In the Bleak Mid Winter

All images and text copyright 2012 - Michael Smith Doodle Bag Productions

This week I tried something a little different and it appears to have generated mixed results. The carol is "In the Bleak Mid-Winter" which is a very somber song and didn't seem to lend itself to a character. I also tried to not use lines to define the image and fell back on the crutch in a couple of places, but I am not skilled enough with the markers it seems to get a good blend yet. It still has some good parts and Sara seems pleased.

Kraft Paper (lunch bag), copic markers, calligrapher's ink, white gel pens

I'll be home for Christmas

All images and text copyright 2012 - Michael Smith - Doodle Bag Productions

This week's lunch bag for my daughter with the lineart and the insert for the story in place. The Christmas Carol is "I'll be home for Christmas" A soldier in WW2 reads a Christmas Card and dreams of being home for the holidays amid destruction.

Kraft Paper, col-erase pencils, pitt pens, copic markers, prismacolor highlights.

Silent Night Lunch Bag

All images and text copyright 2012 - Michael Smith - Doodle Bag Productions

After Thanksgiving I change from the normal lunch bags with the story to bags that have illustrations from Christmas Carols, some are contemporary and some are traditional.  This is the first one with the information about the song.  I had thought about "Silent Night" for several years but had trouble trying to figure out an image that would work on the bag until I remembered the second stanza.

The bag is a traditional bag with col-erase pencil, Pitt Pens, Copic Markers, Calligrapher's ink, white gel pens and oil pastels