Alright, I made a mistake on my last illustration. The one I posted yesterday. Did you catch it? I did and it’s been bugging me.
Her palette. I drew it completely wrong. That’s not the proper shape or the proper way to hold a paint palette. My mistake came from trying to draw something when I wasn’t sure what it actually looked like. Although I do paint and have used acrylics (but not oils) I’ve never used the traditional shaped paint palette. Mostly I used paper plates. So, I didn’t know how you actually hold one. After I drew it, I knew that the little girl’s palette didn’t look right, but I wasn’t sure why.
So I looked it up online. Isn’t the internet great? And, sure enough, I had it all wrong. For your information, the following is an illustration of the approximate shape of an artist’s palette and how you hold it.
And here is the corrected illustration.
I feel much better now.
Here’s my second in a series of illustrations depicting tween issues and activities. Here’s a tween oil painter. I haven’t put it up on the website yet, so this is a bit of a sneak peek.
I now have 21 free bumper sticker designs on my website. I just finished adding a bunch and updating the old ones a bit. They’re all designed to promote responsible driving by encouraging people not to use their cell phones while driving. This is an issue I feel very strongly about. No conversation is worth someone’s life.
Aliyah, a fan who saw a previous post on this blog, requested “a cartoony crocodile lying on a river bank.” I’m not sure if this is exactly what she meant, but here it is.
The missing panel in my three little pigs series is now finished. It’s the huffing and puffing scene where the first little pig’s straw house is blown away. It can be found in the portfolio on my website here: 
Today I’m working on the missing panel in my 3 little pigs series. I’ve posted a version of it in progress on the website here: 
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 