Allow Myself to Introduce Myself

[Heather Boyd]

@maryannlucas Hi and welcome to the community.

[randarrington]

@maryannlucas Hello and welcome to the forum!!!! Happy New Year!!!!!

[Asyas_illos]

@maryannlucas about a year and half on and offeveryone is very friendly and supportive here.

[burvantill]

Welcome

[carlianne]

@maryannlucas welcome to our community!!

[Jeremy Ross]

Welcome @maryannlucas!

[Melissa_Bailey]

@maryannlucas welcome! Your paintings on your website are gorgeous. There is so much life in your brushwork.

As you're on your children's book journey, if you're looking for picture book recommendations, you may be interested in these:

• Hum and Swish by Matt Myers -- one of my favorite books, illustrated in acrylic and oil. Your plein air pieces remind me of this book ... maybe similar style or subject matter?

• A Stone for Sascha by Aaron Becker -- a wordless picture book rendered digitally with very expressive mark making.

• Honeybee and Giant Squid both written by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann. -- While these nonfiction books are well written, the draw for me is Eric Rohmann's illustrations rendered in oil on paper. They're gorgeous!

These books inspire me, both as an author and an illustrator -- hope they help inspire you too!

[lizardillo]

Welcome . Your painting are amazing!

[CosmoglotJay]

Hi Maryann! I checked out your paintings - such good work!

[TessaW]

Welcome!!!

[MaryannLucas]

@heather-boyd Hi Heather. Thank you so much for the nice welcome. I am looking forward to being part of this community.

[MaryannLucas]

@randarrington Hi. Thanks so much for welcoming me. This is a very creative community. So awesome.

[MaryannLucas]

@asyas_illos I have a question. What is an upvote? Why do people do it?

[MaryannLucas]

@burvantill Hi.
Thanks for the nice welcome. I wondered if you could tell me what an upvote is? Also, how do I post to the January Studio? Finally, I inadvertently deleted my post in the "introduction" section. Is it possible to undue that?

And... I looked at your work. I love it.

[MaryannLucas]

@carlianne Thank you for the warm welcome!

[MaryannLucas]

@jeremy-ross THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME!!

[MaryannLucas]

@melissa-bailey-0 HOW SWEET ARE YOU!! I will definitely check out your recommendations, and I am so touched that you took a look at my paintings. So generous of you.

[MaryannLucas]

@lizardillo Hi! Thank you so much for having a look and leaving such nice feedback. Just followed you on Instagram. Love your work.

[MaryannLucas]

@cosmoglotjay Thanks so much for the welcome and for taking a look at my work. Means so much.

[Asyas_illos]

@maryannlucas it’s basically a “like” button. You can click it to show your support for whatever it is. At least that’s what I’ve gathered over the time I’ve been here.