A quick shout out to Terri Murphy and Janet McDonnell who have taken time out of their busy schedules to organize the SCBWI ILLINOIS IL...

In the past few years the word "Like" has taken on a whole new meaning. Instead of being more of a feeling it's become a w...

I've had the privlege of teaching in the past for WIFYR back in 2009 and 2010 and let me just say that this is one of the best confere...

I've been working on this little iPad sketch on and off for the past few weeks. Whenever I'm in a meeting or a doctor's appointm...

In the following video I read my negative ebook reviews from the Barnes & Noble website just for kicks and giggles. You can actually le...

I constantly hear fellow illustrators, photographers, and graphic designers ask each other, “what's the going rate?" – a book cover...

If you're one of my facebook friends you know how much I love my dog pooch. I've been trying to think of ways to include her on the ...

This was an acrylic painting demo I did for my media tech class at UVU a few weeks ago. I still love to paint traditionally even though I do...

Wow! What a week! I was asked to speak and jury the student show at Ringling College of Design by Octavio Perez (Illustration Faculty) -an a...

It's so nice to have a part in seeing a project go from beginning to end. I was privileged to work with the great Lee Bennett Hopkins -...

So, if you've been following my blog for more than a few months you'll notice that I was working on a monster app and then I kind of...

I don't recall ever asking you for anything so I'm going to call in a favor right now. I want you to read or listen to Linchpin by S...

Recently on an internet thread about self publishing ebooks a fellow illustrator wrote, "If I pay, it's vanity and I'm not that...

I think I've talked about this before but one of the best things you can do for your art is to help someone else with theirs. I don'...

There's a first time for everything and Monday was my introduction to a podcast interview. Dr. Paul runs a great podcast called "Li...

There's nothing quite like getting a box of new books in the mail! You spend months working on a project but have to wait sometimes over...

Once a month I try to make time for a personal piece. I know I've talked about this before but I feel it's important to pursue creat...

I get asked quite often: "why should I make an ebook or app and what are the best methods to market them?" In the video below I t...

I've been thinking a lot about app/ebook builder websites. In other words - websites that provide tools for uploading image, sound, and ...

I feel very honored to have been invited to speak at both the Utah/Idaho and Chicago SCBWI Conferences! (Society of Children's Book Writ...

My good friend Julie Olson just released her first ebook - "Princesses, Princesses, Princesses!" on Amazon , Barnes & Noble , ...

Well it's been a year since I published Monkey & Croc on Barnes and Noble's Pubit site and just short of a year for Tickle Bug...

I challenge you to do something you've never done with your art this year! Do something you've never done before. Try something you...

I'm so excited to be able to announce the release of my new video series, “How To Design A Drawing”. It probably would have been more ac...

I'm so excited to announce that I'm finally finished with "How To Design A Drawing" my new video tutorial. It will be host...

Back in 1971 I started attending elementary school just north of Washington DC in Maryland. I didn't know it then but I was a little see...

I think a lot of artists want to sequester themselves in their studio, nook, or cave and create - it's natural since our work is often v...

No Trees were harmed in the making of this post! So last week I was in a boring meeting being bored...and my back was a bit stiff as I recal...

This has been a total joy to work on this image and video for two very different reasons. 1) Since I'm using it in my upcoming video tut...

Imagine going back to elementary school - not as a kid or a teacher and not as the Principle or as a parent (been there done that) but as a ...