Art Blocks for Ghana Project

"Sweet Dreams"

Acrylic, Pen, Gesso

The Picture Book Project Foundation and The Hopkins Foundation present "Art Blocks for Ghana" A Charity Art Auction (Original Works) Created by the Top Artists in the Animation and Illustration Community to help build a Children's Home in Ghana. March 2011. If you would like to see more work from other artists and find out more about the charity, please go to: http://artblocksghana.blogspot.com/

This was my contribution to the project. The theme was 'home', whatever 'home' felt to us. I decided comfort, things I grew up with, and my cat sleeping next to me were very familiar memories of home and still exist for me today. It was actually a little challenging because the wood was so porous, I had some difficulty with the pen bleeding a bit; this was only difficult because my negative space was defined by the plain wood. It was something new I wanted to try and it was a great experiment. Despite the challenges, I think it came very close to what I wanted. I hope it will make someone happy, a very fun project! :)

Some process photos: