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- JUNE 2026 NEWSLETTER
I hope this note finds you all well. I had some distressing health news and multiple tests back in ... - APRIL 2026 News – KICKSTARTER PreLAUNCH!
Here is the wrap-around cover painting for my upcoming novel, THE MIRROR OF TRUTH, my YA Retell... - 2025 HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER
ORIGINAL ART NEWS I've added SIX new original oil paintings to the LANDSCAPE original art page. ...
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…
Heidi
Heidi contains 24 scenes from the full color illustrated children’s book I created in 1984, converted to both light and darker grayscale for a total of 48 pictures to color. Here are a few sample images:
Nursery Rhymes
Color your own pictures of these 36 delightful nursery rhymes. With the rhymes included! I carefully converted the color images to a light grayscale, so you can color right over the tones with colored pencils, and the…
Christmas Magic
Watch a Flip Through of All the pages on YouTube. Download this free Santa picture and color along with Ruth in the video below!
Fantasy Faces
These 24 images are grayscaled from my many paintings. There is a bonus section at the back of the book with 6 practice portraits and color combinations for various skin colors. The book includes a lighter and…