The lion's share

My lion is demonstrating the lion's share of sadness here, but he's not allowed to say why yet -- the final art isn't done yet. This is a detail from a sketch for the picture book I'm working on, but it probably won't make it into the final book; my next sketch will be this lion looking out a different window. We'll see how it goes. 

-- Ruth McNally Barshaw

Dress Your Pet Day

Well, at least for one day on the farm!

The farmer's daughter is still deciding what the cat will be wearing. . .

Happy National Dress Your Pet Day on January 14th,
Priscilla

Bubble bird days!

A little fun combining "Bubble bath day" and "International bird day" :o)

Have a lovely weekend!
-Joy

It's National Bubble Bath Day!

One of the books I'm working on has a bubble bath scene. Here are some of the sketches I did before deciding on the last one.

Now, back to work for me. I have 30 other pages to tend to...

-- Ruth McNally Barshaw

National Bird Day Sketches

And they all looked on with bird glee, as they partied with their moo friend.

Happy National Bird Day today!

Creature

This morning I woke up from a dream where I was crawling through a murky marshy obstacle course that was overrun by sneaky alligators. When I reached safety, I had to scan a barcode that was hanging from my neck on a lanyard. I was then ushered to safety through a wooden gate by the fellow above. He was very large, a deep rusty color, and seemed to be made of metal. When I whispered thank you to him, he replied with a single word: "Welcome."

Sketch + paint

I'm working on a new book idea, born out of a simple character sketch which I painted

and then inked,

and then decided deserved a whole book. We'll see where it goes...

- Ruth McNally Barshaw