Get Inspired by #illustrationprompts: Be the Content Creator

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#colour_collective, illustration, scbwidrawthis, SCWI

Happy to share my article for the SCBWI Bulletin Winter 2017 about the wonderful illustration prompts on social media like #scbwidrawthis #colour_collective #pinchpunchpost #inktober 

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Imperial Purple Chess Game

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Anna Komnene, chess, history, illustration, imperial, purple, The Alexiad

 

THE earliest European writer who mentions chess is the Byzantine princess and historian, Anna Komnene, of Constantinople. She calls the game Zatrikion, and says that the Greeks derived it from the Babylonians; and that her father, Alexios loved to play. So here she is learning from her father!

Witchy Folktales from Grisons — The Cat, part I

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Cats, illustration, magic, Switzerland

Ghostly Folktales from the Grisons….. the Key

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ghost, graphic novel, Grisons

In a Secret Valley…

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children's story, folk tale, Grisons, illustration, Switzerland, Venetian scholars

…three Venetians discover gold oozing out of an alpine spring.

Witchy Folktales from Grisons: 3

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folk tale, goats, illustration, Switzerland, witches

The Goat

Witchy Folktales from Grisons: 2

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folk tale, Fox, Grisons, illustration, magic, Switzerland, witches

Witchy folktales from Grisons

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Cats, children's story, folk tale, graphic novel, Grisons, Music, Switzerland, witches

Bluebeard

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Bluebeard, Byzantine art, Fairy Tale, folk tale, illustration, Picture Books

The ghosts of Bluebeard’s first five wives must take care of his beard. Héloise trims it, Eleanore brings a bucket of water, Isaure is busy brushing it, Rosalinde has plenty of soap, and Blanche wields the comb.

Admire…

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Greek mythology, illustration, Partridge, Percy Peacock, SCBWI, scbwidrawthis

Glad that SCBWI started up their monthly illustrator prompt again #scbwidrawthis For this month, the word was admire. There’s also a twitter gallery of the participants who chose to tweet their work here.