Illustration process: step-by-step

New picture book!

Bursting with excitement!
I am going be working on my first picture book I WROTE and illustrated with Sleeping Bear Press!
It was a long journey: from creating the characters as portfolio samples about 5 years ago, to finding my hard-working agent who believed that I was much more than just an illustrator and who dedicated his time and knowledge to my work and convinced me that I am a writer and I have stories to tell, to working on endless revisions and dummy books to finally this opportunity to make the story into a real book!

New character

Art prints - Quebec City

Exciting day - rushing to ship last minute holiday orders to the customer. Paintings for the prints done on location in Quebec City in 2010. I blended into the landscape so perfectly, tourists thought I was a local.

Many more options at: www.etsy.com/shop/KatiaWish

Warm and inviting images for a kid room - or any room!

Many more options at: www.etsy.com/shop/KatiaWish

Interview in Boston Voyager Magazine!

Truly honored to be interviewed by Boston Voyager Magazine! It feels incredible to share my story of becoming and being an artist.

Trying different options for a new character

Happy Spring!

This image is inspired by three snow storms in March, excessive amount of sledding and spring that is just around the corner!

Little Chef

This image is inspired by my little chef!

Pumpkin Baby

Halloween Mystery

Children's Book Process - Figuring out the Environment

Most of the heavy lifting for SNOWMAN story is hopefully done. I have gone though many revisions with the invaluable help and guidance from my agent and few other critique partners (you know who you are - thank you!).

Now it's time to draw the scene from a million different angles. This little 3D model will make my drawing so much more fun and enjoyable as I don't have to worry about what goes where and what is in front of what and all that kind of annoying stuff. 

Now - lots and lots of drawing!

Summer fun!

Teaching at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

I have been teaching at MassArt for the last 6 years. Here's a little glimpse into my life of teaching Illustration there. Proud of my students!

MassArt Illustration blog: Working on Site at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

More atmospheric sketches