CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

The Illustration Friday prompt this week is nose, so of course I thought of the old Froot Loops commercials with Toucan Sam following his nose (because it always knows). Though even as a kid, I knew that Sam's nose was really his beak. I was inspired to paint two characters from my current picture book project following two toucans while wearing toucan noses: I also posted another nose painting (of Little Red Riding Hood) for Illustration Friday on my blog.  Click here to see it. Please visit my website, sruble.com , to learn more about my art and projects, or my blog to see more recent art.

I chose these three Mother Goose Rhymes to illustrate, because they are about Robins, one of my favorite birds. These illustrations are watercolors on 300lbs Arches watercolor paper. They are all 24"x 30"framed Title: Kindness: Illustration for the Mother Goose Rhyme: The little robin grieves When the snow is on the ground,For the trees have no leaves, And no berries can be found. The air is cold, the worms are hid; For robin here what can be done? Let's strow around some crumbs of bread, And then he'll live till snow is gone.  Mother Goose Illustration: Kindness © SaraKahn 2012 Title: Rhythm: Illustration for Mother Goose Rhyme: Little Robin Red-breast Sat upon a rail, Needle, naddle, went his head, Wiggle, waggle, went his tail.  Mother Goose Illustration: Rhythm © SaraKahn 2012 Title: Hide and Seek: Illustration for the Mother Goose Rhyme: PIT, pat, well-a-day, Little Robin flew away; Where can ...

Daria the chicken took up snowboarding this winter. This is a new image from a picture book dummy and my portfolio . There are three new images up in  my CBIG portfolio , including this image, Daria the chicken taking up skydiving, and an elephant. Please visit  sruble.com  to learn more about my art and projects, or  my blog  to see more recent art.

The birdie family from my portfolio fits this month's theme of family. Mother Goose is protecting her five goslings from the rain: There are new images up in my CBIG portfolio , including the two elephant illustrations I did recently. Visit my website to learn more about my art and projects, or my blog to see more recent art.