Here are close-up scans of the color studies I created for Jack and the Giant Barbecue. They’re shown here individually, but they were created together on one big piece of watercolor paper as a color script. Each study is roughly 6″ x 4″.
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When the first Spanish explorers arrived in the new world they found the indigenous people of the Caribbean preserving meats in the sun. This is an age old and almost completely universal method. The chief problem with doing this is that the meats spoil and become infested with bugs. To drive the bugs away the natives built small, smoky fires and placed the meat on racks over the fires. The smoke kept the insects at bay and helped preserve the meat.
Tradition tells us that this is the origin of barbecue, both in process and in name. The natives of the West Indies had a word for this process, “barbacoa”. It is generally believed that this is the origin of our modern word barbecue, though there is some debate on the matter.
My pal Paul Schifino, who hired me to create an image for the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s As You Like It, sent me this terrific tote bag made out of the recycled banners and billboards.
UPDATE! Laura is the lady who created this wonderful tote bag. You can see more of her work here.
Jack and the Giant Barbecue color studies
book promotion, illustration processHere are close-up scans of the color studies I created for Jack and the Giant Barbecue. They’re shown here individually, but they were created together on one big piece of watercolor paper as a color script. Each study is roughly 6″ x 4″.
These studies will be framed and for sale at the Giant Barbecue Party tomorrow!
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Barbecue
book promotionToday’s Barbecue Fun Fact from About.com—
Don’t forget to swing by the studio Saturday for the Giant Barbecue Party!
The coolest totebag ever
UncategorizedMy pal Paul Schifino, who hired me to create an image for the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s As You Like It, sent me this terrific tote bag made out of the recycled banners and billboards.
UPDATE! Laura is the lady who created this wonderful tote bag. You can see more of her work here.