tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84113733783232642552024-03-14T01:06:01.692-04:00ShadowBird: The Work of P.A. Lewis~my self made career as I know it and that little invisible bird that whispers those artistic musings.Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-54515577927793930722013-10-22T23:24:00.000-04:002013-10-22T23:24:58.202-04:00Jack Henry and The 9 of Cups!I'm auctioning off two illustrations on EBay.<br />
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Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-54427657029791763212013-06-03T15:58:00.001-04:002013-06-03T16:25:28.944-04:00The Americans are Coming! The Americans are Coming!!<br />
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I had such a crappy week.<br />
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Anything I touched just pooped into oblivion (one such was a beloved Kickstarter project that my friend and project partner <a href="http://www.thedragoncharmer.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer Carson</a> marketed to all our Facebook fans, friends and family wasn't enough to reach it's goal. You can see the aftermath here if you like..... "<u><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jennifercarson/fox-hollow-tales-first-in-the-series-illustrated-s" target="_blank">:(</a></u>" <br />
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It doesn't mean that we're giving up on our baby! After all the Wright Brothers never gave up after their first mishaps with gliders. We're not giving up on bringing Fox Hollow to the masses. There's more than one way to bring sweet little furry animals in early Victorian clothes to life (where are my jumper cables???) <~ <i>just kidding! just kidding!</i><br />
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Anywho, the stinky week weighed heavily on me and it definitely showed. So much so that Larry decided to take the Saturday off, suggested that I do the same and head on over the <a href="http://www.battlefieldhouse.ca/reenactment.asp" target="_blank">Reenactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek</a>.<br />
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For over 30 years history buffs have been gathering together at Battlefield Park here in Stoney Creek to reenact the battle. This year is the 200th, anniversary of the the <a href="http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/battle-of-stoney-creek" target="_blank">Battle of Stoney Creek</a> so the event took on a greater importance to those who take interest in the History of Canada as well as the United States.<br />
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I wanted to take along my sketchbook but the greenish grey skies told me otherwise and therefore I let my smart phone camera put up with the odd rain shower. Perhaps I will use the photographs and video captures as reference for some future piece of illustration or sculpt.<br />
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~TROOPS.... MARCH....... HUP TWO THREE FOUR....</div>
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<i>~(for the classic lit geeks and the sci fi geeks...) We won this battle due to Dr. Who and H.G. Wells giving <a href="http://www.battlefieldhouse.ca/billy_scout.asp" target="_blank">Billy Green</a> an SUV so he could just drive over the British encampment to tell the officers that the Americans were in Stoney Creek. (The dude in blue was Green's driver. Wells and Who didn't hang around for the battle.)</i></div>
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<i>~big smiles on the Militia! </i></div>
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<i>~the Glengarry Light Infantry (I looked this one up!)</i></div>
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It was the only book I knew from him until I was in my twenties and in Art School when I found out that there was many, many more written and illustrated by him. <br />
And it was not until I met my Husband, Larry, that I found a great jewel in Sendak's illustrated treasure chest: The Middle European classic '<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cunning-Little-Vixen-Rudolf-Tesnohlidek/dp/0374133468" target="_blank">The Cunning Little Vixen</a>.' <br />
His mastery of visual storytelling is strong throughout the book as his ink and watercolour characters and environments temp you into the book.<br />
Here's a poster of the Operetta, illustrated by Sendak.<br />
(thanks to the blog <a href="http://sketchbook-katherto.blogspot.ca/2010_09_01_archive.html" target="_blank">Pthaloment</a>)<br />
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When my animation career began at Nelvana, my first assigned storyboard was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Bear-Can-Read-Book/dp/0064440044" target="_blank">Little Bear</a>, a book written by <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Elsa Holmelund Minarik and Mr. Sendak. Boarding Little Bear was a true highlight in my career and I alway's get a high when someone asks me what television shows I've worked on and I mentioned Little Bear. They tell me how they love that show and enjoy watching it with their children. </span></span><br />
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Love</div>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-84989665641021009992012-02-24T13:30:00.000-05:002012-02-24T13:30:24.604-05:00For Your Consideration: Women Directors Missing From the Oscars<iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qMB5mEPI_Zc?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-78959193824607633792011-11-14T10:50:00.001-05:002011-11-14T11:08:11.880-05:00More Hapenny Illos! Now go out there and buy the book!!!I have had a great time illustrating Hapenny Magick and I'm looking forward to see this book come to life. The Kickstarter deadline hasn't arrived yet so there is still some time to contribute to this middle grade book. The story is beautifully character driven and I hope that I've captured that in my character designs. <br />
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The story is titled 'Hapenny Magick' and it's an adventure story about a young Hapenny named Maewyn who comes to realize her gift. I'm not going to say much more about the story since Jennifer Carson, the author has done a beautiful job doing so on her <a href="http://jennifercarson.wordpress.com/">blog</a>. Besides, I have some preliminary work posted there anyway!!<br />
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The first is a concept design for Mae's farm house and barn.<br />
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I have two amazing gigs on the drafting board right at this moment. Both are middle grade novels filled with imagination and I hope that my illustrations will be up to par.<br />
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And this is something I did quite a few years ago. It was lost and forgotten. One of those Artist Trading Card thingies.<br />
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Going further back in time with these, under drawings and studies! The elephant one and the donkey Christmas Card one are beckoning me to re-paint them! (the originals are long gone! :( )Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-5613362366057103332011-01-26T19:54:00.000-05:002011-01-26T19:54:57.532-05:00'Cider' in Colour!I haven't painted in a while. Most of the jobs (Actually all of them!) I had last year were on the black and white line work side of things. So now I find myself working for a client with a full colour kids book and I'm itching to get back into the world of colour pencils, watercolour and such!<br />
To make sure that my skills are not rusty when I start the final, colourful artwork, I thought I would play with an old favorite; coloured pencils, mineral spirits and vellum. The drawing that I chose was a sketch that I did in the autumn of last year called 'Cider.' A fox and a rabbit enjoying a nice pint of homemade hard cider together.<br />
The trick is that the drawing was done in Wolf Carbon Pencil and I wanted to colour the original. Which I did and although I do like it, probably won't do that again. Even though I kept the mineral spirits away from the pencil line, the job would be much easier if I just laser copied the pencil line onto the vellum, coloured it in and then, with the Wolf Carbon Pencil, go over the finish piece.<br />
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;)Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-58711753641086259572011-01-21T13:13:00.000-05:002011-01-21T13:13:19.464-05:00The Forgotten Archives. Entry #2.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More stuff that is at least 5 years old!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b6OABmpjYhY/TTnKDUoORdI/AAAAAAAAAQE/TBwXcsiIrC4/s1600/egg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b6OABmpjYhY/TTnKDUoORdI/AAAAAAAAAQE/TBwXcsiIrC4/s320/egg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'The Egg'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(from that never ending series of ShadowBird Girls)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b6OABmpjYhY/TTnKOdBonyI/AAAAAAAAAQI/hpaoIDQ02P0/s1600/wanna+take+a+ride-doodle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b6OABmpjYhY/TTnKOdBonyI/AAAAAAAAAQI/hpaoIDQ02P0/s320/wanna+take+a+ride-doodle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rough drawing to "Wanna Take a Ride?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The finished artwork can be seen here: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://betta-girl.deviantart.com/art/Wanna-take-a-ride-13779201">http://betta-girl.deviantart.com/art/Wanna-take-a-ride-13779201</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b6OABmpjYhY/TTnKedOvksI/AAAAAAAAAQM/-Wp_rIUpltw/s1600/Wee+Chandra+and+Friend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b6OABmpjYhY/TTnKedOvksI/AAAAAAAAAQM/-Wp_rIUpltw/s320/Wee+Chandra+and+Friend.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The underdrawing to "Wee Chandra & Friend"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This image was apart of a series of faery art that I was thinking on licensing. I only finished one from that series (there were 5), 'Lovely Lillian.'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-9709802459924125992011-01-19T09:55:00.000-05:002011-01-19T09:55:30.597-05:00Recent DoodlesI do a lot of drawing that has no background idea. They just come out right then and there. (Actually, I think I do that more than anything else. Perhaps I should call the sketchbook that I'm planning on publishing this year "Spontaneity!")<br />
These are not finished for a reason. I would like to finish them with colour. So I just pin them on my board till I get the inspiration to add colour to them. <br />
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</div>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-38435140857329247952011-01-18T10:55:00.000-05:002011-01-18T10:55:30.711-05:00Artwork for Sale!I just posted two images on Ebay for auction. <br />
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If you want to take peek at the auction, here are the links...<br />
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<a href="http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300516499046&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_950">http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300516499046&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_950</a><br />
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<a href="http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300516491690&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_950">http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300516491690&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_500wt_950</a><br />
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And here's the two illustrations up on Ebay:<br />
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</div>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-77740195670056360032011-01-14T10:49:00.001-05:002011-01-14T11:53:13.778-05:00The Forgotten Archives. Entry# 1.I was going through some of my old drawings last night looking for ShadowBird related work. I have been swamped with client projects lately and really felt the need to touch base with my personal work and what I hope one day will be my brand. This is the work that truly comes from my heart, an often neglected organ in the face of all this recent freelance activity.<br />
There will be more but for now I will leave you with these: The beginning to the 'Forgotten Drawings Archive.'<br />
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</tbody></table>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-86635902089487602692011-01-06T14:53:00.000-05:002011-01-06T14:53:02.873-05:00Nellie McClungLast year I was asked to illustrate 3 books for Owlkids middle grade readers, 'The Canadian Flyers Series.'<br />
I finished the first book about Nellie McClung (a hero to the women's rights movement here in Canada) last year and right now I'm working the second one about the high north.<br />
Even though I'm not all that pleased with the results of this book, there is something in them that's worth posting.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm itching to work on an animal story! What do I have to do to get art directors and editors to notice my animal illustrations?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-9749753476028465822010-12-20T11:32:00.000-05:002010-12-20T11:32:37.314-05:00Season's Greetings!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b6OABmpjYhY/TQ-ES178qbI/AAAAAAAAAPM/E7BD7DKBKsk/s1600/the+christmas+star-2010+xmas+card.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b6OABmpjYhY/TQ-ES178qbI/AAAAAAAAAPM/E7BD7DKBKsk/s400/the+christmas+star-2010+xmas+card.png" width="400" /></a></div>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411373378323264255.post-65103078180482504032010-10-22T23:37:00.001-04:002010-10-22T23:37:53.207-04:00Sky Dive Francis Escape Part 2Over ten years ago, I came up with the idea about those Shadow Birds and a 14 year girl whose life is saved by one. I thought it would be fun if I storyboarded the odd chapter (I originally wanted to turn this story into a graphic novel and I may still do that). This board is about the girl's escape from her kidnappers. It's a long board and still isn't finished. However I thought I would post what I have completed.<br />And by the way, the girl's name is Francis. Her Shadow Bird's name is Redshanks.<br />Enjoy!<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_5535345"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/pat_ann/sky-dive-francis-escape-part-2" title="Sky Dive Francis Escape Part 2">Sky Dive Francis Escape Part 2</a></strong><object id="__sse5535345" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=skydivefrancisescapepart2-12878016100732-phpapp01&stripped_title=sky-dive-francis-escape-part-2&userName=pat_ann" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed name="__sse5535345" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=skydivefrancisescapepart2-12878016100732-phpapp01&stripped_title=sky-dive-francis-escape-part-2&userName=pat_ann" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/pat_ann">pat_ann</a>.</div></div>Pat Annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15393629967861057321noreply@blogger.com1