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The miracle month
You might have noticed that the blog has been left with the lights still on, but untended lately....
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Award-winning children’s illustrator Terry Widener critiques Wednesday
Baseball, not illustration critiques, has been in the air all week. So we’re repurposing a...
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A picture book began with one little drawing: Girllustrators Workshop #3
It started with a doodle of a girl picking at a strand of string. The sketch turned into a...
Final workshop
Pick an example of your art for your next postcard mailer or portfolio – and see if the...
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A picture book began with one little drawing: Girllustrators Workshop #3
It started with a doodle of a girl picking at a strand of string. The sketch turned into a...
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How the Girllustrators critique themselves and each other
“The next lesson will be on ‘critique,” says Girllustrator Lalena...
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Going from good to great
“Create an illustration based on the word, light,” says illustrator Marsha Riti....
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The journey of “Seed Man”
We know how the constraint is a necessary ingredient for any creative work’s eventual...
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Who is your child character (really)?
Join us for the live workshop on Thursday, April 26 with multi-award winning illustrator (and now...
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Workshop with agent Christy Ewers
Book cover art is crucial, says children’s book agent and art rep Christy Ewers of the CAT...
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Drawing kids in action next week in Tracy Bishop’s workshop
You heard it in the video above: Action speaks loudest in the kids’ book art you create –...
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Happy Valentines Day!
Felicia Bond is the author-illustrator of The Day it Rained Arts (T.Y. Crowell/Harper Collins.)...
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