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"Inspired by watching her father at work, young Rosa Bonheur dreamed of creating her own paintings ... - BOOK NEWS: New Picture Book in 2022
My first picture book biography for children, A STORM OF HORSES, the Story of Artist Rosa Bonheur ... - BOOK NEWS: New Release: DRAWING HORSES (Dec. 2021)
For years I have wanted to create a book on how to draw horses. Well, I've finally done it! It is 8...
February 2023 Print Sale
My new horse print “A Mother’s Love” is on sale for the month of February. This is an open edition signed print on 17×22 Premium Matt paper. Regular price is $75. Sale price is $60.
Free Coloring Pages
Many of these free coloring page downloads go along with my YouTube colored pencil tutorials. Click on the “Download” under an image and the file will go to your computer downloads folder. Pull up the file and…
Grayscale Fantasy Coloring Book
Grayscale Fantasy contains 36 images from my fantasy and fairytale art in both lighter and darker grayscale. Here are a few sample images:
CREATING A STORM OF HORSES COVER ILLUSTRATION
On the table above on the left are all the different pictures I used as reference when composing this illustration, which is one of the double-page illustrations in the story as well as a wrap-around cover. In…
THE GOLDEN WOOD – FROM SKETCH TO FINISH
Here are the steps for creating a painting from The Twelve Dancing Princesses Here is my “thumbnail” sketch from the storyboard -about 2×4 inches It took me three days to photograph the models for this book. For…
FALL FAERIE – FROM SKETCH TO FINISH
Here are my first two “idea” sketches for a painting depicting a “spirit of Fall” as a fairy. A daughter of a friend of mine posed for the fairy and I took photos for reference. Next I…
A Storm of Horses
A Storm of Horses is my first picture book biography for children, about a woman artist who loved to draw and paint horses, just like I do. Only she lived 200 years ago! DESCRIPTION, from the publisher:…
Golden Dreams
GOLDEN DREAMS is a 224 page full color retrospective of the career of illustrator Ruth Sanderson. Known for her lavishly illustrated fairy tale picture books, including THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES, CINDERELLA, and THE SNOW PRINCESS, this volume…
Drawing Horses
In DRAWING HORSES, children’s book illustrator Ruth Sanderson demonstrates her method of drawing realistic horses in25 step-by-step lessons, with commentary and tips in each lesson, as well as details of her pencil techniques. This 80-page book includes…
Nancy Drew Coloring Book
I worked on the NANCY DREW series for a number of years in the early 1980’s, and this book contains a selection of 40 sketches and finished illustrations for many of the covers and interiors. It is…