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Here is a mini step by step for a detail from "Mother's Song"
I will post more comprehensive ones soon...

Top: acrylic underpainting

Middle: more acrylic & pastel pencils, cool colors

Bottom: warm colors & darks added with pastel pencils

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Mashed up Fairy Tales

Mashed up Fairy Tales

Just Starting Out

Just Starting Out

This piece is featured in Profiles Issue #8 .

Tomb 10A

Tomb 10A

Birds

Birds

All artwork on this website is
© 1996-2011 Elizabeth Sayles (unless noted otherwise)
and is registered with the Library of Congress.
Any unauthorized usage including downloads, etc. is punishable by law.

Ask first if you would like to use something.

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This blog features my illustrations, and occasionally other people's work. All art is © 1998-2012. If you would like to use something ask first!

My Portfolio

Art meets War in WWII

Great book to read on Memorial Day. It is a book I produced to accompany the Ghost Army Exhibit. More info and pictures here: Amazon

My Classes: 2012

Illustration Portfolio, School of Visual Arts, NYC - Wednesdays 6:00-9:30pm - 10 weeks beginning June 6
Illustration Portfolio, School of Visual Arts, NYC - Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm - 12 weeks beginning Sept. '12
Visual Storytellng, Mercy College -Manhattan, Tuesdays 2-7pm, beginning in Sept. '12
more classes

Blog Archive

► 2012 (7)
- ► May (3)
- ► April (2)
  - Bees
  - Fools
- ► February (1)
  - The Best of Times
- ► January (1)
  - Clever Maids & Grimm Brothers

► 2011 (16)
- ► December (1)
  - In With the Old
- ► November (1)
  - The Way We Were
- ► October (2)
  - The Halloween Tree
  - In the Attic of the Museum
- ► September (1)
  - Next in the Series
- ► August (2)
  - "Go to war, bring back art"
  - Back to School time
- ► July (1)
  - Falling for Hokusai
- ► May (2)
  - Who's Afraid Of Ethanol?
  - Summer School
- ► March (3)
- ► February (2)
  - sneak peek
  - Egypt at last
- ► January (1)
  - Snow Day

▼ 2010 (23)
- ► December (1)
  - The Magic Ring
- ► November (2)
  - No assembly required
  - Trapeze
- ► October (3)
- ► September (1)
  - First Review
- ► August (1)
  - Sprout wings and fly
- ► July (2)
  - Back from Pasadena
  - Music in the Night Garden
- ► June (2)
  - The Secret of the Tomb
  - Isis and the Dove
- ► May (1)
  - Sneak preview
- ► April (4)
- ▼ March (3)
- ► February (1)
  - The Lady of Shallott, a love stor...
- ► January (2)
  - Mad
  - Out with the old!

► 2009 (20)
- ► November (1)
  - The Kiss
- ► October (5)
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► 2008 (12)
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- ► September (2)
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► 2007 (5)
- ► November (3)
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Shop Small Wonders

Shop at magical stores this year. This one is at: 18 West 18 th St, NYC

Moon Child was released on October 12, 2010 when Raccoon, Otter and Owl set off on a nighttime adventure.

Hot off the Press! Second in the VLP series. Rose finds an intriguing, but demanding doll. Order from Amazon

THE VERY LITTLE PRINCESS
a chapter book about a girl named Zoey who, one morning finds out she has a grandmother named Hazel (isn’t that a witch’s name?) She also finds out that friends sometimes come in unexpected sizes, and maybe with a little attitude.
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One of my pieces, "The Little Explorer" is in this gorgeous new collection of poems, art and fun things to do from National Geographic, "The Classic Treasury of Childhood Wonders" is edited by Susan Magsamen..

To schedule a school or library visit, workshop or book signing

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Picturebook Workshop

Reviewing the finished
books at a recent
Picturebook workshop

Mother's Song

A Victorian Lullaby complete with fairies.
Available now!

The Goldfish Yawned

"The clock tick-tocked, the nightlight hummed... On the rug a ship set sail." And so begins a dreamy night time journey. For ages 1- 4
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Five Little Kittens

Five little kittens go through their day in lilting rhyme. A great book for little hands. PreK to K.
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Not in the House, Newton!

Newton finds a red crayon that hums with magic... What will he draw with it? Ages 5-8
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Morning Song

A joyful ode to waking up!
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In the Night Garden

NEW ! Imagination holds sway over three little girls one summer night, at least until the reality of bedtime temporarily spoils the fun-- only temporarily though.
Available now!

I Already Know I Love You

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The Little Black Truck

The tale of a tough little truck, its demise and resurrection, set in the rolling landscape of 1930s rural America. "The impressionistic illustrations have the soft, sculptural shapes and rounded use of line reminiscent of Chris Van Allsburg's work... " SLJ
The Little Black Truck
autographed!
paperback, $18 - FREE Shipping!

What Mary Jo Shared

What will Mary Jo bring to Show & Tell? Everyone else has taken her best ideas... all but one that is. This is a best-selling classic for ages 5-8
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Millions of Snowflakes

"One little snowflakes falls on my nose, it makes me shiver from my head to my toes!" A rhyming, counting book for little hands. Preschool. Order from Amazon

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The Ghost Army

watch the documentary about a secret brigade of artists in WW2 who used ingenuity, art and deception to help win the war. My father was one of them!

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