tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80833049111429118112024-03-13T12:07:48.889-04:00From Jen's Pen...Illustration, blog, picture books, children's art, character design, sketch, portfolio, Jenn BowerJenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-55447170116211891942013-10-18T11:41:00.001-04:002013-10-18T11:41:44.224-04:00We've MovedBlogger has been great to us for all these years! They've done nothing wrong. Just trying to keep the entire family housed under one roof so the blog has moved to my website. <a href="http://www.jennbower.com/blog.html" target="_blank">here</a> are the directions!!!! Hope you will stop by and visit us soon!!!<br />
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<br />Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-34612582337674471762013-09-09T08:49:00.000-04:002013-09-09T08:49:29.468-04:00"Let Go, Be Bold, Unfold"As my blog will attest I've been searching for my unique stylistic voice. I have this huge vision for my work but it gets clouded by the pesky little voices in my head that tighten me up and restrict creative flow. Last week I was introduced to Flora S Bowley's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brave-Intuitive-Painting-Let-Bold-Unfold/dp/1592537685" target="_blank">"Brave Intuitive Painting - Let go, be bold, unfold"</a><br />
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It is an inspiring and encouraging book that allows me to explore "working from a place of curiosity and letting go of fear." I am taking the rest of this year to explore the exercises in this book and thought I would share a few of the unplanned paintings I generated this week. Except for (1) there were no sketches involved, no value studies, no color studies, just pure unadulterated painting with all the inherent imperfections. <br />
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I am realizing that the imperfections are what give a painting life and character.<br />
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<br />Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-28047502411990655372013-08-21T09:33:00.000-04:002013-08-21T09:35:58.744-04:00Am I Deserving???<div style="text-align: center;">
So....this happened to me this week...</div>
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A special thanks to Nate William <a href="https://twitter.com/n8w" target="_blank">@n8w</a> and Illustration Mundo <a href="https://twitter.com/imundo" target="_blank">@imundo</a> </div>
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To be featured on a site that promotes artists to Agents, Editors and Art Directors is a BIG deal.</div>
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To have been hand-selected by such a talent as <a href="http://www.n8w.com/gallery/tags/favorite" target="_blank">NATE WILLIAMS</a> is an EVEN <span style="font-size: large;">BIGGER</span> DEAL.</div>
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and got frustrated...</div>
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and wanted to go hide in a hole...</div>
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& someone said they 'looked forced'</div>
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and wondered if I was deserving of any sort of feature/highlight/accolade...</div>
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or if I will ever figure out my work...</div>
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Will all this gnashing of teeth one day lead me to greatness??</div>
Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-34838911734573488452013-08-14T09:43:00.000-04:002013-08-14T09:43:18.388-04:00On Hiatus...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am going on hiatus!</div>
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Why?</div>
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I need to spend less time on the internet and more time with my sketchbook and crayons.</div>
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Check back in with ya'll soon.</div>
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I've been slowly matriculating my blog postings to my <a href="http://www.jennbower.com/blog.html" target="_blank">website</a> in a effort to cut DOWN on the number of times and places I need to login. </div>
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I will post here on a weekly basis my most recent WIPs.</div>
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I hope you will continue to follow along.</div>
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Love & Hugs!</div>
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I knew I had a seahorse in my sketchbook pile so I loaded it up and answered the call.</div>
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"That is fantastic. Color it! Seriously!"</div>
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<i>She responded:</i></div>
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"Love it. Can he look happy?"</div>
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<b>So I went back the the drawing board and attempted happy...(not a normal emotional state for me - I had to Google reference photos)</b></div>
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It is harder than you think to make a seahorse look happy!</div>
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*where, exactly, is their mouth?*</div>
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*do they have eyebrows?*</div>
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I learned a lot about the evolution of creativity, about pushing through and digger deeper.</div>
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I learned that I can get stuck on being TOO LITERAL and GETTING STUCK IN MY HEAD.</div>
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I learned that I give up too soon and too easily on a lot of my projects</div>
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I learned a bit about art direction and how it forces an artist to think outside their own little box...<i>(I LIKE ART DIRECTION, BTW...)</i></div>
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*how does one make a seahorse look happy?*</div>
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*how does an artist who can't really paint find a happy medium?*</div>
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When I closed the book on my seahorse last night I wasn't sure of his success so I posted him on Facebook and went to bed.</div>
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This morning my notifications were off the charts! I've never had so many likes on a single image unless it was a post about my daughter or my dog!!!</div>
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A Caldecott Award winning illustrator, whom I admire greatly, messaged me to say the "new illo was banging!" - it was such a lovely compliment!!!</div>
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So, my little seahorse may not look the happiest (and I wept many a frustrated tear in his crafting)</div>
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and I thank God for that gift!!!!!</div>
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<br />Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-58301539007550866902013-07-12T09:38:00.001-04:002013-07-12T09:38:12.280-04:00Drawing Inspiration<i>"Don't give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong."</i> ~ Ella Fitzgerald<br />
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A big struggle of mine, often, has been WHAT to draw...feeling inspired! That hasn't been the case lately. I am full to BURSTING with ideas. The struggle now is getting them all down on paper. <br />
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It is when I decided to tap into the well-spring of MY HEART that the greatest inspirations have started to pour out...my characters are gaining more life, more validity and becoming much more honest!!!! <span style="text-align: center;">My lines are becoming more confident and I think I am becoming a better emotional storyteller.</span><br />
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Recently I stumbled upon the story of <a href="http://www.elephants.com/newsStory.php?newsID=1319" target="_blank">Tarra & Bella</a>! </div>
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I allowed myself to feel all sorts of painful emotions and realized the best way to cope would be to tell their story in my own words...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Because I feel there is great power in being</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">distinctive, different from the usual or normal, special,
particular, odd, curious, eccentric, and queer. This summer I am reading <a href="http://www.ransomriggs.com/blog/2011/1/7/miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children.html" target="_blank">Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar
Children</a> & <a href="http://www.thepowerofintroverts.com/about-the-book/" target="_blank">Quiet: The Power of Introverts In a World
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">But we
make a grave mistake to embrace the Extrovert Ideal so unthinkingly. Some of
our greatest ideas, art, and inventions—from the theory of evolution to van
Gogh</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">ʼ</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">s sunflowers to the personal computer</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">—</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> came from quiet and cerebral people who
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family of TYPE A's I battle constantly with being 'misunderstood' and I've
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ARE THE 21ST CENTURY PIPPY LONGSTOCKINGS???????</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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illustration was recently dubbed 'peculiar'...at first that smacked
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distinctive, odd, curious and queer cast of characters. I just know they
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Don't show it all...</div>
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Listen to your gut...it knows if you aren't being honest!!!!</div>
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Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-78781673650703471872013-06-26T10:17:00.001-04:002013-06-26T10:17:30.786-04:00A Work In Progress! Never Give Up On Your Dreams!<div style="text-align: center;">
This month is my 3 year illustration 'dream' anniversary so I thought I'd show you how far I've come. They say 'a picture is worth a thousand words' so here is the one that started it all.
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On a balmy night in June 2010 I dug out an old sketchbook, Sharpie pen and Prismacolor markers that, surprisingly, still worked 17 years after their last use in college.</div>
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I haven't been able to stop drawing since...</div>
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My style has evolved - A LOT.</div>
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But I still look upon this sketch with a great deal of love, for in it there was a tremendous amount of joy, humor, selflessness & abandon!</div>
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So here is how I've progressed...</div>
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Amazing what practice, patience and persistence can do...along with a whole lotta vision, faith and desire.</div>
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The dream is still progressing, bigger goals still need to be reached...</div>
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But every once in awhile take a look down & see how far you've come!!!</div>
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Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-29646059646876453362013-06-10T13:52:00.000-04:002013-07-09T15:32:00.699-04:00IF: Sweet/Children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well...I am a week or so behind, but I did finish my 'Sweet' illo for the Illustration Friday -5/31/13 theme. And I have a sketch in the work's for this week's CHILDREN theme...just in time for Father's Day!!!!<br />
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(that's a National Geographic they are looking at, btw :)</div>
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*Brain Freeze*</div>
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― <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/44566.Eleanor_Roosevelt" style="color: #666600; text-decoration: none;">Eleanor Roosevelt</a></div>
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Or a tree... </div>
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Or a cat...if you prefer.</div>
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Haven't had much time to do anything other than doodle but I am keeping the pencil lead sharpened and this chipper gal keeps popping up in my sketchbook.</div>
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Hope to be back in the studio this weekend...now that all the bits and bobs are hooked back up and put back into place.</div>
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Can't wait to incorporate elements of these two techniques into my process:</div>
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<a href="http://www.simplymessingabout.com/2013/04/it-not-about-brush-digital-watercolor.html" target="_blank">Digital Watercolor</a> by Tracy Bishop</div>
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*the world feels wide open and full of possibility*</div>
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I won't go into the details...but I am stuck...been stuck...trying to become unstuck. Ever get that way in life? Creatively? How do you become unstuck w/out becoming unglued?<br />
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Spring cleaning and repainting rooms that haven't been retouched in 11 years. Phew. 2 more big rooms to go and lots and lots of trim work. But I figure it's better to get it all done this Spring so that I can devote the summer to doing lots and lots of this...<br />
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Oh...and remember when I said my daughter won Regional Gold in the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest???? WELL, she went on to win a NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL!!!!! Thanks to my loving parents we will be able to see her receive her award at Carnegie Hall later this Spring.<br />
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<br />Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-85784175340778036102013-03-12T09:38:00.003-04:002013-03-12T09:43:54.879-04:00IF: Yesterday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I want a piece of the illustration industry pie so badly I can't stand it. So I keep cooking up kooky illustrations, concocting portfolio pieces, & baking up my style brand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">here is a peek at a piece I just completed for the 4th Annual SCBWI-Carolinas Art Contest. I am stoked because Lucy Cummins, Art Director, Simon & Schuster, is this year's judge.<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span>She critiqued our portfolios at the 2011 regional conference and I just fell in love with her infectious enthusiasm for children's books and her uncanny sense of humor. I've grown tremendously since that review and I can't wait to gain further feedback from her professional eyes. Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-62705547358351766242013-02-18T11:16:00.002-05:002013-02-27T11:00:08.173-05:00Simple Simon - WIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I become less married to the sketch and and less afraid to start over when something isn't working.</div>
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<br />Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-14659957848005657492013-02-08T12:55:00.000-05:002013-02-08T12:55:03.647-05:00So Proud.<div id="fsMediaPlayer"><iframe src="http://www.charlottechristian.com/cf_media/embed.cfm?siteurl=http://www.charlottechristian.com&mediaChannelID=20&mediaCategoryID=40&mediaGroupID=108&mediaObjectID=736&mini=true&autoPlay=false&w=640&h=360" width="640" height="360" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" id="FlashID" title="Finalsite Media Player"></iframe></div>
My daughter earned a Regional Gold Key Award in the <a href="http://www.artandwriting.org/">2013 Scholastic Art & Writing</a> Awards. There were a whopping 39 award recipients from her school alone, out of 2500 Regional entries. What a talented group of kids. They are our future and I am so proud.
I am wishing the best of luck to all the Gold Key Award recipients as their work now goes up to NYC to be juried by Scholastic for the Nationals.Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-45299325377607081072013-02-07T16:29:00.000-05:002013-02-07T16:29:13.901-05:00Cat-Dog Doodles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Behind the <a href="http://illustrationfriday.com/topic/wheel/" target="_blank">wheel</a> for this week's Illustration Friday theme.</div>
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Funny thing, this one. My Ridgeback, Rufus, LOVED to go bye-bye in the car. The day he died we spent the morning hours, before he crossed over, just driving. I bought him chicken nuggets.</div>
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I miss him very much.</div>
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But as I doodled this sketch the brain started to stretch and it gave me a funny PB idea...let's see where this one takes us.</div>
Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083304911142911811.post-61357113748110729332013-02-06T09:29:00.002-05:002013-02-06T14:43:18.217-05:00Chicago Love Story*Sighs*<br />
It's February, the month of LOVE!!! Don't get me wrong. I love. I really do. Just not this whole notion that we need a singular day in which to celebrate that singular emotion. Probably stems from my grade school days when I got shafted on the Valentine tally. <br />
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So I thought I'd show you some sketches for commissions I've been working on. They are for a young lady, living in Chicago with her hubby, chubby white cat, two chocolate labs, and one bun in the oven, whom I respect and admire <i>(and love)</i> for her positive spirit, generous heart, inward & outward beauty and the wicked tattooed sleeve she sports on her left arm.<br />
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I posted earlier sketches of the pups & elements from her second commission request <a href="http://fromjenspen.blogspot.com/2013/01/on-deck.html" target="_blank">here</a>.Jenn Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641483659758406883noreply@blogger.com6