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.
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.
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.
Here’s the first page of a Petting Zoo commission for Learning A-Z. I think the pigs were the most fun to draw. I managed to put at least one in each of the three images for this set. I particularly like the one reaching for the bottle on the right.
I’ve been quiet here lately. Sorry about that. I’ve been working on a new project. I’m illustrating Paul Maguire’s new children’s book The Genie Loophole. Here’s a background for one of the illustrations I’m working on today. I was playing with a distorted three point perspective. Fun. 
My second kite-themed entry for the SCBWI Postcard Illustration Contest.
A delighted boy is carried aloft by his kite while his mother chases behind in a panic.
Here’s a background I’m using on another piece that I’ll post later.
Here’s page 8. Three cute wild animal families. 🙂
Here’s another full-page spread for my current picture book commission. Turkeys, rabbits, deer, and an owl. No coyotes.
Karen B. Jones - Illustrator 