Friday, January 9, 2009

Happy Family

This is my friend Ethan's cute family. I did this portrait for him to give to his wife as a surprise for Christmas. Ethan and I used to work together at the U of M in Small Animal Surgery. He is a great guy and a wonderful veterinary surgeon! I do have great news: my color palette piece is indeed going to grace the cover of the book! The accidental cover! I am going to re-paint it and extend the illustration on the left-hand side so the entire painting will wrap around to the back cover. So, this was really a great week (though I didn't get as much drawing in as I would have liked to). And there is a great MNSCBWI workshop tomorrow and then our CBIG party to follow, so I am really looking forward to seeing great art friends. I have found my people! Have a great weekend, everyone!

5 comments:

aimee said...

this is a great portrait! and CONGRATULATIONS! :)

Shawn McCann said...

This looks great Nina. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow at the workshop!

Nina Crittenden said...

many thanks, Aimee and Shawn!

Anonymous said...

How cute! That dog is especially awesome. It was great to see you at the workshop, too!

Nina Crittenden said...

You are sweet, Christina! It is always nice to see you!