My Sketchbook : Easter : Chick, Bunnies, Fox & foxes

Easter Bunnies and Foxes are on my mind this week.

Here are some pen drawings in my Moleskine notebook, love the paper.

These buns appear to be confused, suspicious, sleepy, loving &/or distracted.

I imagine this rabbit is gathering instructions for this year's Easter route. 

I sketched a bunch of foxes for my class MATS3A with Lilla Rogers. 

I'll let you guess what the theme is ;) 

I'll use one of these characters for the final, but thought I'd share bc I always like 

the way sketches look together on a page.

This was a very quick sketch. The class can choose to illustrate a cover or a spread from Aesop's fable.

This is also a chance for me to work on lettering. 

I think this one might have the right mischievous look :) 

We'll see. I'm sure I'll share whatever I come up with next week.

If you'd like to learn more about this class - licensing your art, 

I wrote much more about it in my previous post on Monday.

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Thanks as always for taking a look.

Enjoy the rest of your week and get those Easter baskets ready!

xo, A

Happy Easter

xo, 

the Brooklyn Chickies

! BUNNIES !

Snowball

Today, I celebrate the bunny rabbit

and indulge in a little self promotion!

Here are some of the bunnies I've painted over the years, 

on paper, wood, walls & glass...

Casey

Rocky

Yoga Bun

Bun

Little Brown

Sadie

Bunnies show up in many of my illustrations for kids, 

here are a few in the details...

Flippin' Flop

Isabel

Blippy

Toby

Banjo Bun

Bunny

Disco Bun

Penelope

Yoga Bun

Super Bun

Clyde

Easter Bun

Lakeside Bun

These are buns on wall murals for nurseries and a toy store.

The flying bunnies are all based on two pet rabbits I used to own,

Rocky & Lilo = :o)

I've included bunnies in several of the glass door 

paintings I paint for If I were A Toy store,

here in Carroll Gardens, Bklyn.

and  Easter themes, of course...

it's only a week away!

Hope you're ready to decorate some eggs and hide those baskets. 

I know the Easter Bun appreciates the help :)

Enjoy your Sunday

xo, A

Happy Easter

I painted the door for If I Were A Toy just in time for Easter Sunday! *Important tip- if you need to scrape paint off glass, much faster to spray with Windex 1st. I learned the hard way ;)

I planned to keep it simple this week, so I made this little card for my readers :)

Then the pleasures of Spring sprang to mind! I've been going through photos, usually of trips I've taken with my mom in the Spring. My hope was to find the most fabulous shots to enter in Frommer's Photo Contest (deadline tonight). Feels like playing Lotto. I uploaded about 25 and now cross my fingers that I will be the lucky winner for a cover and $5,000 bucks ;D

Regent's Canal in London, above is a very charming area. Visit Waterscape for more info :)

I bought these Ranunculus, which I'd never heard of before, from a local bodega/deli. I don't have a green thumb, so I am keeping a close eye on these! Lots of light & water-- should be able handle these pretty little flowers.

I started with my album full of photos from a May trip to Rome a few years ago. The Roseto Comunale or Rose Garden on the Aventine Hill is simply gorgeous! A must see if you visit during the flowering season :)



It is very hard for me to edit down to just a few, but I'm trying. I have many photos from Italy. Love this kid below. He wasn't prompted to make this face, he just went for it!




My mom made a brilliant decision and booked our stay in Venice at the Westin Excelsior on Lido. It's a 15 minute boat ride from Venice proper (hotel has private boats going out every hour or so). It's magnificent and the town of Lido is a beauty, too! I took endless pictures of people's homes. Above, I've shared the most simple of pleasures; towards the end of each day we had Prosecco, Pellegrino and snacks on the water :D





If you haven't been to Venice, make it a goal! It is truly extraordinary!! Above is the Basilica di Sant Marco The piazza seems to stay over populated for obvious reasons ;) You can escape the crowds if you're not afraid to get a little lost or turned around on the walkways. Venetians are very friendly, too.


I adore Burano for all of it's wonderful bright colors! It's a dream :)


Above, a house statue of Jesus. It was the nicest one I saw and thought it would be appropriate for my Easter post, of course.

I've used this picture on a past post. It's one of my favorites and honestly, I think it has a shot as a book cover!


You may know by now how much I like Spain, so I used restraint when choosing photos :) Below in Barcelona, the walk from one masterpiece to another, Gaudi's Sagrada Familia to Montaner's Sant Pau Hospital.




Many years ago I visited Claude Monet's gardens in Giverny, France. It was absolutely gorgeous! Again, I have so many photographs, even so they can't do it justice.




The MOMA has Monet's Water Lilies on display through April 12th, including his late paintings in the collection.


Cuteness :o)


Regal...


Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain is most spectacular! Below, the unusual Dr. Seuss-like trees intrigued me. I will include more from Madrid on a future piece.



Hello there!






Hope you have enjoyed this little ode to Spring!
Happy Easter :) xo, Allyn