Merry Makers

Meet Bea and Jules. 

They are after-hours friends

who popped up in my night sketches. 

They really want to make Christmas special this year, 

but Bea's mom has a new job

and Jules' gran had surgery, 

so it's up to the kids to get the snowball rolling.

I'm going to follow them around for a few weeks

on a sort of illustrated journey

as they try to bring home 

a little bit of Christmas 

every day until it arrives. 

In other news, I am working devotedly on final sketches for THE STARKEEPER,
my picture book with Random House books
which comes out in 2020.
Here's a peek at my sketch process:

Oops. 

That's not progress. 

That's my new office assistant, Luna, testing paintbrushes.

There we go.
I've been building a village with blocks so I can create my imaginary village
in the book.

I want to know the bones of my world so that they hold together when I change my point of view.
I will share more about the blocks and village and the sketches in awhile.

Meanwhile, I think Bea and Jules will be stopping in again soon
with more and merrier.

Merry! Merry!