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

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

This Princess doesn’t like Pink

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Anna Komnene, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine women, children's story, illustration, Picture Books, Princess Anna Komnene

Borrow

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children's story, Draw This, Esmé, Fabergée, illustration, scbwidrawthis, sea horse

My submission for the April  Society of Children’s Bookwriters and Illustrators “Draw This” challenge. The word was BORROW….

You can see lots more on Twitter at #scbwidrawthis

Coloring Fun: Cats, Stamps, Pointillism

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Cats, children's story, coloring book, Don Gato

I was experimenting with different coloring techniques on a black and white photocopy printed on Staples’ best card stock. The cats were done in watercolor and sharpie. Then I added some rubber stamping and sharpie pointillism for a different background, plus details and cat colors in metallic gel pens. If you’d like to try, here’s a pdf of the design:

 

Musical Cats Coloring

Reflection

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children's story, Draw This, SCBWI

My submission for the November Society of Children’s Bookwriters and Illustrators “Draw This” challenge. The word was REFLECTION….

You can see lots more on Twitter at #scbwidrawthis

…She Said She’d Wed Don Gato…

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Cats, children's story, Don Gato, Donna Anna, folk song, folk tale, illustration

More from the story of Señor Don Gato: Here he reads a letter from the fluffy, white cat of his dreams, Donna Anna. She writes that she will marry him! He is already dreaming of the wedding.

Dreaming Greek Myths

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Athena, centaurs, children's story, dreams, Greek mythology, owls

Aurelia falls asleep reading her favorite book, Greek Mythology.

She dreams that she’s in a forest filled with centaurs and that
she’s talking to an owl…