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By: Kathy Temean,
on 3/28/2012
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Here are the Illustrations sent in for the Month of March. Did it come in like a lion and go out like a lamb where you live?
Vesper Stamper works as an illustrator in a wide range of subjects from children’s books to album covers. Her work is inspired by her parallel career as a singer and musician in the band Ben + Vesper, on the Sounds Familyre label. Her book with fellow musician Stephen Roach (Songs of Water), Satchel Willoughby and the Realm of Lost Things (2010), is a top five finalist in the NAESP Book of the Year contest. Her e-book with LuAnn Kern, The Night the Tooth Fairy Didn’t Come (MeeGenius), was published earlier this year under the direction of Eve Adler. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, filmmaker Ben Stamper, and her two kids, who are experts in taking a backyard full of dirt and making it a world of wonders. http://www.vespersongs.com
Bonnie Branson is an Illustrator living in Newton MA. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, and a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Using Photoshop, Bonnie creates colorful, and whimsical illustrations for the children’s book market and focuses on cool stuff like HISTORY, COSTUMING, and NON-FICTION.
Website: http://www.artbonnie.com
Jennifer Thermes is a children’s book author and illustrator. Recent projects include illustrations for Maggie & Oliver, or A Bone of One’s Own, a middle grade novel by Valerie Hobbs. Jennifer’s art was also chosen for inclusion in this year’s SCBWI Bologna 2012 Illustrator’s Portfolio Display. Jennifer loves taking her pup for a walk on windy March days! Please see more work at: http://www.jenniferthermes.com .
Kim Wood is an aspiring children’s book author and illustrator with a background in toy design. Samples of her work are on view at her website, kimwoodstudio.com. Kim’s favorite spring time activities include tuning into the early morning chatter of the many birds outside her window and backyard wiffleball games with her three kids. http://kimwoodstudio.com/
Geeky Gecko illustration by Phyllis Mignard:
Creating illustrations and stories for picture books is an art form to me just like clay is to a sculptor or a piano to a musician. It appeals to both my practical and artistic nature. I draw to please myself and write because I can’t bear to part with my characters with their stories untold. http://www.phyllismignard.com/
7 Comments on March Illustrations, last added: 3/29/2012
Nicole Tadgell was born in Detroit, Michigan. Frequent moves only increased her natural shyness, especially because she was sometimes the only black kid in the class or even the whole grade. Feeling different drew Nicole further into her own created worlds on paper, art was both fun and an escape.
While studying studio art at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, Nicole recalled how much fun it was to draw her own stories – illustrating children’s books could be the right path. “I knew I always wanted to be an artist,” Nicole says. “But it wasn’t until after college when I realized there was a lack of books with kids who looked like me.” Her growth as an artist included becoming comfortable with herself, her shyness, being the new kid, and being black.
Encouraged to develop her art in a more realistic direction, Nicole created a portfolio showing lively characters with an authenticity that was uniquely hers.
Today, Nicole has over fifteen books and numerous educational pieces published. “I love working on children’s books,” Nicole says. “Sometimes I pretend I’m the kid in the book, and do the things they do in the story to really get a feel for each book.” Nicole also visits schools, gives lectures and conducts workshops. Children enjoy her lively powerpoint slide show as well as getting up close to the sights and smells of Tanzania. Teens and adults enjoy hearing about successful careers in the arts, as well as Nicole’s unique perspective on the creative process with her interactive workshops.
http://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/2010/09/19/q10f18
A bit about the process…
“Since I was little, I’ve always wanted to do a historical book — well, let’s face it…meaning, I’d get to draw waving prairie grass and sunbonnets, because I was such a Laura Ingalls Wilder fan! But when Albert Whitman contacted me about doing a book that took place during the Depression, I still got all excited. My Dad grew up in a 1920s-style bungalow in Detroit, so I based the interior scenes from memory, as well as from dozens of research photos. Research! I always do lots of research, and this one took a lot more than I’ve done before with the possible exception of Fatuma’s New Cloth. My older sister is very detail-oriented, so I ran a lot of things by her, as well as my history-loving husband. My in-laws (born in 1928 and 1933) helped quite a bit, too.
4 Comments on Illustrator Saturday – Nicole Tadgell, last added: 4/4/2011
Becky Birtha’s picture book, 
Well, to me, March hasn’t been the best of months…if anything, it’s been just plain weird! Maybe because it’s behaving a lot like MAY! lol
Anyway, this page is probably the nicest thing March has blown our way. Thank you, illustrators, for gifting us by rendering beautiful images that conjure irrepressible smiles
Thanks, Kathy!!!
Such a beautiful way to start my day!
I’m always so blown away by the talent of illustrators…they’re so inspiring!
I still remember how the illustrations used to affect me when I was a child and learning to read. They would pull me into the books like a magnet!
I truly believe that artists are gifts from the heavens.
Thank you for sharing these with us, Kathy!
~Eileen Balesteri
The illustrations came out beautifully, Kathy. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to post our work. I enjoyed reading about my fellow author/illustrators and continue to look forward to your posts.
Reblogged this on orples and commented:
Check it out, guys! Kathy has posted my kite drawing, as well as some other fine illustrations by other author/illustrators! Thank you, Kathy.
Eileen, I tend to feel that way about musicians…how they seemingly make beautiful compositions “from the air.” I’m in awe of that
Or how a mind could conceive of things like sounds being able to be recorded on vinyl—or ANYthing…or sending pixels through waves that appear, all put together, on the other end…or data by code that has gradually whittled down to palm-size computers…the conception is what amazes me, and I do agree…as with all good things, these are gifts from the heavens (well, to me—from God) 
All great stuff to appreciate!
CONGRATULACTIONS MARCY! Glad to see your illustration featured here.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Oh, wow. I just discovered this after it was reblogged on another site (Orples). These are wonderful! I especially love the first one of the girl in the red cloak. Eerie and gorgeous.