Von and Kari Brimhall have gone completely nuts on ebooks! They are two of my very best friends from college and have always been into art a...

I'm so glad I don't have to learn anymore! After all I've been a professional illustrator for 19 years now, and I think I'm ...

If you've been following my blog you know I've been spending a lot of time writing and illustrating and then publishing my own ebook...

So school got out last week and I used my extra time to produce another video series - Acrylic Painting. I've wanted to do this now for ...

Some quick updates on my experience on Barnes and Noble.com. Unfortunately due to my workload right now I have to make this a quick update a...

Here's another piece for my portfolio - I love creating a piece out of nothing. I started with photo reference of lizards and went from ...

This is a continuation of our discussion here on ebooks. Since this is such a new industry the only way we can get good information is to sh...

Last week I got an email from Illustrator Laura Zarrin asking if I thought publishing my own children's ebooks is financially worth the...

I gave my Illustration 1 class this assignment: Setting: Castle content: One human figure Concept: "Something's coming" I was ...

Just for fun I took a picture of my mentor- Perry Stuart an amazing illustrator and figure artist and teacher at UVU. I enlarged it, printed...

I just released another ebook on Barnes and noble.com! My other books have really been encouraging. There are two things I really like about...

Last night I decided to avoid working on the projects that pay real money and do something just for fun. I painted this in photoshop last ni...

I've been a freelance illustrator for almost 20 years and for the first 17 it was business as usual. In the last three years I've se...

So these are some character sketches from the new book I'm working on with Helen Ketteman - author of Armadilly Chili and The Three Lit...

I'll start by asking the first question: Michelle, what kind of mistakes do you see beginning illustrators or for that matter profession...

Today I have a treat for you - Michelle Bayuk (Director of Marketing for Albert Whitman & Company) has agreed to answer questions from a...

Oops I did it again - I couldn't help it - I had to make another ebook! Monkey & Croc has been doing so well that I've been moon...

Well I just finished signing books again for the CTA (California Teachers Association)in L.A. I blogged about this last year (click here if ...

This was a little mouse doodle in my sketchbook that I painted in Photoshop and posted a few weeks ago. Yesterday I painted it in acrylic as...

So anyway, I had such a great response to my "How to Illustrate Children's Books" video series that I decided to make another ...

Ok, This is totally embarrassing but I'm putting it up here because it fits with the whole children's book theme of this blog. Be pr...

Disclaimer: I'm no expert here - but I have to share what I've learned both as encouragement and as a warning. The encouragement is...

I don't know if you can see it but that little boy has an artist trying to find it's way out. My parents should have known when I to...

I'm so pleased to announce my new video series - "How to Illustrate Children's Books". I made these videos while my kids p...

I'm so proud to announce the release of my new ebook Monkey & Croc! I've had so much fun making this book and getting it ready b...

This year I painted 9 textbook covers for Innovatus in acrylic. It was a really fun project and I got to work with Karen Steinberg who I had...

I was sketching in my sketchbook this week and this just kind of happened...I hadn't painted a pile of rocks before so of course I had t...

Well today is the day - I'll be adding images as I receive them. If you haven't been following over the past few weeks I decided to ...