How to Put a Children’s Illustrator Portfolio Together
Spring is finally here and that can only mean Conference Season has started! With that in mind, I thought I would write a Blog Post Series about The Craft of Portfolio Making. Today we will focus on the making of the Physical Portfolio. We will be talking materials and how to best
12 Months in 60 Seconds
Give me 60 seconds. I know you have them. I'll tell you what I've been up to during these last 12 months. Ready? Here we go: 1. One More Chair. Yes, we added a high chair to our dining room, a crib to the bedroom, a bouncer to my studio and a
Illustration Friday Farewell
Penelope Dullaghan has decided to leave Illustration Friday. It is sad to see her go but I'm excited to see what she does next! She created a fantastic community where so many of us illustrators started getting the courage to show work. I was one of them :) Good luck, Penelope! >
Banner Health
Banner Health has launched a new program to get a Mobile Health Unit to schools. The "Banner Children’s Healthmobile" will travel throughout the Valley to provide primary care to underinsured and uninsured children. The “Banner Children’s Healthmobile” is a licensed outpatient treatment center that will operate just like a mobile doctor’s
SB’s 2013 Calendar Giveaway Winner
Our giveaway closed last Sunday at 8pm Arizona time and we announced the winner Monday. Who is he or she?! It was Miss Megumi Lemons. For those of you who didn't win, you can order a copy by clicking the link below. All orders cost $10.00 plus $3.50 for shipping. Your
Storybook Brushes Calendar Giveaway
Now that I got my copies of the Storybook Brushes Calendar, I can hold the GIVEAWAY! Whoop! THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED It's not only me having the Giveaway. Katriona and Maria also are and so will Angela a little later this week. What would you get? We are giving away 1 copy
A Mini-Interview with Constanze Von Kitzing
We are on our fourth and final week of the 2012 Series of Mini-Interviews. This week I close with an illustrator I admire and love: Constanze Von Kitzing. I have no recollection of how I found Constanze work. All I know is that as soon as I saw her work, I
Storybook Brushes
A few months ago, I received an email from Maria Bogade inviting me to be part of a small group of children's illustrators. The idea was to join forces and make quarterly mailers. Our first assignment? A fairy tale, 12-month calendar where each one of us would illustrate 3 months
A Mini-Interview with Greg Pizzoli
This is our third week of Mini-Interviews for 2012. This week I have invited to my blog the author-illustrator Greg Pizzoli. I found Greg's work on Twitter about 4 years ago. With my love to everything that is old-school printmaking, I fell in love with his work immediately. Greg's sense of
A Mini-Interview with Amanda Shepherd
This is week number two of our Series of Mini-Interviews for 2012 and I have invited a fantastic friend and children's illustrator: Amanda Shepherd. With a teeny, tiny baby on my lap and a career switch in my head, I surfed the internet looking for anything related to children's illustration. I