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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Smarter Dummies?
Smart Dummies, Dani Duck‘s free month-long event for illustrators to get their creative...
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A timid dog finds a tender home in “Toby”
Acclimating to change, even a good change is not always easy, but love and patience help!...
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Sneak a peek at guest group critiques!
(Sketch by Shannon Sanders for May 24 Guest Group Critiques.) If you’ve ever taken a drawing or...
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Funny bunnies – an artist’s perspective
Oh my gosh. It rhymes and shows bunny children with only half their clothes on sometimes. Despite...
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Children’s Illustration: Completely Different
In last month’s marvelous Group Critique of children’s illustration by Caldecott...
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Watercolor winter and inked lines that say Christmas
In 2002 a special picture book came out with exquisite Yuletide reminiscence by Newbery...
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A robust new world of illustrated children’s nonfiction?
“A nonfiction writer is a storyteller who has sworn an oath to tell the truth.”...
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Picture books on the library conference floor
The hilarious picture book The Day The Crayons Quit, (Philomel) by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by...
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The real Dr. Seuss
Yesterday elementary schools across the country pounced upon the National Education...
Read MoreMinimally drawn Miffy
Hey Miffy you’re so fine. You’re so fine you blow my mind — hey Miffy! Or Nijntje, as this children’s book character by illustrator author Dick Bruna is known in Holland and much of Europe. She’s a...
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Terrible in pink?
A Terrible Lizard’s soliloquy moves us to empathy, or maybe not in the gorgeously...
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Video art lessons!
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