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By: Cathy Morrison,
on 12/15/2016
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I'm working on a couple of new books. If The Mummy Could Talk... by Rhonda L. Donald is scheduled to be released Spring 2018. It sounds like a long time off, but there's a lot of work to be done before then. So far I've been doing a lot of research and have turned in interior roughs. Now I'm waiting to hear back from the publisher for more revisions and/or to go on to final artwork.
Have I mentioned that research is my favorite part of illustrating creative nonfiction books? I learn something new every day and hopefully it'll enrich the final illustrations.
The docent in the lower left gave a great explanation of the elaborate process of mummification. The body's organs, including the brain which they didn't think was important are removed using a hook through the nose. The organs are preserved in canopic jars. Egyptians believed the gods would weigh the subject's heart to decide whether they deserved eternal life or not. Fascinating stuff!
Below are a couple of very rough interior spreads that my editor, art director and the author are going over now. They are super rough, but since we've all worked together before they understand that the final artwork will look better. The artwork might look similar to this or go in a totally different direction. I like the collaboration because it all works to make the book that much better.
I find the most interesting mummies are the animals and we have several in this book.
Even today we find ways to honor our favorite pets who have passed on to the afterlife. Here's a photo from a book shelf in my studio. On the left is a photo of my daughter with our first dog, Mohawk, an energetic Irish Setter. Next to the photo is an urn with ashes from our second dog, Tarzana, a good hearted yellow lab who liked to lay on my feet while I worked. Normally I wouldn't show my immortalized pets on my blog. However, after all the research for these mummified pets it doesn't seem so strange. How do you remember your favorite pets?
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Photo of Mohawk, our Irish Setter next to ashes of Tarzana, our Yellow Labrador remembered on my studio shelf
My second project is for Patria Press. This is a historical fiction chapter book series I worked on ten years ago with Florrie Kichler. As a kid, Florrie loved a book series called Childhood of Famous Americans (and so did I!). To make a long story short, Florrie bought the rights to many of the titles in the series, had it re-edited, re-designed along with new illustrations and has introduced it to a new generation of kids today. Now it's The Young Patriot Series. It was recently bought out by Carol Tully and I'm so excited to be illustrating the fifteenth book in the series, Dan Beard, Boy Scout by Miriam E. Mason. It's in the beginning stages. Even though I don't have roughs to show just yet I've included a photo of 90 year old Dan celebrating his birthday in New York along with a cover from the original series. I like Dan, he was from a family of artists, sketched nature and met Abe Lincoln as a boy and later knew Mark Twain. |
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| 90 year old Dan Carter Beard, at his birthday celebration in New York. |
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| Dan Beard, Boy Scout by Miriam E. Mason from the Childhood of Famous American Series |
So I'm in the beginning stages, my favorite research phase and will have more to share shortly. It's scheduled to be published next year, 2017.
Thanks for taking a look!
Cathy
In a perfect world, I'd update my blog at least once a month. But the two projects I'm working on are technically too soon to show. So I'll show what I can and tell you more about them. Below is a book dummy I'm creating with a friend/author/colleague, Barb Ciletti. We're working as a team to submit to publishers and/or agents to get a book deal - fingers crossed. There's many revisions, but this is how it looks at the moment.
The second project is a book about mummies! The author is Rhonda Lucas Donald and it's our third book together. The publisher is Arbordale Publishing and it's our ninth book together.
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has a new traveling exhibit,
Mummies: New Secrets from the Tombs so this is where my research began. The book is scheduled for Spring 2018. I'll be posting images from that project when I'm further along.
And below is what I do when I'm not drawing. I've written earlier about being a volunteer at
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery. One of my favorite things is being
a docent at the Historical Heritage Courtyard in Library Park. We have a couple of different events, Fort Collins Through Time with school groups and Culture in the Courtyard for the public.
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| Cathy Morrison (1905 Schoolmarm), Jeff Stone (Antoine Janis) and Cindy Tunney (Auntie Stone) |
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| Thank you Chris Winslow of FC Public Media for the photos. |
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| Tantramar Heritage Trust |
Ok, this photo is not really the students who visit the Upper Boxelder School. I found it online. But when I'm welcoming a school group to come inside and take a seat in the historic one room school house this is how I imagine they looked back in the day. We have a great time comparing and contrasting a day in the life of a student from 1905 and 2016.
Thank you for taking a look!
Cathy
By: Cathy Morrison,
on 10/7/2016
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| One slide from our Power Point Presentation, "Judging a Book by its Cover". |
I'm super excited about this upcoming conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Robert Schram, the genius behind
Bookends Design and I are giving a presentation about book covers for the
Women Writing the West Conference. Bob will talk about book design while I chime in on illustrations.
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| Women Writing the West Fall Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico |
Julia Cameron is the key note speaker and I've been a long time fan of her books.
The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity started a movement that's been going on over two decades.
Santa Fe's always beautiful, but my favorite time is in the autumn. Looking forward to making new friends, soaking up some culture and dining on yummy southwest cuisine.
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| Photos from Santa Fe's tourism site |
By: Cathy Morrison,
on 9/9/2016
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I've turned in my illustrations and revisions for Baby on Board. Now I get to see what Patty Arnold of Menagerie Design and Publishing comes up with for the design and layout. She'll make the words and art come together and shine. I've read one book endorsement which will probably go on the back cover... "Beautiful in imagery and rich in text, this book is bound to delight and inform readers of all ages. Especially refreshing is that dads are included as primary caregivers in this book! A wonderfully comforting message of connectedness among the world’s creatures shines through--big or small, fierce or cuddly, we all care for our young."
-- Dr. Mary Benson McMullen, Professor of Early Childhood Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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| Copyright page along with the beginning of the story, page 3 |
The story starts and ends with people, but in between you'll find cute baby mammals, birds, reptiles and an arachnid. It's fun the see the book developing and evolving, almost like raising a baby.
My favorite part of being an illustrator is after the artwork is turned in. I get to start creating free downloadable activity sheets to tie in with the book. I'm not so interested in research, consistency and creative integrity as I am in making something work that 3 - 8 year olds will be able to create and enjoy along with the book. I want to challenge them, but not frustrate them, know what I mean?
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| Baby on Board Floaty Sea Otter Craft |
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| Child-tested by my seven year old grandson! |
And here's some adorable
otter pups you can watch while making your craft and waiting for the book release.
Here's another craft, less steps, but potentially much, much, messier - beware!
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| Baby on Board's Very Messy Penguin Footprint Craft |
We're working on a couple of more activities to go along with Baby On Board, but you get the idea. Thanks as always for taking a look!
Cathy
It's hard to believe it's already August. This year I've had my head buried in projects; four educational picture books, one trade book and several presentations. Yesterday I turned in final illustrations for Baby on Board which comes out in the spring. Now there's one more book and one more presentation to go. I have ideas I want to develop so I'm looking forward getting busy with new projects and open up some space to see what comes next.
In the Northern Colorado area we have Style Magazine. August's issue focuses on female entrepreneurs. I was fortunate to be interviewed by Elissa J. Tivona. Elissa is a journalist, she travels internationally to present her work in peace and conflict studies and teaches at CSU. She was wonderful to work with and I'm proud to be a part of this month's magazine.
Also I wanted to thank Elizabeth O. Dulemba for including Storytime in the Dome in her
Friday Linky List! Elizabeth is a Visiting Associate Professor of the Picture Book Design class at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia in the summer. She currently lives in Edinburgh Scotland, pursuing her MFA in Illustration at the University of Edinburgh. Plus, she's an all around good person to know. We're both members of
PictureBookArtists and I keep up her with her on her
blog these days.
Last, but hopefully not least, here's a couple of illustrations from
Baby on Board.
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They paddle very slowly as they swim along the coast.
But nestled under Mama's fin, this baby likes it most.
Manatee |
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Tucked in pouches, gripped in teeth
Propped on backs or underneath
This is what some animals do.
How did someone carry you? |
Thanks for taking a look. See you in September!
By: Cathy Morrison,
on 7/1/2016
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| Fort Collins Museum of Discovery |
I'm a volunteer at the
Museum of Discovery in Fort Collins. Volunteering there always brings new experiences, plus it's fun. On opening day I was behind the cash register in the gift shop. I work with the educational department greeting school groups on field trips. Last fall I helped with garden maintenance, pulling weeds and pruning plants. One of my favorite things is being a docent in their Historical Heritage Courtyard program.
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| Storytime in the Dome at FCMod.org |
This month I am totally excited and honored to kick off
Storytime in the Dome. This opportunity began in a brain storming session when they were opening the new Tot Spot exhibit. Here is the
software program they are using to create the big interactive picture book we'll be reading and discussing. The event will begin with the kids creating an art project that relates to the book, a nature pendent. Then we'll head upstairs to the digital dome where we'll read and talk about
The Prairie That Nature Built. I want this program to succeed so we can bring a lot more books to life and get more book creators involved.
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| Thank you to whoever took this photo! |
And I want to report that our first ever "Storytime in the Dome" was amazing. As we were preparing and rehearsing for this event I'd ask how ticket sales were doing. A couple of weeks ago 10 sold, then 37, then the morning of the event I heard 55 tickets had sold. As we were getting the materials together for the art project and passing them out people continued to stream in. We actually sold out all the seats which equalled a dome-full of 80 plus kids and their folks. It was great to see families excited about this and I'm very encouraged.
Thanks to Sarah, the early childhood lead for working super hard to make this a success, along with Ben, who created the digital show, Jason, the museum director who brainstormed the event and kept us all enthused and on track, to Amy for creating a great display and book signing area in the gift shop and especially thanks to Holly who really believed in me and this book. Did I mention I love being a volunteer at the museum?
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| Red Feather Lakes Community Library |
On the same day as "Storytime in the Dome" I have an afternoon presentation at the Red Feather Lakes Community Library where we'll talk about illustrating creative nonfiction children's books. This is part of their Summer Reading Program. It will be a day of more talking, less drawing which makes me a little nervous with four book deadlines looming this summer! Here's a photo of the exterior of the library where they're putting in new landscaping. It already looks great. Flowers sooth my extreme deadline anxiety.
And just so you know I'm really working, here's the Common Loon illustration from
Baby on Board.
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| The little loon's thick feathers hold body heat inside, So it can climb on Mama's back as they go for a ride. |
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By: Cathy Morrison,
on 6/2/2016
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| 21st Century Children's Nonfiction Conference |
I've been looking forward to this conference all year. Now it's only a week away and there's still a lot to do. I'm honored to be presenting two workshops. Saturday afternoon I present "Creating a Picture Book - An Illustrator's Perspective". And on Sunday I'm co-presenting with
James Ransome, whose work I LOVE! That workshop is "Surviving as an Illustrator". I'm sure his perspective must be totally different from mine so it should be interesting.
And while on the subject of creating a picture book, here's a couple of new illustrations for
Baby on Board, written by
Marianne Berkes and published by
Dawn Publications. It's a Spring 2017 release, due around the same time as all the new spring babies.
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| This 'possum hauls her babies from one place to another. The joeys have it easy as they all ride on their mother. |
Here's a little background about North America's only marsupial, the strange animal with the appropriately confusing name. In 1608 Captain John Smith coined the word opossum from "opassum", the Algonquian term meaning "white animal." In his notes he wrote, "An
Opassom hath an head like a Swine, and a taile like a Rat, and is of the bignes of a Cat. Under her belly she hath a bagge, wherein shee lodgeth, carrieth, and sucketh her young."
No one really knows why the opossum's "o" was dropped, but it appears in print as early as 1613. There are true possums in Australia and New Guinea, not to be confused with their North American cousins, the opossums. I told you it was strange.
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| Baby clings on Mama's hair. They slowly move with ease. They sleep while hanging upside-down from branches in the trees. |
And who doesn't love a sloth? Two-toed sloths are nocturnal while three-toed sloths are diurnal, which means they are most active during the day. Skeletons of now
extinct species of sloth suggest some varieties used to be as large as elephants!
You can click on the first two images for details about the conference. Click the illustrations to enlarge and get a better view. Thanks for taking a look!
By: Cathy Morrison,
on 5/1/2016
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| Celebration of Spring! |
After a cold, snowy April I am so ready to celebrate SPRING! I love
Book Bar and
Lalu! I wish they had been around when my kids were little because this is a much appreciated concept. Kids will have a great time, listening to a story, creating art on the back patio and munching down on yummy snacks while their adults kick back with a glass of wine, enjoy conversation and the beautiful day. What could be better? Well, 1/2 price wine and kids' meals, which makes life about perfect.
I need to get back to drawing, drawing, drawing so I can take a break to celebrate spring on May 19. I hope you'll join us. In the meantime here's a couple of new paintings for
Baby on Board.
What animal doesn't have teeth?
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| It rides upon her bristly back while she digs insects up. |
Here's an anteater mom along with her baby. The baby is well camouflaged, blending right into his mom's bristly fur as he rides on her back.
Animals that don't have teeth are called edentate animals. Anteaters don't need teeth with their long tongues which they use to swallow around 35,000 termites and ants, their daily meal.
What animal wins the "Awesome Dad Award?"
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| The father warms it with his feet; how can this really be? |
The Emperor Penguin is a devoted dad. After the mom lays her egg she journeys into the ocean to replenish herself for a couple of months eating fish, squid and krill. During this time the father is in charge of the egg, carefully holding it between the tops of his feet and his brooding pouch. Antarctica is so cold that the chick would die without the warmth of the parent's pouch.
And below is a video I stumbled upon while researching Emperor Penguins. It features LaLa, a King Penguin, also from Antarctica. He was found trapped in a fisherman's net with an injured beak and wing. The fisherman took him to the Nishimoto family who nursed him back to health. LaLa bonded with the family and refused to leave so they built him a refrigerated room under their house. Daily he would accompany Nishimoto to the fish market and eventually he began making the trip on his own.
Here's LaLa, the King Penguin, not to be confused with Lalu, the Art Studio...
Please check back for more illustrations and updates. If you're in the Denver area please drop by for our Springtime Celebration at
Book Bar with Lalu!
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By: Cathy Morrison,
on 4/16/2016
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You know it's spring time in Colorado when it's 70 degrees one day and a few feet of snow the next. Confusing? Absolutely.
My all time favorite sign of spring is the "Spring Local Author Showcase" at
The Bookies in Denver. I have a long history with this store. My kids loved The Bookies when they little and now my grandson and I go there, one of his favorite places. Please come by to help us celebrate.
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| National Independent Bookstore Day |
And it turns out a lot of kids brought their parents to our book signing on a snowy day in April. That's Zoya Master, author of
Two Cat Tales to my left and Dave Johnson signing
Zoodiac Kids to my right. It was such a fun event!
My second favorite sign of spring is when I see my daisies starting to sprout even though I had to dig through the snow to find them! If you're snowed in this weekend like many of us in Colorado here's some
fun activities you can do - that and
sledding!
What are your favorite signs of spring where you live?
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By: Cathy Morrison,
on 4/13/2016
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| Blending in with mama's fur, you can't see this pup. |
Here's an anteater mom along with her baby for
Baby on Board. The baby is well camouflaged, blending right into his mom's bristly hair as he rides on her back.
Animals that don't have teeth are called edentate animals. Anteaters don't need teeth with their long tongues which they use to swallow around 35,000 termites and ants, their daily meal.
Please check back for more illustrations and updates.
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I'm working on a new book scheduled for Spring 2017. It's by Marianne Berkes and published by Dawn Publications. I'll post more as I go along. If you haven't guessed it's about how animals carry their young. How did somebody carry you when you were little?
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| Baby clings on Mama's Hair. |
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| This Mom is like a living raft as she transports her pup. |
Check back for new babies as I continue to draw; maybe a cub, a joey, a pup, a spiderling, who knows?
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Cathy
By: Cathy Morrison,
on 2/15/2016
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Spring is in the air in Colorado. It will be in the 70's this week, but no doubt we'll have several big snow storms before we can really call this winter "done!" So here are some activities for
Over on the Prairie that should help keep away Spring Fever for now. You'll fine plenty more fun activities
here.
By: Cathy Morrison,
on 1/1/2016
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Yes, I'm working away on artwork for new picture books, but for now it's too early for show-and-tell. In the meantime, I hope to see you at some of these art and book events happening the first half of 2016.
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| Gallery Bleu's "Support Local Culture, 1st Anniversary Commemorative" |
Please drop by
Bas Bleu's Art Gallery for their "Local Culture, 1st Anniversary Commemorative" featuring local artists; painters, multimedia artists, print makers, performance artists, sculptors, even a children's book illustrator. The show is up all of January and February. Artists will be there for First Friday Gallery Walk Reception, February 5th and 5 - 7pm.
Old Town Fort Collins
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| Local Authors Showcase at Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library |
11am - 2pm at MDE Library in Broomfield, Colorado
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| Colorado Council International Reading Association |
CCIRA's Conference is February 3 - 6 in the Denver Tech Center. The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators has an exhibit table where book creators can meet and chat with teachers, librarians, and people passionate about children and books.
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| Second Star to the Right Bookstore |
If you haven't been to
Second Star the Right Bookstore in Denver you should drop by on March 4 from 6 - 8pm. As part of First Friday Art Walk On Tennyson, the store always hosts a local children's book author or illustrator. This month I'll be there to read, sign books and have children's art activities planned. It should be a lot of fun.
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| 21st Century Children's Nonfiction Conference |
The last couple of years I've been busy in my studio researching and illustrating creative nonfiction picture books. I have two new books coming out this spring,
Wild Ones, Observing City Critters by Carol Malnor and
Over on the Farm by Marianne Berkes, both published by
Dawn Publications.
So I'm very happy to be getting out, being more involved with the community, and meeting people. If you're in the area during any of these events please drop by and say hi.
Thanks for taking a look and Happy New Year!
By: Cathy Morrison,
on 10/7/2015
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Wild Ones, Observing City Critters goes to press this week. Drawing Scooter chasing the squirrel through the city for a day was a lot of fun. Next time we see him he'll be running through bookstores Spring 2016.
Fort Collins is a great place to live and we're fortunate to have Fort Collins Magazine supporting and celebrating local artists.
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| Fort Collins Magazine, Fall 2015 |
Below is an interview with Rachael Coon about being a children's book illustrator.
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| Natural Wonder, News and Notes |
Here's a photo of my grandson, Konnor and Crowley, our big brown dog who pop up here and there in illustrated form in several of my picture books. Konnor posed for
If You Love Honey, Nature's Connections. They're both in
The Prairie That Nature Built.
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| Konnor and Crowley |
And I have to give a shout out to
Laura Pritchett in the same fall edition. I met Laura at a holiday party last year and just finished her book,
Stars Go Blue. I can't wait to pick up her latest book,
Red Lightning.
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| 5 Minutes with Laura Pritchett |
Thanks so much to Cara McDonald, the editor of Fort Collins Magazine and Rachael Coon who did a great job with the interview.
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| Over on the Farm cover |
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| So they swished with their tails at the pesky bumblebee |
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| "Waddle," said the mother. |
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| In a muddy pig pen lived a huge mother pig and her little piglets ten. |
It's always fun to get the first look at pdfs from a book I illustrated after the designer has finessed the layout with type and design. It's also fun to work on a book for very little kids that rhymes, can be sung, is a counting book and has a surprise rooster ending. This will be the fourth book
Marianne Berkes and I have done together and my fourth book for
Dawn Publishing as well.
Over on the Farm comes out spring 2016. I'm working on a second book that will come out the exact same day, so I'll be posting some images for that one in a bit. Now back to work for me.
Thanks for taking a look!
By: Cathy Morrison,
on 7/14/2015
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I've always been a big fan of Westword, Denver's weekly magazine. Here's an interview by Jamie Siebrase about illustrating children's books based in nature and science.
Thanks so much, Jamie!
By: Cathy Morrison,
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| Gary Raham, artist, writer, scientist and educator |
Gary Raham says Friday is a good day to play hooky and do some plein air painting. Just to make sure it's OK and I don't feel totally guilty, it's sponsored by the City of Fort Collins, it's a real event, an Artists' Day in the Field, so I'm outta here.
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| Artists' Day in the Field at Soapstone Prairie |
Fort Collins is very supportive of local artists, writers, scientists, and their over all population so they sponsor a lot of free events to get us out and about so we get to enjoy life and meet like minded people.
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| Free Range Traffic Jam |
I had never been to
Soapstone Prairie and didn't realize how far away it is. I ran into a couple of free range traffic jams. And growing up with a family ranch in Texas where we kept our cattle contained in fenced in pastures of barbed wire, I don't totally get this free range concept, although I've run into it several times.
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| Pronghorn traffic jam |
And another traffic jam of Pronghorn Antelope.
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| Soapstone Prairie |
OK, we're finally here, hike in about three miles and it's a wonderful day of painting. I meet several accomplished artists, all great people and realize playing hooky once in awhile is good for the soul.
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| Blooming Cactus |
We had beautiful skies, amazing landscape, enjoyed Gary's talk about the
Lindenmeier Archaeological Site and expedition artist, Edwin Grey Cassedy and it was a wonderful day.
Thank you Gary and Fort Collins!
By: Cathy Morrison,
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| Over on the Farm, by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by me, published by Dawn Publications |
Here's the working cover for
Over on the Farm which comes out in the spring. I love illustrating Marianne Berke's stories and this will be our fourth book together. It's about farm animals and counting, what more could a little kid want? I'll post more show-and-tell when there's more to post.
Since this is the first of two books I'm working on with Dawn Publishing for an early 2016 release I need to keep drawing.
Thank you for taking a look!
Yesterday I received ARCs (advanced reading copies) of my second book coming out this fall. It's
Tortoise and Hare's Amazing Race by
Marianne Berkes, a retired teacher and librarian, now a full time children's book author and presenter. This is our third picture book together and we are working away on our fourth to come out spring 2016.
Arbordale Publishing is the publisher and they specialize in fun stories that build on science, nature and math skills.
Tortoise and Hare is a retelling of the classic story with a math twist. Fractions and distance measurements mark progress for Henry Hare and Tess Tortoise along the way.
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| How far to the top? 1,760 yards or one mile! |
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| No Henry, you really don't have time to play, but you never did listen to me... |
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| 5,280 feet is the same as one mile. I already knew that because Denver is the Mile Hi City. |
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After turning in artwork for If You Love Honey, Nature's Connections I got a look at Patty Arnold's design and layout for the book. I'm posting a few spreads here to give you a sneak peek. This is my second book illustrated by Martha Sullivan and third book for Dawn Publishing. It comes out this fall. After doing a lot of research for the illustrations I'm now a true honey bee fanatic, not to mention a Martha Sullivan fan!
And I wanted to say "Thanks!" to William Porter at the Denver Post for including me in his
Mother's Day article. It's always great to give a shout out to our moms, especially our moms who spent a lot of time reading to us.
Here's a couple of new images from an upcoming picture book for the littlest readers. It's a counting book about baby farm animals and I'll have more to report as I go along.You're sure to see some oinks, moos and squeaks soon.
Otherwise I appreciate you taking a look and Happy Easter!
Mr. Pig from The Little Crooked Cottage dropped by today for a Studio Tour!
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| What’s The Little Crooked Cottage? Well, it’s home to four children’s book authors -- Anika Denise, Jamie Michalak, Kara LaReau, and Kristen Tracy -- and a pig. It’s also the name of children’s book blog dedicated to celebrating authors, illustrators, and their creations. |
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Here's some full spreads from
If You Love Honey, Nature's Connections by Martha Sullivan, published by Dawn Publications. This week I should be done with final artwork. Normally I'd say more but I need to keep drawing.
By: Cathy Morrison,
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Here are a few new images from two stories I'm illustrating. I'm not ready to go into a lot of details just yet about the books, but wanted to post something new on my blog.
So here's some cropped illustrations from the first book….
And here's some artwork from the second story. This is based on Aesop's Fable of The Tortoise and The Hare, but we're giving it a mathematical spin. So a different look for this book.
More artwork will be coming and in the meantime I'll end 2014 and begin 2015 multitasking.
Have a Happy New Year and thanks so much for stopping by to take a look!
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