New work: Illustration for The Santa Banana Double Love Suicides

Illustration for The Santa Banana Double Love Suicides by Kajolium Broadwick. Illustration © Bethy Williams. 2011. 3.5” x 4.5”. Micron pen, fine art paper.

Link to The Santa Banana Double Love Suicides by Kajolium Broadwick

New work: Beatrice and Dante Looking Into the Sun

2011. 7" x 8". Micron pen, watercolor, hot-press watercolor paper.

New work: Label for The Pooka's Share

New work: Label for The Pooka’s Share

2011. Micron pen, mixed media paper.

My brother is a homebrewer, and I drew this label for his brew The Pooka’s Share. Antediluvian Brewing Company is the name of his “brewery”.

Cover illustration for The Typographer's Left Shoe

Cover illustration for The Typographer's Left Shoe by Richard McGowan.

2011. Micron pen, mixed media paper.

I loved this story, and I loved working on the illustration. It's a story about a witch of sorts, but not the kind you might expect...and it's a fairy tale but definitely not a Disney story (and not suitable for kids).

Here's a link to the book:The Typographer's Left Shoe
And here's a link to Rick McGowan talking about the cover on his deviantArt blog: vanilla-vanilla on deviantArt

New work: Night Creature Girl

Night Creature Girl © Bethy Williams. 2011. 4.5" x 9". Micron pen, watercolor, mixed media paper.

New work: RAWWRRRRR

RAWWRRRRR © Bethy Williams. 2011. Micron pen, watercolor, hot-press watercolor paper.

Magical book of wonder

I went to Michael's the other day, mostly to see if there was any new Halloween junk (there was, and I practically slipped in my drool). While I was there, of course, I perused the art supplies. In particular, I wanted to see if there was any of the hot-press watercolor paper I usually use for all my work.

There wasn't any, but there was something else that caught my eye...something called "mixed media" paper (okay, it actually said "mix media" but that sounds grotesque to my ear...). It was available in the form of a big, thick book. Well, that might be suitable for me, I thought. My eternal problem with paper relates to mixing two very different media. So I opened the book to see what the paper texture was like and all at once I knew that this humble book of paper was destined to become a Magical Book of Wonder, filled with my works.

I can't quite explain it, but I just know this book is going to be filled with good stuff. So over the next few weeks or months, prepare for magical wonder.

New work: Snow White in her Glass Coffin

Snow White in her Glass Coffin © Bethy Williams. 2011. 6" x 10". Micron pen, watercolor, hot-press watercolor paper. Original available on Artfire: http://bethywilliams.artfire.com/.

New work: Sonic Device to Open Star Portals

Sonic Device to Open Star Portals © Bethy Williams. 2011. 6” x 8”. Micron pen, watercolor, hot-press watercolor paper. Original available: http://bethywilliams.artfire.c​​om/.

New work: Girl with Shining Red Eyes

Girl with Shining Red Eyes © Bethy Williams. 2011. 6" x 8". Micron pen, watercolor, hot-press watercolor paper. Original available: http://bethywilliams.artfire.com.

New work: Moth Girl Singing to the Moon

Moth Girl Singing to the Moon © Bethy Williams. 2011. 5" x 7". Micron pen, watercolor, hot-press watercolor paper. Original available on Artfire.