Rose Gauss

Illustration Friday- 'detach'

Up in the apple tree,
High off the ground,
I see an apple
So big and round.
I climb up the ladder,
And hold on tight.
I detach that apple
And take a bite

g' mornin'

“Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.”-- Henry Ford

Watch...

" Watch your thoughts,
for they become words.

Watch your words,
for they become actions.

Watch your actions, for they become habits.

Watch your habits, for they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny."

Happy Birthday!

Somehow
I can’t believe
that there are any heights
that can’t be scaled
by a man or woman.

Who knows the secret
of making dreams
come true?

This special secret,
it seems to me,
can be summarized
in four c’s.

They are:

• curiosity,

• confidence,

• courage,

and

• constancy.

And the greatest of these is confidence.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way. Implicitly and unquestionably.
Walt Disney

Sail

20 years from now
you’ll be more
disappointed
by the things that
you didn’t do
than the things that
you did do.

   Sail away
from the safe harbor
   Catch the wind
in your sails.

   explore

   dream

   discover.

~Mark Twain

2008 SketchCrawl

Yesterday we joined in on the SketchCrawl   www.SketchCrawl.com ! 

A handful of illustrators from WPaSCBWI  met up in the Strip District and spent almost the entire day drawing, painting, eating, and chatting there.  Here are some of my sketches...it was so much fun!

What a great group to spend the day with! ...and doing what we all love....DRAWING!

2008 SketchCrawl

Bunny's Sox

Revised Reading Poster

I liked this illustration...and it was doing quite well as a Library/Classroom  Reading Poster!

well, I've revised it and it'll be up for sale in a few days..

...in the mean time...if you happen by this blog...check it out...and...

...let me know what you think.

Thanks.

Welcome SPRING

yay! springtime and flowers!!!!!