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Saturday, October 8, 2016 9:17:00 AM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Fall Fair Season and recent work!:
Leona said, "We have been attending several Fall fairs in the last few weeks starting with the Franklin County Fair in Western Mass. a couple of weekends ago! It is actually held in my home town of Greenfield, Mass. I was especially excited, not only because I..." more
Monday, June 6, 2016 2:31:15 AM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled How do I cut Silhouettes?:
Leona said, "Whenever I cut silhouettes at an event people are always asking me how I learned to cut a likeness of a person in under five minutes. It's hard to answer that in the few minutes I have with the people I do silhouettes of. So I usually just..." more
Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:09:49 AM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Salt River Performs in Wells, April 9th!:
Leona said, "Salt River consists of:(left to right) Cathy King on bass, Mike Rogers on blues harmonica, guitar and vocals, Bev Rogers on vocals, Leona Hosack on guitar and vocals.I'm so glad that I am still performing original and traditional folk-blues music..." more
Friday, March 11, 2016 8:20:30 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Thinking of Spring! While in hospital waiting for my best-beloved to get out of surgery!:
Leona said, "A caricature I did a few years ago!This is me last summer working on a portrait outside at Alfred Festival Day in Alfred, ME.St. Patrick's day is next week and the first day of Spring is just around the corner! I would have been playing irish..." more
Saturday, February 20, 2016 2:37:15 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Latest work and announcements!:
Leona said, "So excited to announce that my book "Babysitter Blues" published by One Voice Press is now available at Barnes and Noble.com. Click here..." more
Saturday, February 6, 2016 1:34:07 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled I Love Drawing Diversity!!:
Leona said, "I've been going through my files of old work, drawings and sketches, and have found some of my illustrations that I haven't looked at in a while. Quite a number of years ago, I happened to have been asked to illustrate a few stories for New..." more
Saturday, January 30, 2016 3:51:16 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled How to find an online file converter!:
Leona said, "I am excited that my illustrations have been accepted on a wonderful website called Storybird. www.https://storybird.com/ I have been in the process of trying to find an online free converter that will tranform my jpg files into tiff. files,..." more
Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:56:50 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Recent Work!:
Leona said, " Here is my latest work:Below is a caricature I did for a local realter who sometimes uses caricatures for promotional materials. Notice the houses on the birthday cake and the house shaped package on the top of the present pile! I..." more
Sunday, January 17, 2016 9:32:35 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled End of 2015 Silhouettes and Caricatures:
Leona said, "These are pics of the last two gigs I did in 2015! Plus a great video on how to cut silhouettes and a very informational video on caricaturing tools! Now I'm ready to use my off season to drum up some new gigs for the 2016 Spring, Summer, Fall and..." more
Sunday, November 29, 2015 6:14:00 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Silhouettes/Caricatures/Face Painting Will Travel!:
Leona said, "I had a great Fall doing silhouettes, caricatures, and even facepainting- especially around Halloween!In September I did Sihouettes for I think- the fourth year running at The Shaker Hill Apple Festival in Alfred, Maine. I had a great time as always..." more
Saturday, November 7, 2015 5:18:27 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Salt River performs at Red &Shorties in Dover on Nov. 14th!:
Leona said, "Salt River (Mike Rogers, Bev Rogers, Leona Hosack, and Cathy King) will be performing on Saturday November 14th starting at 8 pm at Red & Shorty's Concert Venue, a wonderful place for live music at 4..." more
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 8:04:33 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Summer's End! My Latest Caricature Work!:
Leona said, "I have done caricatures and portraits at a lot of wonderful events this summer. My most recent events included a Dog Daze Event at LL Bean in Freeport, ME.I spent around six hours drawing dogs and their owners! I loved it! I cut silhouettes,..." more
Sunday, July 26, 2015 11:28:39 AM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled What To Do On A Rainy Day!:
Leona said, "My daughter Anisa took this picture of me doing a pencil portrait of Zoe the dog.This is the drawing of the same dog, that I drew last year.Last Saturday I did portraits and Silhouettes at the Alfred Festival in Alfred, Maine. It rained off and on..." more
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 6:52:50 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled My Latest Adventures in Caricaturing!:
Leona said, "I had a great June this year doing caricatures at a Bah Mitzvah in Mass., the Somersworth Children's Festival in Somersworth, NH, and The Strawberry Festival in South Berwick, Me, as well as a custom caricature executed in my studio in Eliot,..." more
Sunday, June 14, 2015 10:51:08 AM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Sneak Peek! Illustrations for "Jamilla Does Not Want A Bat" in Her House are done!Yahoo!:
Leona said, "Here are the finals in color for the book I've been working on for the US Baha'i Publishing Trust (Bellwood Press) Jamilla Does Not Want A Bat In Her House! So happy to be done, but also sad! I had so much fun developing these drawing for..." more
Sunday, May 24, 2015 7:06:00 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Newest Art! And Time Management Tips for Freelancers!:
Leona said, "I had a chance to do this portrait of a mom and her two little ones for Mother's Day! The photo I worked with is below. I used a little artistic liscense, in adjusting the size of the boy on the left. I wanted the mom to be a little taller than the..." more
Monday, April 20, 2015 10:27:52 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled What's new as samples in my Etsy shop? Portraits of my lovely daughter and grandgirls!:
Leona said, "Pencil Portrait with descriptive words! Information on ordering a similar portrait design from a photo click here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/230405489/custom-pencil-portrait-with-descriptive?ref=shop_home_active_1I love playing with words and..." more
Saturday, April 4, 2015 4:30:34 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Happy Easter and Happy Spring to all!:
Leona said, "Mixed Media: pen and ink, colored pencil and collageHere's an illustration I submitted to Illustration Friday a couple of years ago. Actually this was the first one I ever submitted there, I think! Thought I'd bring this one out again and share..." more
Sunday, March 22, 2015 4:27:39 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Little Cutie! My Latest Custom Silhouette!:
Leona said, "Here is my latest custom order for a silhouette. I just cut this today!What a sweetie-pie! I use two sided black and white silhouette paper, and I just look at the photo and cut, as I would do at a festival or event. It usually takes about five..." more
Monday, March 16, 2015 8:51:13 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled How To Draw Emotions!:
Leona said, "Drawings for a possible upcoming book project.I have had many opportunities lately to do drawings of people and animals which show various emotions and I have had a lot of fun experimenting with what different emotions might look like!A sad..." more
Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:42:37 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled My latest Caricatures and Face painting too!:
Leona said, "My son Adam, a creative and innovative musician among many other things!I did this just for fun!Just a sketch in my sketch book!A sketch for my latest Etsy order.The final! Regretably there's a shadow on this picture, that I took with my..." more
Sunday, February 22, 2015 1:34:18 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled 3 Ways to Create A Picture Book that Shares Spiritual Concepts:
Leona said, "A few years ago I came up with a picture book idea that shows a Baha'i child progressing through his day, and incorporating spiritual concepts into his activities. I was lucky to have had an opportunity to show the idea to an editor at Bellwood..." more
Sunday, November 6, 2016 4:39:47 PM
Leona Hosack wrote a blog post titled Jamila Does Not Want A Bat In Her House Soon To Be Released!:
Leona said, "I am so excited to learn that the book I finished illustrating earlier this year, Jamila Does Not Want A Bat In Her House, which was written by my wonderfully talented writer friend Phyllis Edgerly Ring, is about to be released in the next month or..." more