Sadie And The Rainbow Orb - Art Contest

Submit your sketches, paintings or digital art! Your artwork could win a chance to be featured in the children's book, Sadie And The Rainbow Orb as one of the many pieces of art on Sadie's wall. I am looking to fill in the empty drawings on her wall on a couple of pages in the book, so this is a chance for many and all artists to submit their work.





- Artwork must be mainly black & white, but can be any medium. You may also submit black and white drawings with a touch of color, but not too much.
- Artwork must be submitted to mich@littlelovesartist.com by April 1st. Must be a clear and crisp copy of the artwork.
- Can be a photograph or scanned image as long as it can be submitted by email.
- Quite a few will be selected, but it is limited. We apologize in advance if your drawing is not selected.

What you will win:
- Your work will appear on one of a few illustrations in the book, "Sadie And The Rainbow Orb".
- Credit will be given to you in the book in the form of a larger version of your submission (since the Sadie drawings will be reduced to fit the frames) with your name and/or website.
- A FREE autographed print in full color of a Sadie illustration from the artist.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PASS THIS EVENT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. IT IS ONLY TWO WEEKS LONG!

Inspiration for your entries:

"Besides reading books, Sadie loves to draw.
Her sketches and paintings would leave you in awe.

But, there is one thing that wouldn’t surprise you.
Her artwork is colorless. No red, green or blue."

 And later in the story:

"Now, Sadie, with some color, her art has enhanced."

Angel And The Samurai Book

I am pleased to announce the release of another children's book that I've illustrated.
Angel And The Samurai - Book 1 - Searching For The Sword by R.K. Takeda is a heartwarming adventure for children of all ages.  This was a fun story to depict with my art, which is a mix of freehand and digital work.

The book is now available via the US, Canadian and UK Amazon websites.
Here is a link to US Amazon site:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1425128629/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_z3Xdpb190EZHQ

The Latest

First off, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and I wish you all a wonderful 2012.  We could all use a better year, no?

I just wanted to come in here and share a couple of new updates on my website.  I've added a few new illustrations to my online portfolio.  One of which is a holiday card design that I entered into a contest.  I'm proud to say that it won!

While you're in my portfolio, you might notice that I've moved a few items around.  The navigation menu is now on your left instead of on top.  I thought t was probably too confusing up on top, so I hope this way it is easier to navigate.

I've also added a new book that I illustrated, "Ava and Alexis - First Day of Ballet", written by Annette Oquendo.  It is available for purchase on Amazon.

I plan on adding more and more of my work.  Please keep your eyes peeled for new updates.  I will be adding another children's book I completed illustrating last month as soon as it is published.  I will also be beginning a new children's book project.  I've written a story and just have to illustrate it and publish it.  I hope to have that project completed by late spring, early summer.  Wish me luck!

Well, I hope all is well with everyone and hope you have a wonderful end of 2011!

Much Love,
Michelle Hewitt

A little piece of Fan Art...

So, I discovered an ebook called Demon Girl by Penelope Fletcher.  It turned out to be such a great read that I went ahead and read Demon Day (book 2) and Demon Dark (book 3) and am eagerly anticipating the release of Demon Boy (book 4) for the summer of 2012.

I was inspired by the main character, Rae Wilder and contacted the author to let her know I wanted to draw   Rae for fun.  I just needed to confirm her features for me.

Anywho, this is what I came up with...

I'm happy to say that when I sent it to Miss Fletcher, she loved it!  She even proudly posted it on her own blog.  How exciting is that?  Here is the link to her blog post:

http://fictionfierce.blogspot.com/2011/11/rae-wilder-fan-art.html

Rae only recently found out that she is a fairy, rather than a human.
She is also the fairy High Priestess and very powerful, so she is under a lot of pressure.
In this drawing I depicted her biting her lip and tugging at her hair,
just as she often does in the books!

Thanks for checking it out!

A Little Preview

When much of the work that's keeping me busy these days is complete, I intend to embark on a new children's book project of my own.  I've had the story written out for a while and toyed with the main character's look.  Finally, I came up with the above and I really like her.  She's perfect for the "part".

Without giving much of the story away, let's just say for now that you shouldn't let her appearance deceive you.  This is not one of those gothic/dark children's tales.  Though, I love those and my children find them pretty cool.  This girl is just, well, different.  And the story is more about friendship and love and wonderful surprises.  

I hope to have it completed and released by Spring of 2012.  That is the goal anyway!

Holiday Pencil Portrait Special

Stumped on what to get that special someone for the holidays?  How about a Pencil Portrait?

Right now, through November 31st, I am offering 50% my regular Pencil Portrait pricing as shown below.

Offer limited to one portrait per customer.  This means if you decide to order more than one portrait, only the first portrait will be 50% off.

8x10 or 9x12 - REG $50 -- DISCOUNTED $25

11x14 - REG $65 -- DISOUNTED $32.50

New Book!

My latest project is finally completed!

I am proud to announce that I have illustrated a children's book for an author friend of mine, Annette Oquendo, and the book is now available as a PDF ebook!

Click Here To Download PDF

The paperback copy is in the works and soon to follow.  I'd say a couple of weeks max, so stay tuned for that announcement!

Yes, at the moment, the link above will also offer a hard-cover copy of the book at $25.  That is a special edition hard cover that may or may not be available for a limited time.  You are free to purchase it at said price, but keep in mind that the paperback copy will be available at a much more reasonable price once we have tied that final loose end.

We are very excited about the release and you can be sure there will be some upcoming local reading and book signing events.  Of course, I will gladly announce those when the time comes.