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Just testing a new way of posting to my blog. Pay no attention to the Me behind the curtain. More soon! And happy New Year!

The Last Brush Stroke

At 9:00 last night I put the last brush stroke on the art for the book jacket. This morning I sent the painting to Boston. And if all goes well, that should be IT for this book. I can't quite get my mind around the fact that it's done! What will it feel like to make another Small Book, just for fun? I can't wait to find out. Please stay tuned...

Coming Into the Home Stretch

I went away for about ten days in mid-October. Before I left, I finished the last spread of the book (above). When I came back, I finished the title page (below). Barring unforeseen circumstances, this seems to mean that the interior of the book is finished. I can't quite grasp that concept, yet. And I still have to paint the front and back jackets. I don't want to tempt fate by shouting from the rooftops. But I am allowing myself to cheer, in a teeny-tiny voice: yahooo!

The Best Before-and-After

Before: This morning, I was still putting last-minute touches on the paintings. They've been hanging on my walls since June.


After!


I packaged and labelled each picture separately, sandwiched the whole batch between two sheets of stiff cardboard, double-wrapped it in plastic and brown paper, and sealed it with plenty of packing tape.



Woohoooooo!

More Before-and-After

I just spent five days in this chair, doing a big push on the book. Twenty-seven of the 28 interior paintings are done. The 28th is still under discussion with the editor, and the jacket illustrations, title page, endpapers and any revisions will come later. But these 27 will soon go into the mail--glory halleluiah! Now it's time to get back to the dayjob. Meanwhile, here are a few more before-and-afters:

Before and After

Before and after, before and after...

Before and after. . .

More soon!

More Details

Nothing comes between me and these paintings. Hahaha.

I'm still adding details and shading--walking that fine line between "too little" and "too much."

It feels like I'm starting to see the light at the end of this ten-year-long project. A few more weeks should do it. I'm almost afraid to say that out loud!