But no recipes…hmmm

Here's a nice mention of Jack and the Giant Barbecue in a lineup of barbecue books for kids.

Jacket art

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Here's the sketch, final painting and lettering for the front jacket of Jack and the Giant Barbecue. [slideshow]

Jack climbs Mount Pecos

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Here's the final painting from my last post—Jack climbs Mount Pecos in Jack and the Giant Barbecue.

Masking fluid

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Masking fluid (or liquid frisket) is a pretty handy item to have around. Many of the scenes in Jack and the Giant Barbecue have characters in front of the big, wild & woolly American West. I like to spread out and paint that kind of backdrop…

With trumpets a-tooting

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Another night-time party scene from Let's Have A Tree Party! A thumbnail sketch, tight sketch, the painting in progress and the final illustration. My former student Julia Kapp assisted with blocking in the big areas of color for this book.…

Moon

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Here's a night-time scene from Let's Have A Tree Party! The sun's gone down and the animals say 'hi' to the moon. Thumbnail sketch, tight sketch, some shots of the painting in progress and the final illustration.

To the tree!

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Here's the copyright/dedication spread for Let's Have A Tree Party! from Candlewick Press. It's the first big image you see, so this is the establishing shot. It tells you where the story takes place.

Jack’s daddy’s recipe book

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Unlike the original Jack and the Beanstalk where Jack is a thief, in Jack and the Giant Barbecue the Giant stole Jack's daddy's recipe book long ago. Jack beards the Giant in his barbecue shack so he can get it back. Here are thumbnails and…

Nini in the news

A nice review and a mention of Mary Nethery's Famous Nini.

The jukebox with a broken heart

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In the great old mediæval fairytale, Jack & the Beanstalk, Jack steals a golden harp from the giant's castle. Eric Kimmel's update, Jack and the Giant Barbecue, sets the action in west Texas and replaces the harp with a jukebox. I have…