Pirate School 6 Released

Hi All!  

Just a short note to say that "Pirate School book 6" has been released today!  If you wish to purchase a copy, you can do so through my website at www.JZArtworks.com.  Just visit the "Purchase" section.  Or, you can encourage your local library to get a copy!

I got my preview copies of Pirate School 6 yesterday, and am really happy with the print job.  For books 5 and 6, I really tried to punch up the contrast on my black & white drawings to make them pop more on the pages after the printing process.  This has made a big difference in the final product, I feel.  I was very excited to see the energy that was in the original art come through in the printed book, and am very glad to have this book for my portfolio.

Speaking of my portfolio, I am working on a few new portfolio pieces.  I have a lot of fantasy scenes in my portfolio, but not a lot of contemporary scenes, so I am doing a Slumber Party illustration, and am preparing a Train Theme piece.  This one is still in the concept stage, but I hope to paint the Slumber Party image over the coming week.

I say "hope" because life has gotten very busy again.  Rome and I decided that we did not have enough stress in our lives, so we decided to sell our condo and move into a house.  Puppies and/or kids might fit in their somewhere too - who knows?  So this means that our messy (I like to call it "artistically lived in") house now needs to look like a perpetual model home showroom, and we need to spend time looking for that perfect house with a white picket fence and red tulips in a charming suburban community.  All this while keeping up with projects.  It's going to be a fun ride!

Wish us luck!