I get asked many times each week if I can take a look at someone's portfolio, project, drawings, or paintings and give them a critiq...

I've been having such a great time working on my next book - Santa Pups by Jerry Pallatta - Scholastic. It's a very simple but ...

Imagine an alternate universe. A place where kids that are good at computation and reading skills are cute but are good for "elective c...

I know this is very short notice but today at 4:00 PM MST Jake Parker and I are going to be teaching a short lesson for FREE in Mark Mitchel...

I am often asked, "How can I get my story in front of an editor?" I've always tried to answer as best I can without spendin...

If you're enrolled in our "Illustration For Storytellers" class - FULL or LITE version please watch this video...it is de...

Jake and I are so pleased that our FULL class has SOLD OUT - but we still have the LITE class available. We are humbled to realize that ...

We are excited to launch our new online live Illustration For Storytellers class! We are filling up fast so if you're at all interest...

I'm heavy into the sketches for my next book - Santa Pups written by Jerry Pollatta - published by Scholastic. It's a super funny...

I made this video for a few people who were kind enough to point out that I didn't do the best job explaining warm and cool colors in...

I'm so excited to be able to give more information on our online story art class that's coming up! First: There will be a web...

 In the video above I answer some questions from a fellow artist in Serbia who is trying to break into the children's book market. I ...

I just finished the last illustration in my new book - "Skeleton for Dinner" by Margery Cuyler. It's due out sometime befor...

I'm teaching a class called "Imagination & Visual Literacy" at UVU right now. I love this class. It's all the good ...

Today's post is a teaser! Personally I hate teasers - please don't tease me! :) In the next 4-6 weeks I will be announcing my n...

I painted this for my class at UVU for our next assignment. I don't work in this style so I wanted to work up a little example of wha...

I've been working on one of the funnest books I've ever had the privilege to illustrate. "Skeleton For Dinner" by Marge...

In the video below I show how I'm using Procreate to make drawings for my children's books, iPad apps, personal and freelance work. ...

In this video I discuss the fact that public schools didn't prepare us to learn art (big surprise right?). The fact that there are rules...

I created this image using Procreate on my iPad - I love this app! I just got back from the SCBWI Southern Breeze conference in Atlanta...

I created the image above for my digital painting class this semester as an example of what I want my students to do for our "circle...

In the video below I took the time to explain the changes I've seen happen in illustration markets over the past 20 years and what I thi...

Well obviously I must think so or this would be a really short post right? First let me just say that I'm like a lot of you - "NO...

Words can't begin to describe th e feelings I've had over the past few years since making my first video tutorial: "How To I...

Great News! Folio Academy just released a new tutorial that teaches how to produce a children's story app using the Demibooks Composer ...

I'm working on a bunch of freelance projects at the moment but I can't show any of them to you :( So you get a cat with a...

I painted this as a demo for my digital painting class this semester at UVU. I really wanted to play around with a dramatic lighting si...

One of the problems with digital painting for a lot of artists is that it's often hard to get the subtleties and happy accidents that...

The teacher in me is excited to teach the student in you. The teacher in me wants you to find out what you can do. The teacher in me kn...