After today, I’ll only be able to share one How to Draw the Bowties adventure each week. I need to get back to writing and illustrating picture books, but I am not abandoning the Bowtie Bunch. Rather, I’m about to travel around the world and visit the Bowties in many different parts of the world….
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Kids Do Photoshop – Lesson 1 – How to Open Photoshop & Draw Shapes
I have great news for the kids of the world. Adobe makes the computer program Photoshop, and for folks who like to play computer games, Photoshop is a fantastic alternativeto just playing around on the computer. Instead of chasing dragons, kids can really use their brains, and they can draw dragons of their own–or they…
How to Draw A Spring Scene with a Kite and Clouds – Jacki Kellum FREE Drawing Class – Make A Spring Greeting Card
How to Draw A Spring Scene with A Kite and Clouds in the Air Oh, Boy! Today, we are going to celebrate spring by drawing a spring scene. March is a windy month, and for that reason, it is a good time for flying kites–even if we are flying them in our art. After we…
How to Draw Bowtie Cat – Jacki Kellum Free Drawing Class 2 – Draw the Bowties
Today, The Bowtie Bunch will draw Bowtie Cat. But before we begin, remember that our drawings will never be perfect. We are simply practicing and doing the best that we can. The more we draw, the more nearly perfect at art that we’ll become. Also remember that to participate all you need is a piece…
How to Draw Bowtie Man – Jacki Kellum Free Drawing Class 1 – Draw the Bowties
Several people are offering free classes as a service during the coronavirus pandemic. Although I am writing and illustrating picture books full time now, I taught art to children for many, many years. In fact, while I was teaching art, Target Stores of America named me the National Teacher of the Year. Because many children…
Celebrate Spring with Lois Ehlert’s Book Planting A Rainbow
Although I am living, writing, and painting in the Ozark Mountains now, I was a Children’s Librarian in New Jersey for years before now, and especially during the spring, I miss my work as a Children’s Librarian. New Jersey is certainly colder than the Ozark Mountains, and the snow and black ice and N’oreasters wreak…
Celebrating the Cow that Jumped Over the Moon – How A Children’s Poem Influenced My Adult Art
No doubt, the cow that jumped over the moon has inspired many poets, artists, and illustrators. I cannot begin to name the ways that The Cow Jumped Over the Moon has contributed to the artist and the writer that I still strive to become, and I want to challenge everyone to consider how very marvelous…
Every Child Is An Artist — And with a Lot of Practice, Every Adult Can Become An Artist Again, Too
Art Myth Number 1 – If You Cannot Draw, You Cannot Be An Artist Admittedly, I may be a bit late in my efforts to enter the publishing market of picture book writers and illustrators, but I can honestly say that almost my entire life has been preparation for this moment. When I was in…
The Best Twitter Pitch Events for Picture Book Authors & Illustrators — When Are They?
I can finally say it, my debut picture book is scheduled to be published, and here is the most magical thing: My Debut Picture Book Was Discovered in a Twitter Pitch Event The funny thing is that a year ago, I didn’t even know that Twitter Pitch Events existed. I thought that others might like…
A Need for Perfectionism Sparks the Internal Editor that Destroys Both the Writer’s and the Artist’s Work
Yesterday, a Twitter discussion focused on the Internal Editor or the Self Editor which is crippling for writers and for visual artists, too. The quintessential writer Anne Lamott had something to say about Perfectionism. “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole…