One of my goals for 2021 is to launch my Focus on Fonts. Each week, I’ll focus on the font Amigirl, which is actually 2 fonts in 1. A Quintessential Quote by Jacki Kellum, Using Amigirl Font Amigirl Is A Duo Font With Both Script & Sans Brush For me, font pairing is a huge challenge,…
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Looking Ahead for 2020 Twitter Pitch Events for Picture Book Writers and Illustrators
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…
How to Draw Bowtie Bunny in Ballet Slippers
Last week, we drew an egg. Bowtie Bunny is just an egg with ears, arms, feet, and, a tail. If you haven’t drawn the egg, click on this link and do so. We’ll start this drawing at the end of that tutorial: https://x55.68c.myftpupload.com/how-to-draw-an-egg-jacki-kellum-draw-the-bowties/ Once you have reached the spot where you have an egg with…
How to Draw An Egg – Jacki Kellum Free Drawing Class
Eggs have important to human survival for as long as I know. I don’t know who were the first people who learned to cook eggs, but somewhere along the way, mankind realized that the little oval things that birds lay were edible, and ever since then, eggs have been important for human survival. Centuries ago,…
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…
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…
Winter Solstice – The Day Before the New Light Begins – Make Friends with the Darkness
It is almost a thing of cup-half-filled or cup-half-emptied, but tonight, as I contemplate that this is the night of Winter Solstice, I acknowledge that this old, Pagan feast day is the shortest night of the year, thus, it is the night of least light. While that might be terribly grim, the Winter Solstice also…
Jacki Kellum Will Be Showing Art and Illustrations at the Lillie Hobbs Fall Festival in the Ozarks – October 4, 5, and 6, 2019
For Jacki Kellum will be enjoying the slightly cooler weather the first weekend of October, as she shows a few of her original paintings and illustrations at the Lillie Hobbs Fall Art & Antique Festival in Omaha, Arkansas, on October 4, 5, and 6 of 2019. Jacki will also have two portfolios displaying the actual…