Holly Weinstein

What have I been up to?

Holly — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:24:32 +0000

I have begun illustrating on a new book. Check out some of the main characters!

I have also started the very rough drafts for the layout of the book.

Bartering a Bear for a Snake

Holly — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:36:17 +0000

One night as we were sitting down for family movie night, we started hearing a wonderful waterfall in our house. The washing machine was spilling water out the back!

After trying a coat hanger, a garden hose and Drano, my husband got the washing machine to stop spilling over…but the extra water was just leaking out of pipes under the house.

He gave up and called our friend, PR, who just so happened to build our house, for advice on a plumber that could help us figure out what was going on.

Our friend came out the next day and PR and my Husband (but mostly PR) fixed the problem. Turns out you can’t put a half of a brisket in the garbage disposal. So they took apart a pipe, snaked it, flushed it, snaked it again and cleared the clog.

Plumbing on a weekend can cost a pretty penny, but with the problem solved, we were willing to pay PR whatever he thought was reasonable.

Before we could offer anything, he said “I don’t want any money for this. But, would you illustrate a picture for the story I tell my children?”

So, of course, I said ‘of course!’

And that’s how you trade a Bear for a Snake!

Naked People Reading in a Tree: Used Book Fair Logo

Holly — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000

I was asked to design the Richardson ISD Council of PTAs Used Book Fair Logo.

The book fair has started, and it is so fantastic to see the logo used all over the place.

It was made into t-shirts, street banners, and really large signs!

I was very happy with how this logo came out; I was able to incorporate the idea of recycling and reusing into the design. Although the PTA Council eventually decided that my little naked people had to be clothed, I am very proud of this design and look forward to it being displayed around the city of Richardson, TX (a large suburb of Dallas) for years to come.

Adopt a Used Book whenever you can!

Out of the attic

Holly — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000

My son LOVES Toy Story.

He would watch it all day everyday if he could.

I was going through some of my old artwork and found this piece that I did my senior year of college, for my Game Illustrations class.

I had forgotten how much I LOVE Toy story! So I dusted it off, and went and had it framed and matted.

When I showed my son the illustration, he gave a huge smile, but he started to get upset that it was trapped in a frame and that he couldn’t play with it.

We found a nice place to hang it in his playroom.

Painting food

Holly — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:11:59 +0000

These past few weeks, I have been busy painting food items for a national steakhouse chain. I have really enjoyed creating these little images.

Although I have to be careful not to paint on an empty stomach!

Mmmm….those mini cupcakes look really tasty, I think it’s time for lunch!

Wolverine?

Holly — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:59:07 +0000

For years, my husband has been asking me to draw him Wolverine, his all-time favorite superhero. So, for the holidays, I decided to draw him a wolverine….adding my little twist. He of course loved it, but then requested that it get painted.

So for his birthday, I painted the wolverine.

Let it rain…please.

Holly — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:53:39 +0000

I came up with this illustration idea this summer during one of the hottest and longest drought in Texas history. I remembered from my childhood when my sister and I would go outside and perform ‘rain dances’ and beg for it to rain. Somehow it always seemed to work. (probably because we would start the dance when it was cloudy). Remarkably, while I was painting this little girl, we had our first thunderstorm in months.