Archive for 'children’s art'
Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty – IF and kids
This is SO COOL. Aaron Zenz, illustrator and dad extraordinaire, created a blog called Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty for his three kids (Isaac, Grace, and Lily) who draw and participate regularly in Illustration Friday. This month they are celebrating their 3 year anniversary and 250th post (wow!), and to do so posted an open invitation [...]
Posted: August 22nd, 2009 under celebrate, children's art, IF Participants.
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All Aflutter Over Geninne’s Birds
Geninne D. Zlatkis was born in NY, but has stretched her wings all over Latin America & the US before building her nest atop a mountain near Mexico City. There she lives with her husband and two sons while painting, sewing and embroidering adorable creations of all sorts. What has captured my fancy has been [...]
Posted: October 17th, 2008 under artists, children's art, illustrationfriday.
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Benjamin Goldman
I have no idea what made me think of it, but lolling in my bathtub this morning, I found myself rolling the end title credits of the movie “Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events” through my head. In my humble opinion, the title credits were the best thing about the movie. I Googled it as [...]
Posted: September 18th, 2008 under animation, artists, cartoon, children's art, video.
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Maira Kalman is Simple-Minded
need a little birdie in your artistic ear? check out this video (via TED) of maira kalman. thanks to christine for the pick-me-up!
Posted: April 25th, 2008 under artists, children's art, the art of living, video.
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Super Doodles
you gotta read the story behind this doodle by paul pope.
Posted: April 22nd, 2008 under Blogroll, cartoon, children's art.
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The Big Draw
Here’s another fantastic art project: “The Campaign for Drawing‘s aim is simple: to encourage everyone to draw. Its annual showpiece, The Big Draw, proves that drawing can be a public activity as well as a private passion.” The ninth Big Draw will run throughout October 2008 but I mention it now so that you have [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2008 under celebrate, children's art, the art of living.
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Valéry Goulet
  In working on some group projects and plans this week I was reminded how blessed I am to know lots of local illustrators. It’s comforting to get advice, commiserate and work together on gallery shows or projects. I think it’s important to get out of the studio and connect with other artists on a personal [...]
Posted: March 29th, 2008 under artists, children's art.
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Artists Assemble!
I can read your mind. You’re thinking “Making art is so great! But who cares? I want to make a difference in the world!” Well… Art With Heart, an organization devoted to “healing youth through creativity,” is offering free training in their Art Buddy program on Saturday, March 29th, from 9:30am â?? 1pm. (RSVP is [...]
Posted: March 10th, 2008 under children's art, everyday art, giveaway, the art of living.
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