Marijane is a Graduation Girl

So my boyfriend's mom also just recently graduated with her Masters degree.  In their family the Junie B. Jones books are really big and there's one called Junie B. Jones is a Graduation Girl.  So Clay and his sister, Dana, wrote a Marijane is a Graduation Girl book! They did such an amazing job of mimicking the style and it is so damn hilarious.

I helped out by doing two illustrations for the book.  The  major plot point is that Marijane burns her graduation gown while ironing it. So here's that one:

And then I did one of Marijane:
 

Pencil and then watercolors.

Right now I just have my kids watercolor set, but I really don't mind. I have two easels at my parents house with oil paints and some nicer watercolors, but it always takes time to set up and feels so serious that it's more intimidating.  With these I just do stuff, and if it turns out nice it makes me happy.

NO JEDI

My boyfriend is so clever.

Clay took a trip by train to the midwest recently and on the way out had a bit of a stop in Albany.  He sent me this postcard. 

The text reads:

YOU ARE INVITED

to the inauguration of our 

beloved Emperor Palpatine!

WHERE: Imperial Palace, Coruscant

DRESS: Formal or Traditional Sith

All sacrificial offerings accepted!

NO JEDI

And doesn't the Empire Plaza in Albany look like exactly like a Sith palace would? :-D