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Entries by johnmanders
Construction site in Manhattan
Here are some more work-in-progress shots from Finnegan and Fox: The Ten-Foot Cop. This scene shows a crowded sidewalk next to a construction site. The lady next to Finnegan is upset because a mouse ran over her foot! We’re looking at the thumbnail sketch (very small), tight sketch (half-size of the painting), painting in progress […]
Times Square
Times Square in the middle of Manhattan is Fox and Finnegan‘s beat. Here’s the scene that introduces them. Thumbnail sketch, tight sketch, color sketch and final painting.
1776 at the Public
If you’re in Pittsburgh, PA you may spot billboards—designed by Paul Schifino—for the Pittsburgh Public Theater‘s new production of 1776.
Designing Finnegan and Fox
Finnegan and Fox: The Ten-Foot Cop will be available February 1st! You know what that means: I’ll be showing you sketches and paintings in progress. Here are character studies for Finnegan, the police horse and Fox, his policeman. Finnegan is a powerful 10 year old horse—younger and more muscular than the tired old rosinantes I’m so […]
Beth McKinney’s blog
Here.
Blog Hop!
My writer (and artist) pal Beth MacKinney asked me to be part of an exciting project this weekend. Authors with blogs are linking to other author-blogs for a huge, weekend-long Blog-Hop! Beth is linking to my blog and she sent me questions—about whatever my latest writing project is— for the occasion. Here they are. What […]
New book coming out soon!
Finnegan and Fox: The Ten-Foot Cop will be hitting the bookshelves February 1st. I’ll have some work-in-progress posts up soon. In the meantime, here’s a review from Publishers’ Weekly.
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Thanks to everyone who stopped by or commented. I apologize for the sporadic posting—I promise to do better in 2013. Best wishes for a happy new year! Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. […]
Clarion Library benefit auction
Clarion Library gave me one of their children’s chairs and asked me to paint it with a storybook theme. I chose Rapunzel from Grimm’s Fairy Tales. The auction is at 6:00 this evening at the American Legion Hall on Main Street, Clarion, Pa. Come on out if you’d like to see some beautifully painted chairs! […]
