A season for painting shadows
Since it is a shape, it certainly qualifies as an element of your picture design. It has colors...
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A Distant Learning
Have you ever fallen down the rabbit hole of Google Maps? I sure have. I was traveling, digitally,...
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Illustrators, count your ribs!
Nowhere is form equals function more abundantly evidenced than in nature. And that’s why...
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Does your book dummy need a push?
Smart Dummies moves into its final week this week, with the finish line looming Friday. The...
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How to make a picture book (with Carolyn)
To help her articulate her enthusiasm for the layered complexity of the picture book format, San...
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Let freedom ring
On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Dr....
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Best children’s books of last year, according to…
Final art by Loren Long for Love by Matt de la Peña (PenguinKids) The Boston Globe Caldecott...
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Happy New Year, Wolves!
Author and elementary school teacher Julie Lake picture walks us through the art of Zhu...
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Wishing you a “Country Christmas”
One of Cynthia Rylant’s many picture books of Christmas,...
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Make Your Marks and Splashes Course
An online course on a natural approach to children's book illustration
Colored Pencil Character Drawing Secrets
An exciting and fun new course on Udemy created and taught by Cindy Wider.
Writing For Children
