2024 YEAR END SALE
First Flight Children's Book was released at the end of October 2024, and I have a stack of books signed by Astronaut Robert Hoot Gibson and Czarina Salido. The books are autographed by: Robert Hoot Gibson, Czarina Salido, and Michelle Rouch.
Medium: Original Artwork, 20x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: Developing the main character is one of the most difficult pieces of artwork to create. It took well over a year to capture the right features. The character needed to look eager to learn, and wantingness to learn. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200480
Medium: Original Artwork, 8 x 10, ink on vellum
Description: After I became more comfortable in drawing a repeatable main character, I wanted to see how he looked fuzzy, like a hairy fledgling. The roundness offered me the feeling of a baby and youth. Certificate of Authenticity will be included.
Catalog: 200465
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: This is the very first concept design of Grandfather Hoot for the Children's Book, First Flight. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200430
Medium: Original Artwork, 8 x 10, ink on vellum
Description: After I became more comfortable in drawing a repeatable main character, I wanted to see how he looked in color and fuzzy, like a hairy fledgling. The bold yellow eyes offered an eager appearance, and the lighter purple was more pleasing to the eyes. Certificate of Authenticity will be included.
Catalog: 200463
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: The artwork depicts the prototype study in a action of Grandfather Hoot offering instructions to the main character as a fledging, named Andrew, who is listening intensely to his grandfather's waving his wings, and little Andrew moves his wings softly. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200429
Medium: Original Artwork, 9x11", pencil on cold press watercolor paper
Description: The artwork is the prototype before the final illustration of spread 4 - 5 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” The artwork depicts the prototype in color how Grandfather Hoot images in offering instructions how to fly to his grandchild. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200443
Medium: Original Artwork, 20 x 11", Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed
Description: After an extensive time, the illustration of Spread 4 -5 came altogether with many different studies to capture the moment of Little Andrew wantingness to fly and the eager Grandfather wantingness to teach how to fly. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200479
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: This is the initial sketch how I was envisioning the main character using his talons and his wings to hoist himself onto his grandfather, like a piggyback. I envisioned how the main character would be stepping off the nest and onto his grandfathers shoulders. Creating this illustration was a real joy. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200435
Medium: Original Artwork, 9x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper cold pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the prototype before the final illustration of spread 6–7 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” Creating this piece was a lot of fun. I wanted to capture how the fledgling’s facial expressions and dynamic movements, gripping with his talons along with his wings to hoist himself on top of the grandfather‘s shoulders. I laughed my heart out in creating this piece. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200444
Medium: Original Artwork, 20x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the final illustration of spread 6–7 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” Creating this piece was a lot of fun, in capturing the fledgling’s facial expressions and dynamic movements, gripping with his talons along with his wings to hoist himself on top of the grandfather‘s shoulders. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200481
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: This is the initial sketch how grandfather Hoot would be offering the first flying lessons to his grandson. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200434
Medium: Original Artwork, 20x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the final illustration of spread 8-9 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” Creating this piece had its level of difficulty and I had to paint it several times before achieving this version. I absolutely love the wind effect around the little fledgling ears and the eager facial expressions. I wanted to capture how the fledgling has a sensation in the air, the wind breezing by his face, and enjoying the feeling safely on his grandfather’s shoulders. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200482
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: This is the initial sketch that was created the interaction between a grandfather and a grandson and the excitement of the main character sharing the story, flapping his wings in excitement, and the grandfather pride in his grandson’s excitement to fly. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200432
Medium: Original Artwork, 9x12”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper cold pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the prototype before the final illustration of spread 10-11 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” The artwork depicts the prototype in color of a conversation between a Grandfather and his grandchild, who is listening intensely to his grandfather's instructions while softly moving his wings. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200446
Medium: Original Artwork, 20x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the final illustration of spread 10-11 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This artwork portrays the exciting feeling of the first time, where the grandchild expresses the feeling of flight. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200483
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: Working with Hoot Gibson in creating the story has been an awesome experience and wanted to find a way to integrate his past flying experience. The difficulty was narrowing the list down. This artwork shows the initial sketch, thought process and notes depicting how grandfather Hoot would share his stories of flying to his grandson, Andrew. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200428
Medium: Original Artwork, 11 x 9", pencil on cold press watercolor paper
Description: Working with Hoot Gibson in creating the story has been an awesome experience and wanted to find a way to integrate his past flying experience. The difficulty was narrowing the list down. This artwork shows the 2nd sketch, but had to restart on new watercolor paper. The artwork depicts how grandfather would share his stories of flying to his grandchild. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200415
Medium: Original Artwork, 9x11", pencil on cold press watercolor paper
Description: The artwork is the prototype before the final illustration of spread 12 - 13 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This artwork represents the connection between the grandfather and a grandchild, sharing stories of the grandfather’s military flight experience, space shuttle astronaut missions, and flying for Southwest Airlines. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200448
Medium: Original Artwork, 20x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the final illustration of spread 12-13 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This artwork represents the connection between the grandfather and a grandchild, sharing stories of the grandfather’s military flight experience, space shuttle astronaut missions, and flying for Southwest Airlines. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200484
Medium: Original Artwork, 14x11, ink on vellum
Description: I was trying different medium, ink on vellum to see how the main character looked. Unfortunately, vellum is not forgiving, and I could not undo my mistakes. However, it did force me to concentrate on the lines and focus to commit on more repeatable forms. Certificate of Authenticity will be included.
Catalog: 200473
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: Main character is looking downward to see how far the other branch is and looks worried. This is the early phases how the main character looked, and I was trying to figure out how the head looks downward. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200425
Medium: Original Artwork, 9x11", pencil on cold press watercolor paper
Description: The artwork is the prototype before the final illustration of spread 14 - 15 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This illustration depicts the emotion and the realization of fear to jump. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200449
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: During the initial process of creating this character, brave was very important part of the story. Brave has a sense of commitment and perseverance. The wobbly knees shows a sense of being scared, but the facial expression shows the importance to commit and the bravery make the attempt to jump to the next branch, and not knowing the outcome. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200426
Medium: Original Artwork, 9x12", pencil on cold press watercolor paper
Description: The artwork is the prototype before the final illustration of spread 14 - 15 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This illustration depicts the emotion and the realization becoming brave to take a risk. We all feel this throughout our life. This is the moment in time where a decision has to be made. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200450
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: Nailing the jump in the initial storyboard there was a depiction of landing on the branch. I had a lot of notes in trying to figure out the placement of the wings, tail, eyes, expression, etc. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200456
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: After creating the storyboard understanding, this illustration depicts the main character falling because Andrew missed the branch. I love the way a cartoon can mimic falling with the horizontal lines of air passing, dialated pupils showing shock, and parentheses around the wings showing the Andrew is rapidly moving his wings. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200424
Medium: Original Artwork, 20x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the final illustration of spread 14-15 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This artwork was also one of the most complex pieces. It represents a series of emotions in movement, the realization of fear because of the distance of the next branch, becoming brave to take a risk, to commit and actually jump, and the awareness of a mistake during the fall. We all have had these feelings in life, but we got up and tried again. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200485
Medium: Original Artwork, 20x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the final illustration of spread 16-17 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This artwork represents the total awareness of what is around and not knowing what is around. It represents everything that we feel when we walk into a dark room and not knowing how to navigate. We listen, we look, we deduct, and …. sometimes we wait because of the unknown. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200486
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: The facial expression of the main character is anthropomorphized, like a wailing human baby. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200437
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: It was an important moment in the story to have a sense of danger because kids need to face and understand danger to navigate their world. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200427
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: This is the first sketch in figuring out how to depict grandfather Hoot to the rescue. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200438
Medium: Original Artwork, 9x11.75", pencil on cold press watercolor paper
Description: The artwork is the prototype before the final illustration of spread 20 - 21 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This artwork represents several feelings of emotions. Basically, it is the grandfather to the rescue. Throughout life, we rely on our elders to be around to help navigate our world, especially when we are in danger. The talons up above represent the grandfather coming to the rescue. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200454
Medium: Original Artwork, 20x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the final illustration of spread 20-21 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This artwork represents several feelings of emotions. Basically, it is the grandfather to the rescue. Throughout life, we rely on our elders to be around to help navigate our world, especially when we are in danger. The talons up above represent the grandfather coming to the rescue. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200487
Medium: Original Artwork, 20.25x11”, Watercolor on Arches Watercolor Paper hot pressed, unframed
Description: The artwork is the final illustration of spread 26-27 in the children’s book, “First Flight.” This artwork represents a conversation between the grandfather and the main character, when he is a little older. They share their experience and inspiration to soar and fly. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog: 200488
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: This is a fast quick sketch how the main character feels safe in his mother’s arms. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200431
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: The artwork depicts the first concept how Grandfather Hoot would appear in orating his flying instructions. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200457
Medium: Original Artwork, 12 x 9", pencil on Bristol Paper
Description: This illustration depicts how Andrew would be sharing the stories with his friends. Brainstorming some of the expressions on the faces: pouting or puzzled, surprised, excitement, and another one was too busy to listen and was texting instead. Certificate of Authenticity will accompany the original artwork.
Catalog Number: 200455
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