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By: Katie Cusack,
on 9/8/2014
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Well, this is my first post since updating my website to focus solely on art education. I am very excited to begin promoting Scribble Kids and the brand new lessons I’ve created. Welcome everyone, to my art education blog! I hope to cover many art history lessons and provide inspiration for other educators. I’m not the best at web design, but Elegant Themes made it easy to create this website using their Divi builder.For the first time I can create what I want, visually! This is pretty monumental. Check out their wordpress services here: elegant themes
The post Welcome to my art blog! appeared first on Scribble Kids.
Hey. Thought I'd better check in with something, even if its not finished art. Had a lot going on this week, but in between all of that I've been working on the dogs skating. You can see the first rough ideas and how its progressed, and where we left off last time, here ~
http://drawingafineline.blogspot.com/2014/02/dogs-skating-work-in-progress.html
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Before, they were in a kind of long-ish horizontal layout. But I thought "hey! I might want to make prints of this, so let's make it 8 x 10 instead." So that's what I did. I reorganized all the little doggies in a more 8 x 10-ish clump.
I also made the wiener dog leaning forward a bit more. I did this with Photoshop, and you can see how I haven't erased out the second head on him yet. I love working in layers in PS, and how you can make a new layer, try something, hide it if you're not sure, delete it, or whatever.
And here's a more cleaned up version of the drawing above. Its ready to be transferred to the final paper. Or should be. Except something kept nagging at me. I found all kind of things to do except that. Like laundry, other cleaning, cat chores, a nap, shopping, knitting ... something in me wasn't happy with this yet.
First, I took out the guy 'walking' the dogs, because you know what? I didn't like the leashes, and I also figured that if the dogs were smart enough to be able to put on clothes and skates and you know, ice skate, they didn't need to be on leashes.
I rearranged the dogs a bit too, to make them interact with each other more.
And then it hit me. It needed KITTIES!
So I sketched in some little furry guys in the snow behind the dogs. One is about to throw a snowball, and his buddy is hiding behind a big stockpile of ready-to-go snowballs. Another one is making a snowman. One is skating out onto the ice, and another is skiing.
Here it is, tightened up a bit. The dogs are totally oblivious, of course. They're just out for a nice little skate. The cats, on the other hand ...
This makes a much better illustration, with more storytelling. It has a lot more going on, with the cats, and is more fun.
This has been transferred to the final paper and is being colored as we speak. I've taken out the skiing guy - somehow he wasn't working for me. But who knows, he could always end up back in.
I'm also working on my new website, S...L...O...W...L...Y, but surely. It'll get there. I've ordered some new nice paper and colored envelopes (oooh, fancy) to make some cards for my etsy shop. I know, I've said before that I hate making cards, and I do. BUT. I would really like to have some other options in the shop besides prints, and I thought some card sets would be nice.
So that's what I'll be up to over the next week, no doubt with a lot of help from this guy (when he's not doing this) ~
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on 5/20/2013
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finally got around to finishing up the website re-design.
the layout basically remains the same. i just wanted something a bit more streamlined and not as colorful as the last design....so that the bright colors of the artwork speak for themselves.
and, i thought i'd add some cuteness by including my little stuffed elephant maggie to the mix. she really does exist...:)
take a peek and feel free to leave any comments/feedback.
p.s. still recovering from neck surgery a few weeks ago, so i'm painting at a slower pace than usual...trying not to put too much pressure on my neck while it heals and "fuses".
My old website will be disappearing in the next few days so if you are a previous customer or a new visitor, please add the new site address www.marchhousebooks.co.uk to your bookmarks. Setting up the new site has been a long and arduous task but now that everything appears to be working perfectly it's time to make the switch. I am sad to say good-bye to the old site but when the ability to accept credit and debit card payments was removed the writing was on the wall. I've been busy moving favourite pages from the old site, plus adding lots of new things, so I hope you will find something to enjoy there. If you do visit the site, I would love to hear your thoughts (good or bad).
I've been thinking of selling my Rene Cloke collection and have finally decided the time has come. There are around 300 books plus ceramics, original artwork and other bits and bobs in the collection. Some of the books are early 1st editions others are more recent publications by Award. I will be listing everything on my website over the coming months, but if you are interested in the collection as a whole or would like further information, please contact me by via the email button in the right-hand column. Alternatively, leave a comment with an email address, and I will get back to you. OK, not strictly true, but I have been interviewed by Roger Lawrence; the author of Three Hoodies Save the World and Kongomato. Roger came up with some excellent questions. See my replies at Three Hoodies Save The World
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Kongomato - After three right wing thugs break into a museum to steal a diamond, they inadvertently release a ten million-year-old monster which proceeds to create havoc in London. As if the Prime Minster doesn't have enough to cope with, he cannot even tell the general public about this threat. With only days before "friendly powers" take the matter into their own hands, only one man can resolve the crisis: a drunken, jobless scientist forcibly assisted by someone he hates and cannot trust.
If you enjoy a good horror story, you should read Kongomato. Roger creates a terror filled yet thoroughly entertaining read. I loved it and can’t wait for the next instalment.
If you would like to view the Rene Cloke books as they are listed please
thank GOD! now i can go back to PAINTING :)
i am proud of myself for putting this site together all by my little self. and let me tell you, it was no easy task. like tuesday...i put in 20 hours...STRAIGHT! yeah, i'm determined like that ;)
have a look and let me (and pippa) know what you think....
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on 7/1/2012
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well, because i am on a mission to constantly better myself and my work, i promised myself i would re-design/re-do my website every year around this time.
and so it appears the time has come once again. and i just love making new *projects* for myself and making my plate so full that i can barely sleep at night because my head is bursting with idea after idea after idea....well you get the point...;) really no big surprise considering as a small child i had a hard time *resting*. it's the over-abundance of drive i suppose. but hey, NO COMPLAINTS from me! i'm a big believer in pushing yourself to be the best you can possibly be....
and for me, that is constantly growing as an artist and illustrator. so....within the next week, i will be re-doing the website over at www.theenchantedeasel.com (which is now "under construction"). i just wanted to feature little pippa and change up some of the layout and colors. oh, and i did i mention they went and changed their software?! let's just say that i have my work cut out for me!
although i do have a bachelor's in graphic design (as well as fine arts) i am NO FAN of web design....or any computer design. i'm old school...pencil, paintbrush, canvas, sketchbook. because....that's just how pippa and i roll...;)
oh, and new website means new blog. like i said, i love a full plate!:)
Below is a taste of the latest treats that can be found on Illustrator Chris Murray's new website.
Visit his illustration site and check out more of his recent work…To find out how to submit your news to Illustration Pages click here.
Hi everyone, I have a fresh website with some new colourful illustrations and surface pattern designs. Also, I'm featured in Augusts Digital Artist Magazine with a tutorial, on detailing line art :)
New work called Tron Down Town... more here
http://www.mousetricks.co.uk/
So I figured it was time to revamp my website. You know... update the portfolio, give it new look that jives better with the blog. I hope you'll check it out and tell me what you think!
www.robertabaird.com
Things have been quiet on this blog but there have been busy scurryings behind the scenes. My new website is almost ready and I am looking forward to showing it to all of you.
It has been fun to finally put all my artwork together in one place and has made me realise that the last few years have been busy! The new website will have my blog integrated into it, so once everything is live, I will be adding a link so that you can find it easily and hopefully visit.
On the news front, I will be starting to work on a new picture book soon which I am very excited about. It will be published by Kids Can Press, a Canadian publisher, which I am very happy about too. Even though I live in Montreal, most of my work comes from the U.S., so it will be nice to work on a project that is on my home turf :)
And this weekend is the Great Goose Egg Auction that benefits Open Fields School . If you are looking to buy a unique gift (for yourself or a special someone), the auction begins Saturday, May 8th at 1.30pm.
There is an on-line bidding option too, if you can't attend the event but want to participate.
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A NEW website, A NEW YEAR!
What a great way to start the new year. I know it has been a while since I last posted; I've been busy working on my new website and planning new work projects which will be posted here and on the website when completed. Let me know what you think, I appreciate the feed back.
By: rodhunt,
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As a needed retreat, I picked up So, You Like to Doodle book and began to, well, doodle. This is the build a robot page. Notice I drew Emma Lou in the background, of course. It is far from being high art, but I did find doodling extremely freeing and relaxing.
I realized that my passion is to build things--I love creating that involves a project--vision to creation. Whether a website, a painting, or a book. My mind thinks in series and full projects. I don't see one card but a series of cards. Not one painting but a gallery exhibit. A full book, not one illustration. I am usually a little depressed if I am not working on some kind of project. My challenge is how to communicate this and this new focus on my new DF website. How to pull in more work that represents this love of building.
don't you forget about me: Contemporary Writers on the Films of John Hughes by Jaime Clarke, foreword by Ally Sheedy (Simon Spotlight, 2007).
From the promotional copy: "No one captured the teen portion of the eighties as poignantly as writer-director John Hughes. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Some Kind of Wonderful are timeless tales of love, angst, longing, and self-discovery that illuminated and assuaged the anxieties of an entire generation. Fondly nostalgic, filled with wit and surprising insights, don't you forget about me contains original essays from a skillfully chosen crop of novelists and essayists on the films' far-reaching effects on their own lives--an irresistible read for anyone who came of age in the eighties (or just wishes they did)."
Featured writers include: Steve Almond; Julianna Baggott; Lisa Borders; Ryan Boudinot; T. Cooper; Quinn Dalton; Emily Franklin; Lisa Gabriele; Tod Goldberg; Nina de Gramont; Tara Ison; Allison Lynn; John McNally; Dan Pope; Lewis Robinson; Ben Schrank; Elizabeth Searle; Mary Sullivan; Rebecca Wolff; and Moon Unit Zappa.
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I graduated from high school in the mid 1980s, so I was the original target audience for the John Hughes films, all of which I've seen except Some Kind of Wonderful.
I read the essay collection last weekend. It's conversational, not academic. Writers look back on the films, how the movies related to their lives at the time, and how their own perspectives have changed since then.
For example, Steve Almond writes about how the character of Cameron provided the heart of Ferris Bueller and also took the film beyond a light teenage romp.
Julianna Baggott tooks a looks at the "Prude/Slut" trap that Allison articulates in The Breakfast Club: "Well, if you say you haven't...you're a prude. If you say you have...you're a slut! It's a trap. You want to but you can't. And when you do, you wish you didn't, right?"
Although "fondly nostalgic," the writers don't shirk from criticism. Quinn Dalton reconsiders the insensitive depictions of Long Duk Dong and "Neck Brace Girl" in Sixteen Candles as well as what happened between Farmer Ted and Caroline in the car after the dance--"of course she was passed out, drunk, but she was pretty sure it happened and she'd enjoyed it!"
Many of the writers touch on the signficance of the secondary characters. Of interest to me was that the original ending of Pretty in Pink paired Andie with Duckie rather than with Blane.
Inspired, Greg and I also watched Weird Science and The Breakfast Club this past weekend.
Although an argument can be made (and is in the essay collection) that Ferris Bueller crosses over to fantasy ("Dunkeshein" anyone?), Weird Science definitely stands out as the one clear speculative fiction film in the collection. Both of us found it to be better than we remembered, especially with regard to the Frankenstein nods.
Yet I was struck by how Lisa both removes all evidence of the weekend's magical journey before Wyatt's parents come home and toys with Gary's parents' memories.
Other than Chet's likely future therapy, there's no price to the magic, making for a hollow victory. (Consider in contrast the high cost of Willow's mojo in Joss Whedon's Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, which makes the seventh season finale triumph so much more resonant.)
Fantasy with no costs may have its appeal, like calorie-free deep dish pizza would have its appeal. Yet the illuminating aspect of fantasy is in its metaphors to reality. In the real world, there are costs. Choices have consequences. Eliminating that from fantasy, well, cheapens it.
What intrigued me about The Breakfast Club was that the essayists' consensus was that the teen characters would go back to their old cliques and shun one another come Monday morning. The question is specifically addressed in the film, and it seems (Brian and Allison aside) the answer is no. But afterward, the friendships and romances continue to deepen.
Call me an optimist, but I believe more than one connection between those five stereotype-inspired characters (Claire/princess, Andy/athlete, Brian/brain, Bender/criminal, and Allison/basketcase) lasted in a meaningful way--either immediately or after graduation. After all, if our heroes haven't changed and grown, what's the point?
Bumps aside, I can't deny that John Hughes films were a big part of my adolescence. For GenX readers especially, I recommend don't you forget about me. It'll make you remember.
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Dear Barbara,
What a great collection you have! I hope you get a good buyer for it who can value this collection. :)
All the Best for your new site! I know it will be as beautiful as the old site or even BETTER!
I will surely be visiting it because I love your posts. :)
Always a hard decision to make, I'm sure your collection will find a wonderful new home.
My dear Barbara! Good morning! Change is always a good thing, and I applaud you for all the hard work it takes to making those changes. I did the same thing last year and I am still making big changes! Therefore, this BLOG will no longer be? Anita
Thank you Aunt Mary! My blog will still be at this address its my book selling website that will change.
Hello Anita, it’s always hard to make changes, but I’m sure it will be worth it in the end. My blog is hosted by Blogger so it will stay the same. Thanks for your comment x
Hello Barbara - I'm looking forward to seeing the new website. I'm sure it will be just as good as everything else you do. Meanwhile I love the blog - and the March Hare, of course!
Hello, Petty it was difficult to make the decision and there are some pieces I really don’t want to part with but space is at a premium, and something has to go! Half the joy of building a collection is in finding things to add to it. That has got much harder as the collection has grown. Now I just need to think about what to collect next!
Barbara I am sure you will soon find a buyer for your wonderful collection. Sometimes it's good to clear out old things, you know it makes room for new things! Hahah! That's my problem!
Can't wait to see the new site Barbara, it must be nerve-racking as well as exciting ;-) It's going to be great I can tell. As an aside, will we be able to keep our blog buttons to MarchHouseBooks? I'd love to keep a button on my site for your new site - it's the prettiest thing on my blog by far!
I'm glad your blog will still be here. All the best with the new site. I enjoyed this post as I always do when I visit! Those beautiful images. I hope you find a buyer who loves the books.
~ Change is good, Barbara. ~ and I WISH you well with this...Popping over to have a nosey! ~ Thanks for lovely words always...Maria x
~ Its wonderful Barbara! ~ Very easy to use...LOVE the Far Away Tree Adventures...Will pop on my wish list *** With kindest thoughts...Maria x
Such a great collection you have, Barbara, I'm sure it will find a lovely new home.
And good luck with your new website :)
Those are beautiful! And now I need to go read your interview!
Hello Marilyn thanks for your sweet comment.
Hi Diane, exactly! :)
Hi Jill, it is a bit scary! Lots of time and effort went into the old site so starting again has been difficult, but it’s looking good now.
The blog and blog button should stay exactly the same. Thank you for saying such nice things! Barbara
Thanks Lindsay, I sort of do and sort of don’t want to find a buyer! It will be nice to start a new collection, but it’s always sad to part with pretty things. I will be over for a visit with you as soon as I’ve left this reply.
Dear Maria thanks so much for taking a look and for saying such nice things! Barbara x
Thank you Hilde, I really appreciate your comment.
Thanks Joleene. Roger asked some great questions, some of them certainly made me think!
I know I don't stop by enough to comment on your posts, but I do follow along. I'm making a better effort this time because I nominated you for A Very Inspiring Blogger Award. My post including the nice things I said about you is here: http://brandysbustlings.blogspot.ca/2013/04/another-award-very-inspiring-blogger.html
Whether or not you choose to participate, know that your blog inspires me. I have a collection of Berenstain Bear books that I think I am going to blog about thanks to you!
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Well thank you Brandy, that is really sweet of you. I will pass the award along as soon as I can.
I'm looking forward to reading your Berenstain Bear post.
Such a big decision to sell your collection! It would be so difficult for me... I love that Alice's illustrations by Rene Cloke and luckily found a copy some weeks ago.
I have just read your interview and found it very interesting, congratulations!
Change is good but hard to let go.
Rene Coke's work is brilliant, I have mainly award books and I'm sure your lovely collection will find a good home.
Congratulations on your award Barbara and I'm popping over to read your interview:)
Hi Silvina, It was difficult but once every corner of every room is full it’s time to let go (and start again!) I’m glad you enjoyed the interview, thanks for reading it. Barbara
Hello Michelle I’ve started to list the books for sale, but so far all my favourite ones are still on the shelf. Maybe as the shelves empty it will be easier, or perhaps I will be forced to keep one or two! It’s taking me ages to list them because I keep gazing at the gorgeous illustrations or reading a little bit of the text. Oh dear, am I doing the right thing?
Hope you enjoy the interview.
Is Kongomato Japanese like Godzilla? Sorry for the silly question.
Hi Eve, not silly at all but you might need to visit http://threehoodies.blogspot.co.uk/ for a definitive answer. My understanding from reading the book is that the creature (a ten million-year-old reptile) was found inside a rock that came from Africa, so I don’t think there is a Japanese connection. But I could be wrong.
The new website sounds like a lot of work- but I am sure it is well worth it!
Kongomato sounds interesting. I look forward to checking out the interview! How exciting. :)
Barbara, moving away from a place is never always easy, but I'm happy for you in a way that the changes can only mean your vintage book business is growing. :) Have a good move, and I can't wait to see more of your postcards! (Kongomato sounds interesting. I'll pop by The Three Hoodies in a while to check it out.)
Hello Stephanie, Kongomato was one of my favourite reads of last year. I’m eagerly awaiting the second and third books in the series. The interview was a lot of fun, hope you enjoy it. Thanks for calling in.
Hello Claudine, I’m just putting a couple of postcard posts together so there will be more soon. Roger asked some interesting questions, not sure my answers were all that, but I hope you enjoy them. Thank you for your good wishes.
Hi Barbara - your new site looks great - I've just been having a look around. The only suggestion I'd make is that you open all your links in a new tab - somehow I managed to close down the link to your blog when I was finished looking at a page and then I had to come the whole way back round from blogger again. Your Rene Cloke collection looks wonderful - I always wish I had a little fortune tucked away when I see something like that and didn't have to watch the pennies! I've also just noticed your 'grab my button' for the first time. I saw Diane's from Crave Cute on your sidebar and then noticed yours. I must add you both to my blog when I have a moment and maybe think of setting one up of my own - is it tricky to do? I loved your interview with the 3 Hoodies - thought that was such a great idea! And thanks for the 'rambling' comment on my blog last time - you did cheer me up because I was feeling very tired and blue!
New website looks fabulous! Very modern and easy to follow.
Hi Sharon, that’s an excellent idea I will try to remember to do it from now on. I lost all the links between the blog and the website a few weeks ago (all to do with the set-up of the new site). I had to go back over the last two years and re link everything, wish I had thought of it then! I found a tutorial online explaining how to make a button but can’t for the life of me think where it was. It might have been a Google thing, or maybe YouTube. If I remember I will let you know or maybe Diane will be able to tell you, she seems to be very good at all that kind of thing. I hope you do make one as I would like to add it to the others, I might even start a page for blog buttons if I get enough. Roger asked some great questions, not so sure the answers were any good, but I enjoyed the experience. I’m sorry you were feeling a bit down, if the rambling helped I will have to do more of it (not difficult I assure you!)
Thanks for that Darlene; I appreciate you taking a look.
I think I like the Mad Hatter tea party illustration in this book better than any other I've seen. Love how 'March House Books' is printed on your new website.
I read the interview and loved it. I read Kongomato and loved it. He is very talented.
Hi Donna, that's my favourite too! Glad you enjoyed the interview. Roger is an amazing writer. I was flattered when he asked to interview me. Thanks for calling in.