CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

It’s a tradition for my husband and I to go out to the beach on New Year’s Eve at midnight to welcome in the new year. I imagine these three sand-snowmen are celebrating the new year too: This image is actually a crop of a larger watercolor painting. The painting is being used as the December banner for the Watercolor Wednesdays site. The three sand-snowmen in the crop are my favorites. Here's the full image: Please visit my website, sruble.com , to learn more about my art and projects, or my blog to see more recent art.

I was devastated when I saw the pictures of the oil covered animals and wanted to help. The four paintings below were done for the Ripple Project and were painted with acrylic paints ( see the painting process here ). One Sea Turtle Two Hermit Crabs Three Brown Pelicans Four Seagulls Each piece of art is 2.5″ x 3.5″ and is available with a $10 donation to help animals affected by the gulf oil spill. ALL PROCEEDS go to one of these two non-profit charities: The Institute for Marine Mammal Studie s and The International Bird Rescue Research Center . The buyer donates directly to one of the charities, ensuring that all the money goes to the relief effort. They then send the email confirmation and the art is shipped out to them. For more information on how you can help animals in the gulf by purchasing these paintings or other pieces of art, go to the Ripple Sketches blog . Thanks! Please visit sruble.com to learn more about my art and projects, or my blog to see mo...