Early bird

Happy Father's Day a little early.

I haven't been able to do my daily posts the last few weeks because work and family life have been pretty hectic. July looks like it's going to be a lot slower and I've got some project to share.

Hope your weekend is relaxing. c.

Mo drawing

Yesterday while I was driving in the car victoriously listening to NPR after a battle of wills over NPR vs. some high pitched repetitive kids cd, when the celebrated children's author Mo Willems was on All Things Considered talking about why we stop drawing once we are adults.

Willems tells Michele Norris, "is that people stop when they decide they're not good at it. Nobody stops playing basketball when they realize they're not going to become a professional. The same thing should apply to cartooning."

It was a great 5 minute segment you can listen to it here. You can check out Mo's blog here.

Why not look across the table tonight at your spouse, partner, kid, dog, cat or hamster and do portraits of each other? I bet at the very least you will have a good laugh!

Check out Mo's dedicated to drawing dining room. c.

Three times the fun

We are celebrating three birthdays this weekend. That means lots of cake and cake and cake. Looks like I'm going to need trip to the gym on Monday.

March is playing it's usual nasty tricks on us. c.

Lemons, bowls and fish

We've got more snow. The only family member that can appreciate this is our dog.

g. decided to look on the bright side and paint a rainbow.

I'm still focused on lemons, bowls and fish. I'm also knee deep in client work and household repairs. Yikes. c.

Stop motion

Today we are thinking about hidden worlds where things are not where they should be.

There are two sources of inspiration for this, the first is the book I got Jack for his birthday Everest is Hollow which looks like it's going to be an exciting read about a hidden city. I have no way of knowing if it's a good book but perhaps Jack will let us know.

The second is my huge obsession lately with stop motion. This brilliant video I just found is so incredibly fantastic, it's illustrated by the amazing Katy Horan, music is by Yoriyos. c.