M

I finally got myself to paint for the possible job illustrating a children's book. As usual I procrastinated a lot. But I set myself the goal to photograph whatever I had done on the 11th so I'd send a few days before the 15th (like they asked). So I painted diligently on Monday and Tuesday. And with the help of my mom's "fewer hugs for the girls who don't paint" tactic, I got it done, and we went to photograph the painting in a studio.

They asked me to draw a trial illustration based on strictly set ideas that they wanted for a picture book about the alphabet. I chose to illustrate the letter M. and was supposed to draw two girls holding hands to form the letter. I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out. I do have a ton of stuff that I wish I had seen before I went to photograph it that I would have corrected. I'm starting to obsess about all the imperfections and mistakes. The more I look at it, the more I only see the mistakes. But it's already sent. I like their sweaters and scarves though.

M or Two Girls Holding Hands

(11 September 2007)

PS: Photographs in a studio costs so much - around 2 leva a photo. If I were to photgraph all my pictures in a studio I'd go broke. Oh wait, I am broke.