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The book is getting close to being done…

Posted on October 4, 2013 by pouringmyartout

After we send it to be published I will have to order a copy to proofread it, so don’t get too excited yet. But I am excited… oh yeah I am.

Posted in dogs and other animals, fiction, My art | Tagged art, books, childrens books, family, humor, kids, self publishing, writing | 89 Comments

I like my new children’s book cover…

Posted on October 2, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Thank you for the feedback. The jungle looks so warm and friendly that you could probably stick anything in there and it would look friendly too… A zombie pirate from the game Plants Vs. Zombies just looks like he wants … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Cheney, dogs and other animals, flowers, My art | Tagged art, dick cheney, dinosaurs, humor, painting, Plants Vs. Zombies, writing, zombies | 44 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys some more…

Posted on October 2, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I finished the art for the cover of the book… sort of… That is more or less what it will look like. I finished all the little details and clean up art. I might make the monkey a little bigger … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, fiction, My art | Tagged art, children's book, humor, monkeys, painting, self publishing, writing | 46 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 4…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I have done some more work on the illustration for the cover of the children’s book. But have I gone too far? I have finished the rough outlines. I took your suggestions and instead of the dark ink outlines, I … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, book cover art, children's book, humor, illustration, painting, watercolor, watercolor painting | 47 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 3…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Or: Help me design the cover of my new children’s book ! I am still in the process of showing you step by step how I am developing the cover art for my new children’s book. In the last post, I shared … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, book cover art, childrens books, illustration, painting, watercolor painting, watercolors, writing | 30 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 2…

Posted on September 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

This might be fun. I can talk about the children’s book and go back to the roots of this blog: My art. So I am going to share with you the steps I am going through to make the cover of … Continue reading →

Posted in My art, Stories of my life | Tagged art, arts, book cover, illustration, painting, pencil sketch, Photoshop, watercolor paint, watercolor painting, writing | 88 Comments

Let’s talk about monkeys…

Posted on September 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

As you know, I am just about ready to publish my first children’s book. There is a story about how this book came about. It is based on the answers given to me by kids when I tell them that … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories of my life, thinking about stuff | Tagged children's book, humor, kids, monkeys, WPLongform, writing | 191 Comments

Sweet… I just got a response from William Shatner on Twitter…

Posted on September 20, 2013 by pouringmyartout

William Shatner ‏@WilliamShatner 19m Today is the 256th day of 2013 if Jan 1st were 0 then today is #255 In Hex that’s 11111111 Arthur Browne ‏@ArthurBrowne1 18m @WilliamShatner Are you sure? William Shatner ‏@WilliamShatner 13m … Continue reading →

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I might have a problem…

Posted on September 17, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Every time I start an art project, this happens to me. It takes over my whole life. It fills my head. I go to sleep thinking about it, and I wake up thinking about it. Sometimes I wake up in … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs and other animals, My art, Pictures of me, Stories of my life | Tagged art, art project, children's book, compulsion, humor, literature, monkey project, monkeys, painting, sci fi novels, writing | 22 Comments

About that children’s book…

Posted on September 13, 2013 by pouringmyartout

The artwork is taking a little longer to finish than I thought it would. The book is more about the art than the words, so I want to get it right. But I thought I might share one of the … Continue reading →