the weather outside (Showing seasons)
A big part of our job as illustrators is to show our characters exist and move through a world...
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splish! SPLASH!
If you’ve ever stared down at the pool from a high board and wondered what you’re...
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Look This Way (Gaining Perspective)
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal This lovely...
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Going Places
The best stories move. They bring change. Knock characters out of their comfort zones. A venue...
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Don’t laugh
You know it when you see it. Two kids huddled over a picture book, grins widening, laughter...
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Gardeners all Around
For painters and illustrators, a garden presents a challenge: How to evoke its overwhelming experience on a sheet of watercolor paper.
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Spring to action
” Merely to see is not enough,” Kimon Nicolaides told students in the life drawing...
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LEAPS of Love
In this month of valentines and chocolates, we see so many references to love. It’s the sublime...
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BEYOND THE FOLD
The Fiesta Dress, A Quinceañera Tale by Caren McNelly McCormack, illustrated by Martha Avilés...
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Children’s Book Illustration Course New Session Begins Sept. 16
Free Workshop Video
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Free PDF on Great Ways to Paint Water!
Colored Pencil Character Drawing Secrets
An exciting and fun new course on Udemy created and taught by Cindy Wider.
Writing For Children
