CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

The sea birds have set up a satellite location in the country while the Gulf oil spill is being cleaned up. Have you ever seen seagulls, pelicans and chickens all under one roof? Me neither, but here’s how I imagine it would look: The prompt for Illustration Friday this week was “satellite,” and the prompt for the CBIG Blog this month was “country.” I decided to combine the two in a painting for the ripple blog (to help animals affected by the oil spill). Please visit 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...