Christmas Gifts for my Team: Nursery Rhyme CD Covers

CD Covers for the Dallas Crew
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CD Covers for the San Diego Team
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I had the idea to make mix CDs for my work crew, including a series for individualized CD covers. I based the series on a book of nursery rhymes by Nicola Bayley that I have had since I was maybe 5 or 6. One thing I learned pretty quickly was that painting on the dining room table is not the best way to keep your back and neck from hurting. Also I learned that lack of sleep, caffeine, and pure OCD behavior help you get things done pretty quickly, because of course I procrastinated.

The Owl & The Pussycat
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This one above is my favorite: my favorite rhyme and stars two of my favorite characters. I constantly sketch my little yellow Owl and my Siamese cat Bucky, who I lost this past year to FID.

I painted them all on thick drawing paper using acrylics. The nursery rhymes I used were:

• Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
• Little Bo Beep
• I Met a Man Going to St. Ives
• Humpty Dumpty
• The Queen of Hearts
• Hickory, Dickory Dock
• 3 Blind Mice
• 4 and 20 Blackbirds baked in a pie
• Hey Diddle, Diddle
• 5 Little Pigs
• Little Miss Muffet
• The Owl & The Pussycat

You can see the entire set of pictures on my Flickr page, in a set called Nursery Rhyme CD Covers.

The Setup

The Owl & The Pussycat sketch

Page of Sketches

Hey Diddle, Diddle Cover

St. Ives Sketch and Start

St. Ives Closeup