Tag Archives: children

New Art: “The Monster Realm” book cover

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Elisabeth

Here’s the book cover I created for The Monster Realm by Nara Duffie! Check out the map and chapter headers too, which I posted previously on my blog. This is Nara’s first book – she completed it 11 days before … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, book covers | Tagged acryla gouache, book cover, children, children's book, girl, illustration, middle grade, mysterious, Nara Duffie, sketches, The Monster Realm, tree | 1 Comment

New Art: “The Pied Piper”

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Elisabeth

Here’s my latest piece, “The Pied Piper.” Done in watercolor inks (which I haven’t used since 2009, but I wanted something permament once dry… and they’re pretty permanent), then acryla gouache on top of a layer of matte medium. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork | Tagged boy, children, children's book, fairy tale, fantasy, illustration, magic, pied piper, rats, watercolor | 2 Comments

New Art: Baking with Mom

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Elisabeth

New piece, wanted to do something contemporary… to have something that could help me branch out into parenting and children’s magazines maybe. Not as exciting as fantasy, but cute!

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New Art: The Distraction

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Elisabeth

New piece! Titled The Distraction, another fantasy piece for my portfolio that I had a lot of fun with. I may have been inspired by How to Train Your Dragon (Fantastic movie, by the way. If you haven’t seen it … Continue reading →

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Fancy is in stores!

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Elisabeth

Grace has never ridden a horse before. Could Fancy be the perfect pony to ride? Woohoo!!! Fancy, written by Kristin Earhart and published by Cartwheel Books (an imprint of Scholastic), is now available for sale! I get free copies, but … Continue reading →

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Watching Over the Princess

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Elisabeth

Finished! I’m not sure which I like better… the pencil or the colored version? Hmm! I also added another fairy, as you can see (:

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