Page Six Finished Illustration

I finished page six tonight.  I seem to be finishing these at a pace of one illustration every week and a half or so.  This probably means I won't have all of my illustrations done until sometime next spring.  Good news is that I am now getting a rhythm going and that usually means I will be able to speed up some.  This painting was fun and I am pleased with the results.  The main challenge as far as design was concerned was to make sure the bears pop off the trees and the rabbit pop off the bears.  There are two levels of grey behind the rabbit.

Page Five Finished Illustration

I finished the illustration for page five tonight.  This one was a lot easier for me to think about in terms of design and color theory.  Initially I thought the brick background might be too busy but I fixed that issue by lightening the line art.  Not a whole lot of opaque paint on this one except for fur texture.  I start creating lesson plans for art classes this week.  I still plan on finishing at least one painting a week.  Saturday and Sundays will be used to create lesson plans.  We will see how things go as the school year progresses.