I continue to make progress the writing project for authors of picture books, PiBoIdMo and another project for illustrators, SkADaMo. I can’t believe the month of November is half over. The days are going by so fast. I thought of 20 ideas for new books easily for PiBoIdMo. It is a good practice to list […]
Sketches for SkADaMo – 2
I was out-of-town for a couple of days up a mountain with no internet connection so here are my second group of sketches for SkADaMo -2. One of my new book ideas involves a squirrel and so I have been doing sketches of squirrels and looking for photos for reference. I think when drawing animals […]
November Is Picture Book Month
Fall is special in many ways including the celebration of Halloween and Thanksgiving, the changing of the seasons with the leaves beginning to fall, but also for another reason: November is picture book month. For writers, authors and illustrators of picture books this is a special celebration that recognizes the love we all have […]
Summer Reading Lists For Kids-Day 7- Art...
Summer is a time when kids want a break from school and homework, but a mother and a former teacher I know that kids need to have entertaining activities so they don’t get bored and drive their parents to distraction. When my kids were young I tried to enroll them every year in the summer […]
Kids’ App Review – Roxie’s A-maze-ing Va
It is that time of year when children are getting excited about school being out for the summer and parents are planning their vacations. I remember as a child riding in the car for long periods of time and being very bored. When I viewed Roxie’s A-maze-ing Vacation Adventure app , it brought back memories […]
Be Creative – Sketch Day 5 & 6
I have been working on the illustrations for my new picture book, Lucy And Pablo’s Garden. Lucy is a very girly ladybug and Pablo is a curious boot-wearing preying mantis. This is one of the opening illustrations for the book.
Be Creative – Sketch Day 4
The last couple of days have taken up with long meetings, but I worked on a couple of sketches developing character for another new book. Right now I am just getting ideas so this might not be the final characters. It is a start and sometimes just taking time to compare the characters and think […]
Be Creative – Sketch Day 3
Today I did a sketch involving circles. My idea behind it was all alike but different expressions with different feelings about the same activity. They are synchronized emoticons (smileys). The characters are one of the ideas I have for an educational Math concept storybook I am working on. I am not sure if this will […]
Be Creative – Sketch Day 2
Here it is my second sketch for Sketch Day May. This a character that I have planned for a picture book. It is based on thoughts I have from several sources including both my thick head of hair and images of me as a young girl and also my granddaughter who loves to draw, paint […]