What Makes An Opossum Tick

Opossum Tails to Come

Posted by jamiepeeps on Oct 26, 2018 in Children's Book Illustration, Illustration, Illustration Institute, Maine College of Art, Pastels, Peaks Island, What Makes An Opossum Tick | 8 comments

I met Wilbur well before I began illustrating a picture book story about opossums! Last October the Center for Wildlife brought him in as a wildlife ambassador to my junior illustration class at Maine College of Art. We were all smitten by his toothy grin. This was my first sketch of many. By the spring of this year, author Lyn Smith sent me her manuscript for What Makes an Opossum Tick? and  another journey of illustrating a picture book began. I gathered all I could on opossums and traveled to Moody Point for a creative retreat in late May. This house would become the setting for the...