Book Cover by CJ @ ProArtz

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I had been using Photoshop for years. I was totally self-taught.  I bought Illustrator but found it was much different and never learned to use it.  But once I turned 62, I was able to take free classes at the community college, so I signed up for a class on Illustrator in the Graphic Arts department. One of my assignments was to illustrate a familiar children's story for the cover of "Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups: The Classics Retold."  I had fun creating this for my class assignment ---and it fits the Monday Artday topic nicely, too.

See my other art work and writing @ProArtz

Polar bear painting and detail

Oops, accidentally posted these SMALL!

Secret

There is no secrets between me and my bear

Treasures

My favorite treasures:

Pistoia's Campanile( my city ),

my old teddy bear and the word "Please".

A few more bears for the monthly challenge

I'm really glad I was asked to make these, because a really had no bear art planned for my immediate future. But now, I'm really enjoying them. Plus I have about a zillion more ideas that involve this mother/daughter duo. Don't worry, I won't post them all here. :)

Bears for the Monthly Challenge

Bear Hug
and
Bearing Gifts