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Wednesday, November 12, 2014 3:36:15 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Minimally drawn Miffy:
Mark said, "Hey Miffy you’re so fine. You’re so fine you blow my mind — hey Miffy! Or Nijntje, as this children’s book character by illustrator author Dick Bruna is known in Holland and much of Europe. She’s a girl who wears..." more
Thursday, November 6, 2014 1:32:17 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Celebrating children’s picture books!:
Mark said, " Below, a sweet picture book trailer by author-illustrator Peter McCarty for his incomparable Chloe (HarperCollins Childrens). You can see art samples from the winners of the New York Times Best Illustrated Books Awards for 2014..." more
Friday, October 31, 2014 4:21:34 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Terrible in pink?:
Mark said, "A Terrible Lizard’s soliloquy moves us to empathy, or maybe not in the gorgeously tactile T is for Terrible (Macmillan)– a 2005 Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year by Peter McCarty. Children’s novelist Julie..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled How to build a robot in Quark:
Mark said, "Children’s book author-illustrator Annette Simon works hard to make her picture books playful. Or, maybe more accurately, she plays hard to make her picture books work. Her Robot Zombie Frankenstein! (Candlewick Press) delivers an..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Mary’s magic:
Mark said, "Children’s book illustrator Mary Sullivan will add “author” to her extensive illustration credits when her new picture book Ball comes out from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this Spring. Based on the ball chasing dog Mary never..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled World touring sketchbooks:
Mark said, "Have you drawn in your sketchbook today? It’s a question that humbles every aspiring children’s book illustrator. But in our “high touch era” where the handcrafts site Etsy numbers near the top of online marketplaces and..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Then let us all with one accord…:
Mark said, "Stepping away from the news and business this evening, I poked around on YouTube for a nice Christmas video to share with you. For some reason I started wondering if Sitka, Alaska, where I’d spent 2-3 of my childhood years still celebrates..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled 2012 in review:
Mark said, "The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 130,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Catching Willie Mays (in a children’s book illustration):
Mark said, "How perfect that award-winning children’s book artist Terry Widener has done the pictures for the new picture book by Jonah Winter (just released by Schwartz and Wade) about the greatest all around baseball player ever – Willie..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled “Speak the language.” Children’s book illustrator E.B. Lewis shares his emotional work and words:
Mark said, "“Art is a language,” Children’s book illustrator E.B. Lewis told a roomful of illustrators, aspiring and professional. “Speak the language.” What is a language, Lewis asked. “In spoken language, it’s the..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled An amazing way to learn illustration:
Mark said, "So what is musician-performer-dancer-composer Lindsey Stirling doing on this blog about children’s book illustration? She’s an artist but she works in a different medium. She hasn’t published a children’s picture book. (Not..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled “A marvelous way to tell a difficult story”:
Mark said, "The upcoming Austin SCBWI Graphic Novel Workshop on Saturday, October 5 promises to be a day for writers and illustrators, writer-illustrators and anyone interested in exciting alternative literary forms for children, teens and young adults. OK,..." more
Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:01:22 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled A ‘Writing Process’ post:
Mark said, "My friend, San Antonio SCBWI Illustrators Coordinator Akiko White recently tagged me to take part in the Writing Process Blog Tour. It was fun because it got me thinking about how the kind of online journalism I’ve been doing lately is much..." more
Wednesday, October 1, 2014 9:35:25 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Hello world!:
Mark said, "Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!"
Monday, March 31, 2014 1:01:34 AM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled A ‘Writing Process’ post:
Mark said, "My friend, San Antonio SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator Akiko White recently tagged me to take part in a ‘Writing Process’ Blog Tour. It was fun because it got me thinking about how the kind of writing I’ve been doing is much like the..." more
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:54:23 AM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled 2012 in review:
Mark said, "The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 130,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert..." more
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:54:23 AM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Catching Willie Mays (in a children’s book illustration):
Mark said, "How perfect that award-winning children’s book artist Terry Widener has done the pictures for the new picture book by Jonah Winter (just released by Schwartz and Wade) about the greatest all around baseball player ever – Willie Mays...." more
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:54:23 AM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled “Speak the language.” Children’s book illustrator E.B. Lewis shares his emotional work and words:
Mark said, "“Art is a language,” Children’s book illustrator E.B. Lewis told a roomful of illustrators, aspiring and professional. “Speak the language.” What is a language, Lewis asked. “In spoken language, it’s the..." more
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:54:23 AM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled An amazing way to learn illustration:
Mark said, "So what is musician-performer-dancer-composer Lindsey Stirling doing on this blog about children’s book illustration? She’s an artist but she works in a different medium. She hasn’t published a children’s picture book. (Not..." more
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:54:23 AM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled “A marvelous way to tell a difficult story”:
Mark said, "The upcoming Austin SCBWI Graphic Novel Workshop on Saturday, October 5 promises to be a day for writers and illustrators, writer-illustrators and anyone interested in exciting alternative literary forms for children, teens and young adults. OK,..." more
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 3:10:23 AM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled “A marvelous way to tell a difficult story”:
Mark said, "The upcoming Austin SCBWI Graphic Novel Workshop on Saturday, October 5 promises to be a day for writers and illustrators, writer-illustrators and anyone interested in exciting alternative literary forms for children, teens and young adults. OK,..." more
Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:37:12 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled An amazing way to learn illustration:
Mark said, "So what is musician-performer-dancer-composer Lindsey Stirling doing on this blog about children’s book illustration? She’s an artist but she works in a different medium. She hasn’t published a children’s picture book. (Not..." more
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:02:00 AM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled “Speak the language.” Children’s book illustrator E.B. Lewis shares his emotional work and words:
Mark said, "“Art is a language,” Children’s book illustrator E.B. Lewis told a roomful of illustrators, aspiring and professional. What is a language, Lewis asked. “Letters of the alphabet that join together to form words,..." more
Saturday, February 16, 2013 8:59:55 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Catching Willie Mays (in a children’s book illustration):
Mark said, "How perfect that award-winning children’s book artist Terry Widener has done the pictures for the new picture book by Jonah Winter (just released by Schwartz and Wade) about the greatest all around baseball player ever – Willie Mays...." more
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 4:10:13 PM
Mark Mitchell wrote a blog post titled Painting old buildings:
Mark said, "Oh, my. Yes, painting old buildings in watercolor — not latex. You’ll want to see illustrator and fine-arts painter James Gurney dash off an urbanscape — before the time’s up on his parking meter. Former National..." more