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- New Edition of The Golden Key in 2024
George MacDonald (1824-1925) was a Scottish author and clergyman. He wrote many stories for chi... - SPRING 2024 NEWSLETTER
I've finished all the artwork for two board books written by my daughter Whitney, Good Mor... - SPRING is coming!
Ten years ago this month I created this symbolic painting of the personification of spring. I h...
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…
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 in 25 step-by-step lessons, with commentary and tips in each lesson, as well as details of her pencil techniques. This 80-page book…
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…