Today’s Priorities: Learn How to Plan Your Picture Book Writing Project Understand the Importance of Reading Picture Books Written by Other Authors Learn to Use the Ideas Sheet [After you begin a regular writing routine, you will be flooded with tons of new ideas] Learn to Use the Reading Log A List of Books We’ll…
Take the #14DayPBChallenge – Write, Revise, & Submit Your Picture Book for Publication
Let’s Get Ready for my new #14DayPBChallenge. During the next 2 weeks, I plan to complete at least one new picture book manuscript, and I am also challenging myself to begin my search for an agent. I plan to do the process publicly–here on my blog. Join Me: Take the 2023 #14DayPBChallenge. It’s Free. Every…
Ted Goerschner
Color Mixtures Goerschner mixed viridian green and orange to make chartreuse. | Color Combinations of orange and chartreuse. Goerschner often creates a triad by adding turquoise or blue green as the blue. No doubt, Goerscher used viridian to create his green blue. Goerschner relied on red oranges to add punch. Complements of Red Orange In…
Hooray for the Red, White, and Blue – Jacki Kellum Oil Paintings
In my college art classes, I initially trained to paint in oils, but for most of the past 50 years, I’ve painted in watercolor, which is a much less forgiving medium–especially for loose, expressionistic painters. For quite some time, I’ve wanted to try oils again, and I’m finally doing that again. I’ve spent the month…
Cobra Water Mixable Oil Paints
Cadmium Yellow Medium Cadmium Orange Cadmium Red Light Cadmium Red Medium Primary Magenta Carmine Madder Lake Cadmium Yellow Lemon Yellowish Green Permanent Green Deep Turquoise Blue Phthalo Blue Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Prussian Blue Yellow Ochre Transparent Oxide Red Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber
A Daisy A Day – #stradaeasel Challenge 2023
2 Daisies in a Jelly Jar – Jacki Kellum Oil on Panel #stradaeasel Challenge Day 10 2 Daisies in a Jelly Jar – Jacki Kellum Digital Painting Created on Wacom Cintiq 16 #stradaeasel Challenge Day 12 Beginning on January 1, 2023, I jumped into the Strada Easel Challenge for 2023. For the previous 2 years,…
Muddy: The Story of Bues Legend Muddy Waters
Muddy Image Credit: Simon and Schuster Written by Michael Mahin Illustrated by Evan Turk https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Muddy/Michael-Mahin/9781481443494 “McKinley Morganfield was never good at doing what he was told. Especially when it came to playing in the mud. His mamma should’ve been mad. But she couldn’t hep but laugh, ‘Ah, my muddy baby. My sweet, muddy baby.’ McKinley’s…
Zoo in the Sky by Jacqueline Mitton
Zoo in the Sky was illustrated by Christina Balit, and that is one of the reasons that I recommend this book. I own several books that Balit illustrated. She is a master of design in illustration. Beyond that, I recommend this book because it introduces several of the constellations in the night sky. The constellations…
Story of the Bible Animals by J. G. Wood
Story OF THE Bible Animals: A Description of the Habits and Uses of every living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, WITH Explanation of Passages in the Old and New Testament in which reference is made to them. Lions pg.19 Leopards pg. 42 Cats pg. 52 Dogs pg. 55 The Wolf pg. 69 The Fox or…
We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs art by Julia Cairns
We All Went On Safari is an African Counting Tale written in rhyme and delightfully illustrated by Julia Cairns. The Swahili name of each of the numbers is a wonderful addition to the story. Following is a fabulous reading of the book by someone who knows how to pronounce the Swahili words. The video also…