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What does 5 rare breed sheep and a cell phone equal?
"OHMYGRASS!"
One crazy caper that kids' are gonna love.
After Sal is bonked on the head by a tossed cell phone, things for the sheep begin to get crazy - could this "mysterious object" be a sign from "Lord Aries" (the sheep of all Sheepdom) that he needs help?
The Warrior Sheep posse sets out to answer the call and soon find themselves on the journey of a lifetime. However, a ride on a plane, train, boat, tunnel tube and a hike up a treacherous mountain aren't enough to dampen the Warrior Sheep's fleece or to stop the two bank robbers (whose cell phone contains all the evidence needed to put them away for a very long time).
"A couple of woolbags aren't going to stand in their way, even if they have to chase them all over London."
This book is fun, adventureous, action packed and hilarious. The writing is quick but subtle enough that your tweens will love the ride.
The Quest of the Warrior Sheep By Christine & Christopher Russell Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Price: $6.99 ISBN: 9781402255113
Quest of the Warrior Sheep is also available on Amazon
0 Comments on The Quest of the Warrior Sheep - A Review as of 1/1/1900
Fabulous! Lettuce sent me a text to say they were having the best time EVER! I think you must have given her quite a lot of coffee, she was texting in all caps and with way more exclamation marks than usual. x
It's Sunday, I'm drawing, I have to stop drawing for a moment because I don't have the correct page grid for the next page... ah well, I'll just leave it out for now.
I took lots of pictures of people on my trip into town today, I more or less just snapped everyone who I noticed for some reason or another, and tomorrow I'll draw them. I feel I've become a bit lazy about observing poses.
I bought a whole load of materials, including an electric eraser with which I can rub stuff out a bit more precisely than before. I also bought a concertina sketchbook to fill with drawings of people, to create one long street scene eventually.
I watched three episodes of The IT Crowd today while drawing, I'm running out fast... what can I watch next... grargh...
When I first read this quote, I laughed and laughed. If you haven't read BIRD BY BIRD, you need to. It's must-reading for writers.
"We are a species that needsand wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share thislonging, which is one reason why they write so little."
Anne Lamott
Please leave a comment.
0 Comments on Better Than Sheep Lice? as of 1/1/1900
This is what my drawings look like when they're just about all figured out, just before I go to the final version to color. This will get a few tweaks, but mostly, its 'there'. Its a patchwork of cut-out individual drawings all taped together, with a sheet of tracing paper over them with a few extra bits drawn on. In other words, a sloppy mess! Even though I could do this in Photoshop, I still like to do it the old-fashioned way. What can I say.
I've decided to take out the tree in the background top right - think it detracts from the characters down front. It will be all 'field'.
Oh, forgot to say - Happy FALL!! When this drawing is colored, it will make sense ...
I'm glad someone else works things out on real paper. There's a satisfaction in sketching, cutting, pasting and rearranging, than is never there in electronic form.
FEEDING THE SHEEP, by Leda Schubert, ill. by Andrea U'Ren (FSG 2010)(ages 3-6). While her mother tends to the sheep and the wool and the spinning and the knitting (and more), the little girl asks, "What are you doing?" At each stage, the mother tells of, and the illustrations show, a step in the process of turning wool into a sweater.
FEEDING THE SHEEP is an elegant tale of mother-daughter bonding and participatory education. Drawings are bright and cheerful, and together with the text, provide a heartwarming introduction to sheep husbandry and the work that goes behind the work that goes into a sweater.
Baa, ram, ewe! (Sorry, I just couldn't help myself)
Read a guest post by Leda Schubert on FEEDING THE SHEEP at Cynsations.
0 Comments on FEEDING THE SHEEP as of 7/21/2010 5:37:00 PM
Twin sheep! Kind of linked...!? Not sure which one is the evil twin though? I need to try and get my IF done over the weekend instead of leaving it to the last minute everytime!! x
11 Comments on Illustration Friday: Linked, last added: 4/16/2010
Well I haven't kept to my New Years Resolution to blog more often! I've been really slack recently, I don't know why, I seem to have lost all of my inspiration. I've been working on a few things over the last month or so...a couple of children's maps for an American educational publisher, and I started working on a picture book, which has unfortunately now been put on hold. I'm now trying to get lots of new work done for my portfolio, any suggestions are welcome! Just need to get the creative juices flowing again, I'm feeling rusty!
I'm trying to make my portfolio more diverse, I've been working on some human characters and think I will experiment with some images for an older audience. This is an image of the nativity:
Hopefully I will be posting a lot more from now on!
5 Comments on Some new work...finally!, last added: 4/7/2010
this is so sweet, the purple sky is so peaceful and its such a happy cozy scene. Good luck with finding some fresh inspiration, sometimes its so tough, spring is here!! I hope some gusty winds and sweet little flowers will help blow those cobwebs away.
Hey Lucy! New work..FUN! Thanks for stopping and leaving the nice comment..i appreciate it and love getting feedback from talented artist like you. :) This scene is so lovely ...i really like your soft color palette and your rendering technique - very inspirational! Cheers :)
It's great news about the maps and book! Hang on in there, all of your hard work will pay off. Your illustrations are looking really great. I'll be in touch soon. x
Follow the process from sheep to sweater through the eyes of a young girl. The book starts with feeding the sheep corn and hay on a wintry day. Then it moves on to shearing, washing the wool, drying the wool, carding it, spinning the yarn, dyeing the yarn, and then knitting it. Each step is done by the little girl’s mother to the refrain of “What are you doing?” The book uses gentle rhymes and repetition to show the steps as well as detailed illustrations where the young girl gets involved too.
This book is ideal for toddlers and preschoolers who will enjoy realizing where their sweaters come from. The style of writing is approachable and gentle. Nicely the book comes full circle back to the feeding of sheep, making the point that the cycle of sheep to sweater continues. U’Ren’s illustrations are filled with homey touches and small details, yet they will work well with a group. A wonderful touch is the changing of the seasons throughout the book, often glimpsed only out of the window. This again underlines the cyclical nature of farming.
Short sentences with plenty of rhythm and repetition, make this a friendly choice. It is also a joy to read aloud. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
We get an introduction to all things sheep at the Agrodrome, an agricultural demonstration show in Rotorua.
A mulleted host in a wifebeater comes out on stage, telling jokes as his comely assistant leads out nineteen different breeds of sheep, from Merinos to Lincolns to Romneys. I remember some of the names from my spinning and weaving days. A sheep shearing demonstration follows. A wary ewe emerges from a doorway on stage right. After a few moments struggle, the host deftly flips her onto her back, where she sits, legs dangling foolishly in front of her. Perhaps closing her eyes and thinking of England, she allows the shearer to have his way with her. In less time than it takes me to get a haircut, the fleece is razored off and the sheep looks about half its original size.
When he asks for volunteers for milking, I impulsively raise my hand and join the other two victims on the stage. After all, I’m scheduled for a farmstay the next day, and I might need me some skills. Last time I volunteered and was called up on stage, it was for a wine-tasting. And that worked out all right. Happily, we are milking a cow instead of a sheep. Somewhere, I’ve read tips for successful milking. Or maybe it was those lactation pamphlets I read after my sons were born. This cow’s udder has been liberally greased up with some unknown farm substance. I don’t know if this is intended to make it harder or easier. Trying to remember the particulars, I grasp the udder firmly at the top and strip my hand downward, using my best empty toothpaste tube technique. Success! A thin stream of blueish milk splashes into the pail. The host looks mildly surprised and a little disappointed. I receive a certificate of “udderance.” There follows sheepdog demonstrations in which one of the dogs herds several ducks back and forth across the stage and other dogs race across the backs of the mildly interested sheep in a technique called, understandably, backing. It’s kind of like a sheep mosh pit. It’s unclear whether this has any practical purpose but it makes for interesting and difficult to interpret photos.
I am convinced that nobody loves his work like a sheepdog. If they were any more alert and eager they would explode. They ought to show videos of sheepdogs at employee meetings instead of hiring motivational speakers. The show closes with a mock fleece auction in which a reluctant Korean woman ends up owning an armload of unwashed wool redolent of lanolin. Then everyone repairs outside for a sheepdog demonstration with actual sheep. All in all, I had a great time, but I think I have more of a future in wine-tasting.
0 Comments on Sheepish in New Zealand as of 1/1/1900
Wonderful! Superb animation, brilliantly spoof old style British narration. If you’ve got the full 6 minutes to spare this is great for a really good giggle. It’s from the minds of Aardman Animation of Wallace and Gromit and many others fame. You know it’s going to be quality animation and you know it’s going to have a corking script.
Awesome Water Slide and Jump
I don’t care if this is faked or not, it’s still great to watch, and I’ll bet my aunties prize begonias that you’ll hit that play button again for another look. If this is genuine, then that’s one brave, brave man there. I’d have liked to have seen the preparation work for this, I bet there’s some good out takes there somewhere. Come on guys, let’s see how you worked it out. Crash test dummies?
Sheep LED art
I found this one just really, really fascinating, as well as being quite funny. Hope you enjoy it too. Having become an honorary Welshman after marrying my lovely, lovely wife, I enjoyed passing this round to my English brethren. This must have taken an absolute age to get right, and all for a couple of minutes of fame on YouTube. There’s nowt so queer as folk…….
Happy New Year
A cracking take on the three little pigs story, with a superb twist. I love it. My kids love it too. Great little catchy tune and a real sense of urgency from the pigs. I’m not sure where it originated from, but it certainly bears some resemblance to The Dark Side, and it definitely has that kind of humour running through its theme. Enjoy.
Moving Dragon Illusion
These are great. There are a few more like this dotted around YouTube, if you search under optical illusions you’ll find them. The ones with people’s faces can be quite odd, but so very realistic. They are amazing. I don’t know who thought of it or came across it first, but they are brilliant.
Wonderful! Superb animation, brilliantly spoof old style British narration. If you’ve got the full 6 minutes to spare this is great for a really good giggle. It’s from the minds of Aardman Animation of Wallace and Gromit and many others fame. You know it’s going to be quality animation and you know it’s going to have a corking script.
Awesome Water Slide and Jump
I don’t care if this is faked or not, it’s still great to watch, and I’ll bet my aunties prize begonias that you’ll hit that play button again for another look. If this is genuine, then that’s one brave, brave man there. I’d have liked to have seen the preparation work for this, I bet there’s some good out takes there somewhere. Come on guys, let’s see how you worked it out. Crash test dummies?
Sheep LED art
I found this one just really, really fascinating, as well as being quite funny. Hope you enjoy it too. Having become an honorary Welshman after marrying my lovely, lovely wife, I enjoyed passing this round to my English brethren. This must have taken an absolute age to get right, and all for a couple of minutes of fame on YouTube. There’s nowt so queer as folk…….
Happy New Year
A cracking take on the three little pigs story, with a superb twist. I love it. My kids love it too. Great little catchy tune and a real sense of urgency from the pigs. I’m not sure where it originated from, but it certainly bears some resemblance to The Dark Side, and it definitely has that kind of humour running through its theme. Enjoy.
Moving Dragon Illusion
These are great. There are a few more like this dotted around YouTube, if you search under optical illusions you’ll find them. The ones with people’s faces can be quite odd, but so very realistic. They are amazing. I don’t know who thought of it or came across it first, but they are brilliant.
Sweet illustration Kate! I have a special love of sheep images and sheep art for some reason. It must be a love that comes from my ancestors. They all raised sheep in Europe.
This is an illustration from a story I am developing. I wanted to show more texture in the pieces and especially in the sheep. So, here I embossed a pattern over the sheep's wooly coat.
Using Painter X, I created the pattern first, one that I liked, saved it, and then used it with the pattern embossing brush to create the effect.
Using a technique like this once in a while can be effective. One just has to be sure not to overdo it.
I am hoping to find some other ways to create various textures that won't overpower the other spreads in this book. I love the journey that illustration takes me on each day!
8 Comments on Embossing a pattern, last added: 6/19/2009
Practicing with sheep views for the dummy...the sketchbook is getting full of them, but I haven't quite gotten to the point where I want to use them in the book. Still working on this one, but having lots of fun too.
2 Comments on Sheep studies, last added: 5/13/2009
These are lovely! I've had to draw quite a few sheep for different projects and they're more difficult to get across well than you'd first think. Great job with those sweet faces and the texture of their wool!
I agree with Paige, these are some fine sheep! Your use of the soft grays and the dappled color really adds a sense of depth to their wool. Tricky, but you've pulled it off wonderfully!
Things are looking up - several work and teaching responsibilities have been set aside, projects around the house are near completion, and it's almost baby time. Could be any day I guess, but I'm hoping to get a little closer to the due date. I have my bags packed for the hospital, including my sketchbook and pencils.
In the meantime, I visited Kathleen Rietz's blog and saw a posting of a glass mosaic that she'd done. That reminded me that in the past I had enjoyed making stained glass panels. HEY! At last, something art-related for me to post about!
These are a few panels I did over 10 years ago, but I've never posted (not the best pictures - poor light - I'll try to remedy that soon). The kids designs (Humpty Dumpty and Counting Sheep) were in their bedroom windows until we moved here - now they're in my kitchen, helping to keep the neighbors from peering straight in.
I always loved glass projects - there was a certain amount of mystery as to how it would actually look once completed. Unless you have a light table (which I don't), you really can't see the full effect until the pieces are soldered together and you can lift the panel off the board. Then, you catch a first glimpse of the colors illuminated.
I always enjoyed the different textures and patterns of glass that you can get, too. Hopefully someday I'll be able to dive into another glass project. However, right now is just tooooooooo busy!
1 Comments on Glass from the Past..., last added: 4/6/2009
Hello Everyone- In order to participate this week, I must confess that I am recycling. =) This is a piece I did for an educational book series on the life of Jesus. I thought it would be fitting due to the presence of these sweet baby lambs. And thanks Vanessa for the constant encouragement and reminders... life can get busy, but it is always good to take a "time out" for oneself. Missed you all!
8 Comments on sweet baby lambs, last added: 3/19/2009
Oh Honey how this has touched my heart today! Easter is one of my most favorite times of the year and this reminds me of the beautiful pictures that were in my sunday school books. I love this! It's just so sweet. How wonderful is this. I so agree about taking time for ones stuff because if you don't take care of you you sure can't take care of anyone else! Love this post! It's fresh and new for me!
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Fantastic Viviane!
Celia
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