Olive Boone Sketches

Here's some example sketches for the book on notable Missourian Olive Boone (Published by Truman State University Press, written by Greta Russell).  For the sake of experiment I freehanded these sketches completely on the computer instead of the pencil/computer combination used in the other sketches.  I prefer the other way.

Olive learning how to use a spinning wheel from her mother.

Olive learning how to use a spinning wheel from her mother.

Olive and Nathan Boone flirting while he carves a piroque out of a huge poplar tree.

Olive and Nathan Boone flirting while he carves a piroque out of a huge poplar tree.

Olive and Nathan Boone crossing the Missouri in a skiff with all their possessions.

Olive and Nathan Boone crossing the Missouri in a skiff with all their possessions.

Olive gardening at their new homestead.

Olive gardening at their new homestead.

Olive and slave girl building a chimney without the help of the men.

Olive and slave girl building a chimney without the help of the men.

Olive and slave girl building a chimney, alternate view.

Olive and slave girl building a chimney, alternate view.

Olive and her (at the time) seven children rushing to a fort during an Indian raid.

Olive and her (at the time) seven children rushing to a fort during an Indian raid.

An elderly Olive with some of her grandchildren.

An elderly Olive with some of her grandchildren.

Olive showing her granddaughter how to use a loom.

Olive showing her granddaughter how to use a loom.