Kids...

[Rebecca Hirsch]

@smceccarelli This last one should be in your portfolio, no question. Absolutely gorgeous work, and fun!

[natiwata]

@smceccarelli I haven't been on the forums for a couple weeks, so much good stuff on your thread! What a wonderful display of both your strong drawing and painting skills! It's a great reminder that a good painting/illustration begins with a solid drawing. This one of the pumpkin head is so fun, what a great sequence. Very inspiring!!!

[Rich Green]

@smceccarelli All of your kids are amazing - but I really love the sequence of the little pumpkin head chasing the bat. It is so fantastic!

[smceccarelli]

The last two Halloween Kids (18 and 19) and a new one I did yesterday (no 20), where I wanted to try out digital pastels - which I am liking a lot, and will probably go through a series of these "November fairies" with digital pastel - reconnecting with my second favorite traditional medium...

[Lydia M]

Ohhhhh I love the girl with flowers on her head! Did you ever finish the swimming pool kids?

[amberwingart]

@smceccarelli Omg these are my favorites so far!

[amberwingart]

@smceccarelli You're a master of character design - I love the girl with the flowers in her hair too! And the witchy girls!

[smceccarelli]

@Lydia-M Unfortunately not - I have a pile of drawings that need re-working and/or just need to be brought to paint, or paintings that need to be re-done, and it sits there in good company....;-)

[smceccarelli]

@amberwingart Thank you! So far this experiment is doing exactly what I hoped for - I am learning a lot, eperimenting with different rendering styles and getting a couple of vignettes as well as a couple of children for my portfolio (both were missing so far). What I am not managing that well is to also work on some full illustrations featuring children. I had hoped to do one every five or so, but the time commitment is too big.
Thank you for your compliment :-)) I am not a master of character design, but I enjoy doing that so much that my portfolio is skewed and I see this as a potential issue. I definitely need to do more full illustrations and less character work This project is like an escape valve where I can keep doing characters while I try to work on more substantial things....

[amberwingart]

@smceccarelli It's such a catch-22...on the one hand we want more time to practice, but that means we don't have any paying gigs, upcoming shows, etc., which we also don't want! Lol

[Doha]

They are all amazing!

[Mara]

@smceccarelli Beautiful!!!

[lmrush]

Beautiful work!

[Matt Baldwin]

Just terrific work! It is so inspiring to see the variety of characters here!

[smceccarelli]

I'll just keep posting here every now and then! Another November fairy, a random farmer boy and three that are scheduled for the days coming up to Christmas (one already published). This brings them to the nice number of 25 - so I thought it is now time to spend a few words about the project on my blog - I will do that probably in the new year, when I have time to write.

[kai satoshi]

The kids are great but I really love that pig

[smceccarelli]

And another batch of kids. Only 5 in January (I normally plan for 8 per month), but it was really busy with SCBWI coming up!!
I enjoy painting snow and fur, but I am slowly fed up withwinter...

[Ed O]

WOW! @smceccarelli your kids look fantastic! Amazing work : )

[lmrush]

jaw dropping- just beautiful

[Lee Holland]

Brilliant work.