Throwback Thursday #6 Travel With Me Book

A look back at the Sketchbook Project 2012, where I participated with the theme Travel With Me.
It was a really good experience and fun to take part of something this big.

This short video shows the original sketchbook and the book it eventually became, now available on Amazon.

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Brittany Flag with Label

A couple new Brittany flags (region of France) on the RB site with Breton and Bretonne labels, as in male and female name for someone from Brittany.

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Mont Saint Michel - March Art Rewards

Here's the art I'm sending as the March Art Rewards for my Patreon supporters.
It's a narrow street from the Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France.

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Updating Images On RedBubble Site

Since I now have internet at home (yeah!) I've been going through my RB site and updating some of the images onto their new products. Here are a couple.

You can click on the image to get to the rest of the series:




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Paris Street Sketch

I was watching one of those PBS travel shows on DVD last night and decided to pause so I could sketch some of it.
This is from the Paris, France section: people hanging out at an outdoor café and a street view with Montmartre in the background.

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Breton Couple

Taking a break from the bigger project to play with drawings of a couple from Brittany, France in traditional clothing.

The multiple versions are available on RedBubble:
(zazzle coming soon)





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Top Zazzle Photos of 2013

Continuing with the most popular post series, now for the various Zazzle shop between myself and family members.

Let's start with the Most Popular photos of 2013 for the PurpleCactus shop:

FIRST Place, the very popular Koi Fish:

Koi fish greeting cards by PurpleCactus

SECOND, the "Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris":

Cathedral Notre-Dame, Paris Greeting Cards by PurpleCactus

THIRD, the fun "Pesto a ma facon" recipe (Pesto my way):

Pesto Cards by PurpleCactus

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New Short Story Book Is Out

The book of short stories is finished! Yeah! Just in time for the Christmas season too.
This first edition is in French.

It's on Amazon for regular price
OR
through this link with a 20% OFF discount until Christmas.

Use code: 6GEHQ5SN

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La Loire River Watercolor

This watercolor of the river "La Loire" in France is the last of the needed illustration for the upcoming book of short stories.

I am very excited about seeing this project through, and getting the book in hand soon!
This first one will be in French - so for all you French speaking folks, keep an eye here for the announcement, most likely soon after Christmas.

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La Lanterne Illustration

Another story illustration, this one taking place around what's left of an old castle of sorts: La Lanterne, Rochecorbon - in France.

Here are two views, in watercolor:

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Travel With Me video on Youtube

I got a video together to showcase my sketchbook and book Travel With Me.

The first part is the Sketchbook Project 2012, which I took time to film before sending it off to the Art House Co-op, and the second part is the little book I made from that sketchbook, adding notes and anecdotes to the images.



Be sure to Like it, leave comments, and share it if you can.
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Giving Away eBook

I'm giving away FR-EE downloads of my ebook for the next few days. Help me get as many downloads as possible.

Follow this link:

http://www.amazon.com/Travel-With-St-Malo-Michel-ebook/dp/B008KPDPEA/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1365253611&sr=1-1

Leave a review on Amazon for a chance to win a paperback copy. Pass it on!
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Posters on Red Bubble

I've started creating posters on the RedBubble page, starting with two of my favorites:
- click on either image to get to the "Poster" section:



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Sketchbook Project page 14 With Color

I finished the ink of page 14 and threw in a touch of color.
I'm thinking the building on the left needs to be a little more in shadows, so a couple details here and there is probably in order to call this one really finished -that and a page title of sorts.

Project deadline is looming on the horizon ...



I'm also going to add this one and the last 2 or 3 images to the Squidoo Lens. Check it out.
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Sketchbook Project 2012 page 13 Inked

I said I would finish this project by the end of the year ... hmm, with Christmas coming up and the end of the school year, I've been busy with other things.
Still, I just finished inking page 13, a view from within the Mont Saint Michel, with only 2 pages left ... yeah!

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3 Most Popular Zazzle Photos

For practical reasons, I have 2 zazzle stores: one for all designs, drawings and illustrations, and one for photography. And since that photography store is absolutely entitled of its own Most Popular nomination as well, here we go.

The 3 Most Popular Images for the zazzle/RiverbyNightPhotos gallery, are:

First place, the Mont Saint Michel from Normandy, France:

Mont Saint Michel by RiverbyNightPhotos

Second, Natl. forest from Vaudewoo, WY image:

Vaudewoo - WY, USA by RiverbyNightPhotos

And third, the Irish Pub in St. Malo, Britany France:

Irish Pub in St. Malo, France by RiverbyNightPhotos

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Sketchbook Project page 13 Mont Saint Michel

Took a little break on all the projects for the Thanksgiving holidays, and now I am motivated to finish this one before Christmas ... so, better get to it.

This is the sketched layout for page 13, a view from within the Mont Saint Michel, to be finished in markers.

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Sketchbook Project page 12 the Mont in Color

The Mont Saint Michel, finished with watercolor. I am resonably satisfied with the result... I tend to "color" rather than "paint" per se, being more of a cartoonist and illustrator than painter, so I'd say I did pretty good.

Illustration Friday theme: Scary.
Don't know about you, but I think this might have been a somewhat scary place to live in during medieval times, what with the weather, the sea, the cold and humidity, and the constant potential for assault by various factions.
I'm very glad to visit the place today though, and would love to stay the night at least once, preferably during high tide, to get the full effect of being surrounded by the sea.

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Sketchbook Project page 11 Mont Saint Michel

The Mont Saint Michel from a couple posts back, done with India Ink.

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Sketchbook Project page 10 map

The transition map page going from St. Malo to the Mont Saint Michel.

This also fits this week's Illustration Friday theme: Fuel.
My parents had a 2 CV (2 Chevaux; i.e. 2 horses) for a while, and it was the most fun car to drive ever. It was also very fuel efficient. At the time it would take $5 to fill up the tank, and that seemed to last forever.

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