For the latest 826 Valencia field trip I arrived Thursday morning and was surprised to see a group of folks from Santa Fe New Mexico who would help out with the field trip to see how it is done. That meant instead of the 5 people who usually work the field trips, there was more […]

Read the rest of 826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: the Day the Kids didn’t come

Annie is a funny colored hamster who wants to mine for gold during the American Gold Rush in California. So she leaves from her home in Spain to go to California on the back of a swimming horse. She’s attacked by flying pigs before being rescued.
 

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This is the latest book I […]

Read the rest of 826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: Annie’s Gold

Today was the first 826 Valencia field trip of the year in which I work with a school group to illustrate a story they write as a group. Now, I won’t post the whole story like some folks have done (I am lazy I guess), but I will show you the drawings I created.

The story […]

Read the rest of 826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: The adventure of the French Veggies.

Yesterday I was the artist for another field trip at 826 Valencia. I really love the challenge of drawing quickly for the kids story with no idea how the final drawing will look. These were drawn in front of a group of 2nd graders as they helped write the story with the leader and typist. […]

Read the rest of 826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: Mystery of the Stolen Treasure.

These are some drawings I did at the 826 Valencia writing center in San Francisco CA. I volunteer to work as an artist and illustrate the work of visiting school groups in real time. Instead of my usual storybook illustrations these were storyboards drawn with preteens. I really like the mixed media approach that happened […]

Read the rest of 826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: Crystal Blue

This was drawn a week ago, but I forgot to upload it till now. It’s the latest collaborative work I illustrated at the 826 Valencia writing center in San Francisco. This story, “the 3 Friends and BIG fight in the Zombie Castle on Pluto,” is the longest name I have seen to one of […]

Read the rest of 826 Valencia Field Trip artwork: the 3 Friends and BIG fight in the Zombie Castle on Pluto

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OK, heres another story written by 2nd graders that I illustrated at 826 Valencia. The story concerns a giant caterpillar and her friends the wig wearing bald eagle and the toucan who loves to talk on her cel phone. They have there tickets to Texas Marine World Rodeo stolen by […]

Read the rest of 826 Valencia Field Trip artwork

Here is my latest from 826 Valencia. I created it last week.
Check out this LINK to see all the 826 Valencia books I have illustrated.

Read the rest of 826 Valencia Field Trip artwork