Working on the Story

I’m in the first stage of creating my second children’s picture book: I’m writing the story. As I’m writing, I’m doing some sketches as notes to future myself so that I’ll be able to remember the image I had in mind when I wrote the words.

Along with many animal drawings, I’ll be drawing some tropical landscapes and Mayan temples. I’ll be introducing a reptile, a jaguar, and a Caracara Eagle, keeping everyone as cute as a button.

Today I sketched examples from Jack Hamm’s Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes. I dozed off halfway through the session and lay my head on the kitchen table for a snore.