I love getting to know about other authors and illustrators and volunteered for the Tourist Blog Hop with Tanja Bauerle. Tanja Bauerle, an award-winning children’s book illustrator, escaped many years in the corporate arena of design to pursue her love for children’s book illustration. Originally from Germany, Tanja grew up outside Melbourne, Australia, and now […]
My August ABC Insects Illustrations For ...
My August ABC Insects Illustrations for Doodle Day kept me very busy last month. For those of you that might not have heard of Doodle Day, it is a group on Facebook for anyone that likes to doodle, adults and children. The prompts each month are daily and based on a them for the […]
Todo Math App Review
As a retired teacher, I can say that I never thought that learning math could be so much fun for kids as I observed for the Todo Math App Review. When I taught first grade, all the teachers knew the importance of manipulatives for early math learning. There was a supply of beans, paper clips, […]
Teachers Apps -Teacher Kit and Teacher ...
It is the that time of the year when school will be starting soon and I thought it would be good to suggest some teacher apps.- Teacher Kit and Teacher io App Review. As a former teacher I fully realize the amount of work that goes into setting up a classroom and preparing not […]
My Diversity Illustrations from Doodle D...
My diversity illustrations from Doodle Day are from the prompts that are suggested for different days for the month of June. Each day the prompt was for a different country and anything could be drawn that related to that country. Doodle Day is a FaceBook group for those that like to draw. Some are teachers, […]
Drawing And Painting For Kids
This summer I am teaching drawing and painting for kids in Stone Mountain, Ga. near where I live. The classes are small and concentrated during the summer with three classes per week and 2 hours long each. The advantage of teaching private classes over public school art is that the class size is […]
Cheryl Johnson, Author, Illustrator Extr...
Recently I had the opportunity to interview Cheryl Johnson, author, illustrator extraordinare. I had been watching her progress on FaceBook as she shares her progress on her picture books. One day I noticed that had 5 books she had published and working on the sixth to be published within a month. This is truly […]
The Visualization Process
Recently I participated in a festival locally and I started to think about the process of visualization and how it can have such a profound effect on our lives long-term. This was not a new thought process for me, maybe because as an artist I tend to picture things visually. I also realized the […]
Doodle Day’s First Anniversary
These are some of my more current illustrations for the Doodle Day prompts. Last week marked Doodle Day’s first anniversary. What is Doodle Day you might be thinking ? It is a group page on FaceBook for doodlers, people who like to draw. Some are illustrators, writers, teachers, and children of all ages. The […]
The Box, Children’s Book Review
When reading Jo Linsdell’s newest children’s book, The Box today for this children’s book review the word that came to mind to describe it is simplistic. The text, illustrations, and the theme of the book is simplicity at its best. It is not complicated, fancy, or hard to understand. The book shares the creative […]