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March is Sketchbook Month Day 17 – Herbie Bear
A few years a ago I did a series of children’s books for a publisher named Child’s World. It was an amazing project. There were a total of 50 books in the series. This is a sketch from the very first book where the reader is introduced to the main character Herbie Bear. He is [...]
read more »March is Sketchbook Month Day 16 – Super Hero
Welcome to day 16 of March is Sketchbook Month. There are some amazing artists participating in this event and you can find them all over at Cedric Hohnstadts’s site. Cedric mentioned that his wife was helping maintain the site so I’d just like to say thank you to both of them. It takes a Hurculean [...]
read more »March is Sketchbook Month Day 15 – Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals
Today is day 16 of March is Sketchbook Month. I was in a prehistoric mood today so I dug out a selection of dinosaurs and such from a children’s book I did a few years ago with Sterling Publishing. This project was both fun and challenging. There were 12 spreads and 100 dinosaur/prehistoric creature stickers ...
read more »March is Sketchbook Month – Day 14
Today is day 14 of March is Sketchbook Month. This is a little sketch I did a while back while waiting for my computer to be fixed. For more fantastic art work please visit Cedric Hohnstadt’s sketchbook site. ENLARGE IMAGE
read more »March is Sketchbook Month- Day 11 – Boomer Model Sheet
Still in celebration of Boomer and Halley winning a Pinnacle award, today’s feature are early sketch attempts to nail down the Boomer character. There was quite a bit of back and forth on Boomer until we finally settled on a winning sketch. Author/creator Mary Jane had a very specific look in mind for this ...
read more »Cartooning Class By Bob Ostrom Saturday March 12
Instructor: Bob Ostrom Class Code: BO1103 Workshop Fee: $55 Medium: Cartooning Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Join cartoon illustrator Bob Ostrom for this introduction to cartooning class. Warm up with a draw along where students will learn basic cartooning skills and create their own cartoon ...
read more »March is Sketchbook Month-Day 10- Boomer and Halley
In honor of Boomer and Halley, who won a Pinnacle award this week, I will be featuring sketches from a few of the books I’ve worked on. For those of you who are not familiar with the Boomer and Halley they are two of the main characters from a series of chapter books I illustrated [...]
read more »March is Sketchbook Month Day 9 – A Monster Ate My Homework
Keeping this one short and sweet. Here is day 9 of March is Sketchbook Month. Tonight’s entry…. A Monster ate my Homework… Enjoy! ENLARGE IMAGE
read more »March is Sketchbook Month Day 8
Whew, day 8. Just slipped this one in under the wire. In hopes of warmer weather today’s post is titled, Ice Cream Man. For more on March is Sketch Book Month please my good pal Cedric Hohnstadt’s site. You’ll be glad you did. ENLARGE IMAGE
read more »March is Sketchbook Month- Sketch#5, Day 7
Welcome to March is Sketchbook Month number 5. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, Hey Bob, what gives, I thought you already posted number 5? Well reader, it just so happens you are only partly right. Why, you ask? Well, as it turns out, Cedric is not counting weekends and my last post was [...]
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