It is hard to believe that a year has passed since the launch of Blue Paw Press. I spent a few minutes in celebration of this one year anniversary looking at early rough sketches and paintings of both books (Diego's Discoveries and Huey Meets The Master) now printed and published. I was taken back to the wonderfully daunting process of seeing these projects come to completion.
Both stories have been on my heart and in my imagination for many years. The characters have become very familiar to me even though the early doodlings of them that fill my sketchbooks may reveal changes and adaptations of their form, color and details. Their little "natures" stayed the same, gentle, good, kind, adventurous and hopeful as well as wanting to make a difference in their little world. They sound heroic, but those are qualities that we can all aspire to. The story tellers, Bethany Ury Tonglamun and Suzanne M. Hill both understood them and brought them into reality through their brilliant writing.
Diego went through many stages, but here you see the early sketches and final version of this little traveler. You also will see an early sketch of him looking up at the window, first holding a flower but the finished version is of him wiping away the dirt from the stained glass window in order to reveal beauty, light and an inspiring image.
Both stories have been on my heart and in my imagination for many years. The characters have become very familiar to me even though the early doodlings of them that fill my sketchbooks may reveal changes and adaptations of their form, color and details. Their little "natures" stayed the same, gentle, good, kind, adventurous and hopeful as well as wanting to make a difference in their little world. They sound heroic, but those are qualities that we can all aspire to. The story tellers, Bethany Ury Tonglamun and Suzanne M. Hill both understood them and brought them into reality through their brilliant writing.
Diego went through many stages, but here you see the early sketches and final version of this little traveler. You also will see an early sketch of him looking up at the window, first holding a flower but the finished version is of him wiping away the dirt from the stained glass window in order to reveal beauty, light and an inspiring image.
One of my favorite before and after painting studies is this vision, that grandfather tried to describe to Diego of one of his "favorite places"
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Huey Meets The Master's early sketches and final paintings
Thank you to all of my family, friends and patrons who have encouraged me through this endeavor, and to those who have made a purchase of one or both of these first two books, sharing them with the children in their lives. I am grateful and look forward to what this coming year will bring.
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