This is part 5 of Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. My homework for today was to begin putting together thumbnails for my interiors. My thumbnails are coming along nicely. Since this book is 24 pages it will take a little bit of time for me to get through them all. In the meantime I’ve [...]
This is part three of Creating Characters for a Children’s Book. If you’ve missed parts one and two here’s a quick recap. I’ve been working on the characters for a new children’s book. One of the characters is done, another is in the color stage and one still needs a little bit of work. Last [...]
Good news readers… my sketches were approved! If you follow along with my blog you’ll remember in yesterday’s post I showed you the beginning stages of how I create the characters in the children’s books I work on. This is part two of Creating Characters ( In today’s episode I will be playing the parts [...]
I met Seth way back when he began his first podcast, Jack Wakes Up. Seth was one of the earliest writers to begin pod casting his work on iTunes and I’ve been a fan ever since. Some of you might remember our interview with Seth on Answers for Freelancers back in the early 1950′s. Seth [...]
Had a great time at Jerry’s yesterday. As usual I met a bunch of great folks and had a lot of fun painting. The theme for the day was Bats so I chose to paint one of my favorite super heroes. I was using the Matisse Primary set of acrylic paints. I’d never used this [...]
I will be at Jerry’s Artarama in Raleigh on Saturday March 27th from 1:00pm until 4:00pm. Please stop by and say hello if you are in the area. I’ll be working with acrylic paints on a large canvass. I haven’t quite figured out what I’ll be painting just yet but I know it’ll be big [...]
It’s been pretty busy here at Bob Ostrom Studio lately. I’m at the tail end of a very large project so there is a lot to be done. Thought I’d load up a few sketches from the Official Bob Ostrom Studio Sketchbook…. Tonight’s theme: Fish. Enjoy…..
I’m working on a really big, fun new project. This is a sketch I did today. Not sure if I’ll use it for the book I’m working on yet. I just kind of liked the energy of the character. If I don’t use him for this book I’ll definitely use him somewhere else.