Author: Mark Mitchell

A Prism of Isms (but Not a Prisoner!)

Posted by Mark Mitchell | Dec 8, 2008 | Art instruction, Drawing and painting, Make Your Marks & Splashes course |

…There is glory to be found in doodling.

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“Monkey and Me”… and Emily

Posted by Mark Mitchell | Nov 24, 2008 | Art instruction, Author-illustrators, Children's book fine art, Children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, Drawing and painting, Pictures worth a thousand words |

Award-winning children’s book author-illustrator Emily Gravett of Brighton, England was in...

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The Breathtaking Collages of Ed Young

Posted by Mark Mitchell | Nov 17, 2008 | Art instruction, Author-illustrators, Children's book fine art, Children's book illustration, Children's book Illustrators, Children's book publishers and publishing, Drawing and painting, Make Your Marks & Splashes course, Pictures worth a thousand words |

A cat’s journey to find the meaning of her name leads her from her Kyoto home to the pine...

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A penguin who waddles in his sleep

Posted by Mark Mitchell | Jul 24, 2008 | Author-illustrators, Children's book fine art, Drawing and painting, Pictures worth a thousand words |

The prose is just so beguiling that I want to quote the whole thing — word for word —...

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Awesome Austin Writers roll up their T-shirt sleeves

Posted by Mark Mitchell | Jul 10, 2008 | Author-illustrators |

A mega-critique of 26 children’s and YA published and soon-to-be-published...

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