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The miracle month
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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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Let freedom ring
On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Dr....
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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The Girllustrators: Final workshop
GirllustrAhttps://youtu.be/6fl3ruTU1rk Pick an example of your art for your next postcard mailer...
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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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A Natural Approach
Colored Pencil Character Drawing Secrets
An exciting and fun new course on Udemy created and taught by Cindy Wider.
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