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REFERENCE

Before I begin the final artwork, I always need to know what things really look like. For Bob, I did not have to look very far!

Henrietta, the cat, is really my daughter's cat, Zulu.

I borrowed Chuck's rooster while I was working on the book. When a fox came, Chuck's friend Nancy called and offered her rooster. He learned to crow while he was with us. His first sounds were "ert-ERT-ert".

Fred is based on another one of Chuck's roosters. I spent some time in Chuck's coop with my sketchbook and camera.


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Max, my friend's son, was out in his pond before school catching one of his favorite frogs. Pete arrived at my door in a bucket with a note from Max. "This is Pete. He likes bugs". It took me a while to figure out that he preferred his bugs to still be moving!

SKETCHES

I make color sketches before I start the final artwork for a book. I like to play with my paints, pens and pencils. I need to decide what I want my pictures to look like.

These are some color sketches for Bob. These sketches were done in pencil and watercolor.

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