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I am delighted to share that I Am a Dragon! has been named to the Pennsylvania Center for the Book's 2024 Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Best Books for Family Literacy! Here is the list ( I am in such a good company!): - “10 Dogs” by Emily Gravett - “ABC and You and Me” by Corinna Luyken - “Bear with Me” illustrated by Kerascoët, Sebastien Cosset and Marie Pommepuy, - “The Concrete Garden” by Bob Graham - “How to Count to ONE (And Don't Even THINK About Bigger Numbers!)” by Caspar Salmon and illustrated by Matt Hunt - “I Am a Dragon! A Squabble and a Quibble” by Sabina Hahn, published by HarperCollins. - “If I Was a Horse” by Sophie Blackall - “The Kitten Story” by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Brittany Cicchese - “Mr. S” by Monica Arnaldo - “Night in the City” by Julie Downing - “Ruffles and the Cozy, Cozy Bed” by David Melling - “Simon and the Better Bone” by Corey R. Tabor - “You Go First” by Ariel Bernstein and illustrated by Marc Rosenthal

Konishi Mansho (1600 - 1644), the last ordained priest to serve in Japan during the prohibition era of the Tokugawa Shogunate (think of the Shusaku Endo novel, "Silence", which was adapted to film by Martin Scorsese in 2016). Exiled from his homeland in 1614, he eventually made his way to Rome and enter a convent to be ordained as a priest. He would later to his home country to minister to the persecuted Christians there, only to be arrested and martyred in 1644. I tried to mimic a traditional ink painting style to invoke the melancholic feel of this homecoming journey.

A test piece to see how Conte pencils took to newly acquired black paper.

Inktober 2023 Day 30 Flamingo ballpoint pen

Dream Beast Based off of @govy9807's post

Inktober 2023 Day 16

Charcoal

Three attempts at drawing a mouthwatering cocktail using mainly 4 colors (and a little black)

Fine tip black marker pen, colored pencil. 8.5"x11" sketchbook. 1995

Fineliner on A4 paper.

Illustration of a black horse with blue eyes ^-^

My latest and first with digital oils. - Magpie in Snow Scene with the PC and ArtRage6 App. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Stroke of flowy marker strokes and random shapes in subtle colours.

Now completed digitally using Artflow and Samsung Galaxy S8 Ultra Table. #behonest #africanyellowbilledhornbill #hornbill #africanhornbill #bird #birdsketch #birb #yellowbeak #bampi #bampidraws❤️ #sketchingdaily #blackandwhite #blackwhitegrey #yellow #drawingsketch #drawingbirdsagain #thirstythursday #nowtheresathought #gettingbetter #gettingbetterwithage #qualityoverquantity

Original painting created by HEL MORT®, Mixed Media on Aluminium.

Inktober Day 8, no prompts, ballpoint pen

My black cats Fobbles,Beltza,Ruby and Kixxy (In her black cat disguise) enjoy some ice cream. Well, Fobbles purchased the 13 scooper special. Which comes as quite a shock to the others.

Bat creature with double wings and screw-like horn,Gift for my newborn nephew,to watch over him and protect him from nightmares

This is a Sandwing in the Wings of Fire OG artstyle. Before you say it, no I DID NOT TRACE ANYTHING. My literal only reference was the front cover and guide to the tribes in Dragonslayer by Tui T Sotherland (is that with a u or an o)

This is a black marker drawing using Sharpie pens on white paper. The drawing is my cat posing like the incredible pet model she is. I miss her.

Pretty sure this is how my kitten feels...

Black and white, pen and ink version of my signature piece from the series, Bikes of Amsterdam

5x7" fox sketch on paper.

5x7" gorilla sketch in pencil.

Hi, I know I've been gone for a while I have not given up on my art journey I just haven't posted about it. I Draw & Paint pretty much 4 times a week I've been working on anatomy a lot lately both drawing it and studying it through videos, and books, but this is some of my progress work so far.

8 1/2 X 11 inch on medium weight sketch paper.