, since the original plan was that our own books should come home at the end of Round 2, not in the middle of it? I hope that seems like a reasonable judgement call. Somehow, the shipping order got twisted. The only book (besides my own) that has not come to me yet is Steve's, and I expect it should arrive soon.

I'm curious to know who is actually done with Round 2 & has their book back? Anyone?

Art by Train

Did these on the train between Philadelphia PA & Brattleboro VT on Tuesday. Aya & Anders, I went thru Penn Station, did you see me waving?

Top image: Bananas on blueberries, mixed media (acrylic, black marker, Prismacolor pencils).

Bottom image: This is a collab with Andrea. She drew the woman at left. Tucked in the blank pages of Mary's book, I found the photo she worked from (yes?), so I did the pencil portrait on the right & glued the photo between our 2 sketches.

Ash on Andrea in Ellen by Heidi

Ellen's book has arrived in NH! In her haste to send it, Ash forgot to photograph her work, so I got her permission to do so & post something. This was the collab she did with Andrea's photo. That's one unusual child, HA!

Collabs, Coming & Going

Top image: I added a little Capt. Ahab Moby Dick Pepper Sauce to Andrea's whale bones. Mmm, now those are some serious ribs, HA!

Bottom image: Aya's getting homegrown garlic. There's a lot of it in Mike's book now. Hope he likes garlic! Click here to see what I made for his pocket. I posted it once already, with description, as part of my "Creative Every Day" participation & don't feel like uploading again, so please forgive my lazy diversion :-)

Old Candy Collab with Ash

Almost forgot, here's my art to accompany Ash's collab page text about old, stale candy. I really do have candy canes leftover from Christmas. And I will probably still eat them, but not straight up. They will be crushed & baked into brownies. Mmm, mint-chocolate brownies, yum! Great way to refurb old peppermint candy :-)

Bobcat Finale: Collab Prep for Aya

We've had several great sightings of a young bobcat prowling the henyard this winter. He didn't get a chicken dinner, but we did see him catch a mouse. Good cat!

Candy Collab & Pocket Goodies

Top image: Ash drew the octopus in black & white only.

I colored his fangs as candy corn, then drew his undersea Halloween friends. Candy corn fangs for everyone!

Bottom image: Candy corn "paper dolls" for Ash's Moleskine pocket.

The rest of my effort to be posted soon... still tweaking a few of my entries. I love the watercolor Moles, paper is great! But I confess to being anxious about the latter artists getting shorted pages. The sheet count is so scant in the WC books. I used both sides of the paper, to consolidate my page usage.