March 28-30th was the weekend where creative minds met at Southern Breeze Spring Mingle 2014. It was my third time to attend the SCBWI conference locally here in Atlanta. Southern Breeze is the local chapter of SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) which includes Alabama, Georgia and the panhandle of […]
Gallery House 12, A New Website For Chil...
Recently I was online and was checking through my inbox on LinkedIn and found interesting information on Gallery House 12, a new website for children’s books illustrators and writers. Interested to know more, I contacted Catherine Lee, the owner and asked her the following questions: 1. How did you come up with the idea for […]
SkADaMo and PiBoIdMo Progress 2
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 […]
Skeleton For Dinner Children’s Book Revi
As the days in October dwindle and Halloween approaches, I had been searching for spooky Halloween books when I found Skeleton For Dinner for my children’s book review. Being a big fan of the book’s illustrator, Will Terry, I was very curious what type of Halloween characters he might create for a Halloween book since his […]
SCBWI Southern Breeze Illustrators Sketc...
SCBWI Southern Breeze Illustrators Sketchbook event to BAPS Mandir was Saturday, September 27, 2013. The word Mandir means place of worship and prayer in Hindu. It is located in Lilburn, Ga.. As we met outside the gift shop on a beautiful fall day, we admired the large pool with the fountain of elephant heads […]
Free Kids Art And Reading Online Camp –
Today for the Free Kids Art And Reading Online Camp – Day 3, we are going to draw animals. Draw a pet or your favorite animal in any pose you want. This is an illustration I drew of a coyote for my book, Roland’s Stupendous Imagination And The Native Americans. Animals are fun to draw and […]
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 […]
Author Interview With Roxie Munro
Recently I did a review on this blog for Roxie Munro’s interactive children’s activity app, Roxie’ Doors and more recently, Roxie’s Amazing Adventure. I am pleased to also have interviewed Roxie and thought everyone would enjoy getting to know a little bit more about this fascinating, talented and award winning, author and illustrator. Questions: […]