My Treehouse – Page 10

Here’s page 10 from My Treehouse, a short graded reader I recently illustrated for Learning A-Z.  This is the last page for this book.  My Treehouse - Page 10

My Treehouse – Page 9

Here’s page 9 from My Treehouse, a short graded reader I recently illustrated for Learning A-Z.  The girl really has a remarkable view from the deck of her treehouse.  If you look close, you’ll see a road with two bridges.  One over a river and another over railway tracks.  There’s traffic on the road.  The distant fields have trees along the fencelines and there are cows in a field closer in.

Girl looks out at the view from her treehouse balcony

My Treehouse – Page 8

Here’s page 8 from My Treehouse, a short graded reader I recently illustrated for Learning A-Z.  As you can see, it’s really not so much a treehouse as an elevated playhouse build around some trees.  But the girl seems to like it.

Girl walks out onto treehouse balcony

My Treehouse – Page 7

Here’s page 7 from My Treehouse, a short graded reader I recently illustrated for Learning A-Z.  A cropped version of this image is also used on the title page.

My Treehouse - Page 7

My Treehouse – Page 6

Here’s page 6 from My Treehouse, a short graded reader I recently illustrated for Learning A-Z.
Girl reclines on cot in treehouse.

My Treehouse – Page 5

Here’s page 5 from My Treehouse, a short graded reader I recently illustrated for Learning A-Z.
A girl enters through a trapdoor in the floor

My Treehouse – Page 4

Here’s page 4 from My Treehouse, a short graded reader I recently illustrated for Learning A-Z.
Girl climbing ladder into treehouse

My Treehouse – Cover Spread

Well, I’ve been super busy lately.  When that happens, nothing gets posted on the website at all.  But today I’ve got a bit of a breather while I wait on feedback from a client, so I’m setting up some posts.

I illustrated a short graded reader for Learning A-Z titled My Treehouse.  Here’s the spread for the wrapped cover on that one.  The first page is the same image, but a cropped version showing just the right-hand side of this scene.
Girl walks towards treehouse.

Promo Postcards

I got my newest promo postcards from VistaPrint just now.

It’s a girl-themed card this time.  I used the new Girls in a Treehouse image on the color side and the one with Sarah and Katie with the bike and skateboard on the back side.  You might notice that I recolored the “No Boys Allowed” sign so that it didn’t distract from the overlaid text.  You probably didn’t notice (because it’s not important) but I moved the bird too.  The image wasn’t exactly the same dimensions as the card, so I had to cut off a little at the sides.  So, I nudged the bird over a bit so it wouldn’t be too close to the edge.  Working with digital images makes last-minute changes so much easier!

Now, I really need to get moving on my promo mailing list.  I’m in the process of transferring my notecard-based system into a computer-based one.  I have to type everything in new, which is time consuming now but should pay off later.

Anyone want one of these postcards?  Contact me with your name and address and I’ll mail you one.

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Treehouse – Final

Here’s the completed image.  It was designed as a full spread.  That means nothing important in the way of the center fold.  Also, not much is happening on that right side because it would have a fade over most of that half with text overlaid.

Treehouse