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Katherine Thomas: Setting Up Shop

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Thursday, May 14, 2015. That I felt I just had to go through with it. I'm so glad I did! This art fair turned out to be what every artist dreams of! It was a gorgeous, sunny morning. I parked the car right across the street from the cafe. The owner and employers were so nice and helpful, and just fun people to spend the day with. Some people were there for the artwalk, but others came in to shop in the market, AND the cafe was a very popular place to sit down and eat!

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Katherine Thomas: Menagerie!

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Suddenly I am surrounded by wild animals. and I'm loving it! This piece evolved as a spin off from the illustration project that I did back in April. I've always studied tree forms, everywhere I go, and I always liken them to people or animals in various poses. This tree is in my neighbor's backyard caught my eye one day, and I knew I had to draw it. The cool thing about doing this type of drawing is that you get to create something that never befo...

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Katherine Thomas: Darkness and Light

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Sunday, June 28, 2015. WIP - I want to extend more rooty things on the right. This is intended to be just the preliminary graphite study for a colored pencil piece, but there is a possibility that it could stand alone as a graphite piece. Having established the composition and the large areas of value contrast, I'm really honing in on the finer details. For more subtly differences in value, or for thin lines, I use the Tuff Stick, cut at an angle. Hope your summer is goi...

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Katherine Thomas: Long Story Short

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Thursday, June 4, 2015. This is the main character of the story that I'm illustrating for a local author (I have to find out whether this is a hush-hush project, or if I'm allowed to say his name and tell about the story). This is my second draft of a little red fox for this project. The first one didn't pass inspection, as it didn't embody what the client had envisioned. Graphite Draft for Illustration. These hippos are the comic relief in the story. At the moment t...

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Katherine Thomas: Let's Talk Shop

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Practice Study - Carbon Pencil. I'm writing this post from a hotel room in Boulder, Colorado, as I wait for the third day of the JD Hilberry workshop to begin. I don't take many workshops anymore, unless there is something that I really want to learn more about, and this is the place to come when you want to learn about effective graphite techniques! Practice Study - Graphite with a touch of Charcoal. Follow my blog with Bloglovin. From this post, ...

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Katherine Thomas: Glaringly Apparent

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. 11x14 WIP Graphite and Charcoal. My first purely charcoal background:. 1 I masked off the subject with frisket film. 2 I applied several layers of soft charcoal pencil and blended with the soft side of a paper towel, folded into a point, like a paper airplane. 3 I sprayed two light coats of workable fixative. Then removed the frisket film. Why does a surface get more reflective when it's surrounded by a surface that is very absorptive? I also enj...

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Katherine Thomas: Beer Here!

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Thursday, July 2, 2015. The secret is out! And I can share the story of Joon! I loved the description of what they had in mind, and knew exactly what I was going to draw. The creative director designed the final label, with text describing the beer, and also a very nice quote by e.b. White. It was all perfectly suited to the drawing, and perfectly suited to the beer itself. I went to the MadTree taproom today, for the release, and it was really exciting! Im pretty awful ...

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Katherine Thomas: The Story Continues...

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Thursday, August 6, 2015. 12 x 10 Illustration for Franni and the Little Red Fox. Remember when I illustrated the children's story for author Artie Knapp? He has been busy submitting the story to several different publications! It's so exciting for me, to have my artwork reaching people from all over the world! 11 x 14 Illustration for Franni and the Little Red Fox. I've been playing them myself! Http:/ www.dltk-teach.com/books/artie-knapp/frani/index.htm. You rock, Kath...

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Katherine Thomas: What A Character

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Ever a story. waiting to be told. Thursday, June 11, 2015. Franni And The Little Red Fox -Illus.3. 8220;Once you are real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always.”. Margery Williams (Velveteen Rabbit). The best part about illustrating a story is that you get to create something or someone that never before existed. You're not just looking at a subject and rendering your own version of it, you're bolding going where no man has gone before. Wait let's not get carried away! And will appear soon i...