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“If you are drawing characters really swing your cat.” Highlights From the...
My piece for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, an assignment for the Illustrators’ Intensive. I am still riding an inspired high from last weekend’s SCBWI Winter Conference. I’ve been to the conference...
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A Studio Visit with Paul O. Zelinsky
Painting from the 1998 Caldecott Medal book Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (click to enlarge) “I’ve benefited a lot from practicing figure drawing. Spring Studio in SoHo is not so far from here. It’s...
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A List of Ideas for Self-Initiated Illustration Pieces
A new piece for my portfolio, based on feedback from SCBWI-LA. ©Robin Rosenthal For the past few months I’ve been working on new pieces for my portfolio based on the amazing feedback I received at the...
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A Pen & Oink interview with the great Sara Varon!
Endpapers from Sweaterweather (click to enlarge) Author/illustrator Sara Varon is one of my all time favorites! From her color palette and quiet humor, her touching characters and story lines, her...
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Best Erasers Ever!
My two new favorite erasers: dust-gathering (red), light-erasing (blue). I was recently ordering some of my favorite nibs. As every online retailer knows, I’m going to fill my cart to get the free...
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Behind The Scenes of Steve Jobs: Insanely Great, with Jessie Hartland
The cover for Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland “A very brief history of the computer before 1975.” A final spread for Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland. “Throughout the book I...
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A Studio visit with Dasha Tolstikova
I reached out to Dasha Tolstikova because I LOVED her illustrations for The Jacket. Her work really inspires me — so fresh and loose and graphic. I got chance to meet with her recently at her home...
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Behind the Scenes with Maral Sassouni: The Green Umbrella
Above: The endpapers for The Green Umbrella. Illustrator Maral Sassouni combines ink, pencil, crayon, and monoprinting to create the rich collages in The Green Umbrella, a sweet picture book about...
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Behind the Scenes: The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra, with Ana Aranda
Above: The cover for The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra. I love Ana Aranda’s work, and I especially love her incredible color sense. She embraces purple and pink, and makes these colors feel...
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A Pen & Oink interview with Tao Nyeu: A Look Into Silkscreening and Color...
Above a favorite spread from Mama’s Kisses, illustrated by Tao Nyeu, written by Kate McMullan. Many years ago a friend sent me a link to author/illustrator Tao Nyeu’s old website when she was a...
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