Thursday, January 30, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Win A Signed Picture Book!
The Artist and the King
by Julie Fortenberry (Goodreads Author)
Release date: Apr 07, 2014
Picture book-
When a bad-tempered King punishes a little artist, he meets his match. For Daphne, the artist, turns her punishment, a dunce cap, into a…moreView Details »
Giveaway dates: Jan 01 - Feb 28, 2014
1 copy available, 301 peoplerequesting
Countries available: US
Win A Signed Picture Book!
The Artist and the King
by Julie Fortenberry (Goodreads Author)
by Julie Fortenberry (Goodreads Author)
Release date: Apr 07, 2014
Picture book-
When a bad-tempered King punishes a little artist, he meets his match. For Daphne, the artist, turns her punishment, a dunce cap, into a…moreView Details »
When a bad-tempered King punishes a little artist, he meets his match. For Daphne, the artist, turns her punishment, a dunce cap, into a…moreView Details »
Giveaway dates: Jan 01 - Feb 28, 2014
1 copy available, 301 peoplerequesting
Countries available: US
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Elegant -- pleasingly graceful and stylish
Artist and designer Catherine Hnatov has created elegant sites for Sophie Blackall and Brian Wildsmith.
You can see additional web design and her watercolors and prints here and here. And her graphic illustration work below.
You can see additional web design and her watercolors and prints here and here. And her graphic illustration work below.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Winners of the Youth Media Awards | ALA Midwinter 2014
http://www.slj.com/2014/01/awards/winners-of-the-youth-media-awards-ala-midwinter-2014/#_
The Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children goes to Locomotive, illustrated by Brian Floca
The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers goes to
The Watermelon Seed, written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Mr. Hublot
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short is Laurent Witz's 'Mr. Hublot, with sculptural inspiration from Stéphane Halleux's incredible characters…
…the production team wanted to create an art book which illustrates their process of getting Mr. Hulblot onto film...
Friday, January 24, 2014
CHINESE NEW YEAR ILLUSTRATION CONTEST
Below is note from my friends at
Hi there!
As Chinese New Year is coming, we decided to launch this new contest open to all illustrators!
2014 will be the Year of the Horse!
Post your Horse illustration on our facebook wall and it will be part of an online exhibition on our Fb page on Chinese New Year's Eve!
Contest starts now and it will be open until Monday 27th January 2014 at 8pm!
Here is a beautiful horse illustration by Alexander Daniloff
De Dominicis Agency
---------Hi there!
As Chinese New Year is coming, we decided to launch this new contest open to all illustrators!
2014 will be the Year of the Horse!
Post your Horse illustration on our facebook wall and it will be part of an online exhibition on our Fb page on Chinese New Year's Eve!
Contest starts now and it will be open until Monday 27th January 2014 at 8pm!
Here is a beautiful horse illustration by Alexander Daniloff
Thursday, January 23, 2014
'Feral'
Daniel Sousa's beautifully animated short, 'Feral', has been nominated for an Academy Award this year…
How To Make A Paper Hat!
While writing THE ARTIST AND THE KING I did a little research on the construction of the Maid Marian hat that my character, Daphne, makes.
Thank you to Ginny Larson, and to the other industrious and creative people who made the beautiful party and pirate hats below. Your posts were very helpful!
Thank you to Susie Wilde at Igniting Writing for this photo!
For history on the hennin (cone-shaped hat), visit wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennin
Hats by Rosemarie Gulla!
(photo credit: Joseph Gulla)
Need more inspiration?
Visit How To Make A Paper Hat on Pinterest.
BACK TO JULIEFORTENBERRY.COM
Thank you to Ginny Larson, and to the other industrious and creative people who made the beautiful party and pirate hats below. Your posts were very helpful!
Thank you to Susie Wilde at Igniting Writing for this photo!
For history on the hennin (cone-shaped hat), visit wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennin
Hats by Rosemarie Gulla!
(photo credit: Joseph Gulla)
Need more inspiration?
Visit How To Make A Paper Hat on Pinterest.
BACK TO JULIEFORTENBERRY.COM
How To Make A Paper Hat!
While writing THE ARTIST AND THE KING I did a little research on the construction of the Maid Marian hat that my character, Daphne, makes.
Thank you to Ginny Larson, and to the other industrious and creative people who made the beautiful party and pirate hats below. Your posts were very helpful!
Thank you to Ginny Larson, and to the other industrious and creative people who made the beautiful party and pirate hats below. Your posts were very helpful!
Thank you to Susie Wilde at Igniting Writing for this photo!
For history on the hennin (cone-shaped hat), visit wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennin
Hats by Rosemarie Gulla!
(photo credit: Joseph Gulla)
Need more inspiration?
Visit How To Make A Paper Hat on Pinterest.
BACK TO JULIEFORTENBERRY.COM
Hats by Rosemarie Gulla!
(photo credit: Joseph Gulla)
Need more inspiration?
Visit How To Make A Paper Hat on Pinterest.
BACK TO JULIEFORTENBERRY.COM
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
'Bob'
'Bob', a sweet 3 minute animated short by Jacob Frey and Harry Fast. And don't forget to watch it past the credits for the punch line!
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Friday, January 17, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Over 40 artists joined an online community, submitting images inspired by R.L. Stine
Above illustration by "Beast from the East," Sean Lewis
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Peter Brown
TED TALKS - How to build fictional worlds - Kate Messner and Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Thank you to Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Here is Jarrett's Ted Talk:
Wednesday, January 08, 2014
Monday, January 06, 2014
The 2013 Cybils Finalists
http://www.cybils.com/2013-finalists-fiction-picture-books.html%20
Saturday, January 04, 2014
Ski Jump
Watch Tatsuro Kiuchi at work creating 'Ski Jump'. It's always fun to see an artist at work, no matter what the medium…
Thursday, January 02, 2014
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
A Year of Reading:
Happy Birthday to Us!: On January 1 of every year, we celebrate our Blog Birthday! As you can tell from our blo...
A Tribute to Little Golden Tales
210 East Main St, Alhambra CA 91801
January 18, 2014 - February 9, 2014
Opening Reception / Jan 18, 6:00PM - 10:00PM
Above illustration by Alina Chau
Israel Sanchez Andrew Kolb Pete Oswald Maxime Mary Heidi Smith Steve Lambe
Chuck Groenink Olga Stern Sadie Figueroa Genevieve Godbout Victoria Ying
Pakoto Martinez Javier Lorenzo
Eren Blanquet Unten Renata Liwska Leo Espinosa Kenard Pak
Jackie Huang Sophie Guerlais Jerrod Maruyama
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The Artist and the King
by Julie Fortenberry
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