Seed Art Submission
Last week I submitted to a very cool company called Hudson Valley Seed Library. They were accepting illustration submissions for their “seed packs”. The seed packs are lovely, artistic seed packages, containing all sorts of different vegetables and flowers. I chose to submit an art pack for Crook Neck Squash, which remind me of long, yellow necked birds. They were so much fun to draw! You can check out the Hudson Valley Seed Library here: http://www.seedlibrary.org/index.php
Submitting to the Seed Library created a dilemma: I’ve been putting off photographing my latest illustrations because I don’t have the appropriate equipment to photograph them, and they are painted on board, which makes it nearly impossible to scan them in pieces and reassemble them in photoshop (as I usually do). Unfortuantly, I was pressed for time, and sent a photo of my Tea Party illustration, which really does not do it justice. This is one of three illustrations in this new style (watercolor, ink, and acrylic on board). Because I am currently dissatisfied with how the images reproduced digitally, I will be researching copy places with the capability of scanning large works. Oh joy! 
