#christopher cyr
Cuddle up and have some cheese with someone you love! Smart Mouse thinks it’s a great idea. Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Valentine’s Day is approaching, and I wanted to get some old valentines out of the vault for flashback Friday (I can’t believe these are almost a decade old).
Show some love to those around you!
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TO THE FRONT! Clara Barton Braves the Battle of Antietam
My next book comes out in just three weeks on March 1! I’m getting so excited. I cant wait! I want it to be out now!
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To the Front! comes out in four weeks on March 1, and I’m getting so excited!
I had some requests to show process, and I thought this would be a great chance to sneak you all into the studio with me. Up first are my early cover concepts. Corn! Window! Trees! Thumbnails like these are just so I can pass an idea to the publisher.
Once we settle on something, I lay out values then push color in slowly at first, building up all those fun complicated color relationships while also bringing in details and refining the composition.
Ask me questions! I’d be happy to tell you more about my process.
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When I paint, I go BIG. This means there’s a lot of real estate for beautiful textures and colors that otherwise would go overlooked when shrunk down for viewing. I’m going to start posting, now and again, little vignettes and snapshots of these textures.
Details from: Midnight Shrew, Christopher Cyr 2021
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