Tag Archives: girl

New Book Project

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Elisabeth

Hi All! I’m very excited to share some progress from a book I am working on for an author who is self-publishing. He contacted me last summer while I was traveling and in the midst of my tarot work, but … Continue reading →

Posted in announcements, books, sketches | Tagged black and white, book, cats, children's book, Gilly & the Snowcats, girl, illustration, middle grade, sketches, thumbnails | 1 Comment

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 Small Painting – Abigail, Belle of Kilronan

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Elisabeth

This is my last painting for February’s Month of Love weekly challenge. Check out all of the completed work at monthoflove.blogspot.com! So much good stuff! The fourth challenge was to make a piece based on one of Magnetic Fields’s 69 … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork | Tagged black and white, girl, illustration, inishmore, ink, ireland, month of love, portrait, watercolor | Comments Off

New Art: Cover for middle grade fantasy book

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Elisabeth

The final painting for the private client I mentioned in this previous post: http://www.albaillustration.com/blog/?p=579. This is the book cover, featuring the main character, Brooklyn. I will share more information about the book once the author’s website is finished! It was … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, book covers | Tagged acryla gouache, blizzard, book cover, fairy tale, fantasy, girl, illustration, magic, middle grade, snow, watercolor | 1 Comment

New Art: Map and scene from middle grade fantasy book

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Elisabeth

These two images are for a private client’s middle grade fantasy manuscript. I will have a total of three images when I’m done (working on a cover image next), but here are the first two that I’ve finished! The first … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork, maps | Tagged dream sequence, girl, illustration, magic, map, watercolor, witch | 2 Comments

New Art – The Girl in Cairn Woods

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Elisabeth

Here’s a new piece that was my final project in the mentorship with Rebecca Guay. The assignment was given by Irene Gallo, art director at Tor Books/Tor.com, to create an illustration for a short story. Everyone did really great work … Continue reading →

Posted in artwork | Tagged cairn, children's book, ghost, girl, illustration, mysterious, watercolor, young adult | Comments Off