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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 12:44:44 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Giant Robot 2's Eleventh Annual Post-It Show:
Melinda said, "Hello my long-wondering-what-I'm-up-to blog followers! Let's just say my 2014/15 years have been a time of introspection and exploration. I've been taking workshops, webinars, and online classes. I've been taking trips and attending conferences...." more
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 10:20:32 AM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled PiBoIdMo 2015 - Winner!:
Melinda said, "I do solemnly swear that I have faithfullyexecuted the PiBoIdMo 30-ideas-in-30-days challenge,and will, to the best of my ability, parlay my ideasinto picture book manuscripts.Wow! My sixth year of participating in Picture Book Idea Month..." more
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:35:41 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled 7th Annual Picture Book Idea Month — PiBoIdMo 2015:
Melinda said, "I have been SLACKING… how can my SECOND blog post of the year be in late October?! I guess it doesn't help that I've have a mysterious illness for almost 2 months… but thankfully that's getting better and I almost feel like a person again..." more
Monday, July 13, 2015 10:15:06 AM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled My New Website is Up and Running!:
Melinda said, "I finally got my new website up… as is the case with a lot of websites, there are things I really like and things that are not-so-great, but it's clean and organized and pretty easy to work with and update. Now I just need to work on some new..." more
Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:10:21 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Temporary Website:
Melinda said, "If you went looking for www.melindabeavers.com and landed here—it's not a mistake, for now.I'm in the process of transitioning website hosting … and it's taking me a little longer than I expected (too may choices? maybe!).There is a LOT of my..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 7:13:06 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Temporary Website:
Melinda said, "If you went looking for www.melindabeavers.com and landed here—it's not a mistake, for now.I'm in the process of transitioning website hosting … and it's taking me a little longer than I expected (too may choices? maybe!).There is a LOT of my..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Conference Photo Recap: SCBWI Austin 2014:
Melinda said, "Road Tripping through west Texas—the drive from ABQ to AustinTomie dePaola Award winner, Akiko White, cuts the cake!Volunteer dinner at the Writing Barn… where several writers & illustrators have signed the raftersThe conference..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled SCBWI-NM Illustrator's Meeting, February:
Melinda said, "Last night we had our second local SCBWI-NM Illustrator's group meeting of 2014!At 5pm, as is the new norm—we started with dinner and socializing at a local cafe. Our SCBWI Schmooze is held on the same night, so..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled MasterWorks Interview:
Melinda said, "After a few scheduling snafoos, the MasterWorks of New Mexico team was finally able to make it over to interview me, on camera (eeeeek!), as this year's Judge of the MasterWorks Miniatures Division. This is my first opportunity to be a judge for a..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled FaceTiming with an Awe Inspiring Artist:
Melinda said, "Fun little tidbit… today I got to FaceTime with my brother, the amazing painter, Sean Beavers. Being two busy creatives with multiple jobs, we rarely get to touch base… but today, of all days, it happened—making this one of my best Valentine's..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Guest Speaker: Illustration Media:
Melinda said, "My good friend, Neecy Twinem, teaches several illustration classes over at the Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) here in Albuquerque—and I'm always happy to visit her classes when she asks me to come in and talk about colored pencils..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Random Insta-Inspiration:
Melinda said, "For the last year or so, I'm been screen-capturing instragram photos I like and saving them in a folder I call Art&Inspiration. I can't say that I've gone back to look at the folder very much, but this week I did and I pulled out three, recently..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled SCBWI-NM Illustrator's Meeting, March:
Melinda said, "Last night we had our third local SCBWI-NM Illustrator's group meeting of 2014!At 5pm, we started with dinner and socializing at a local cafe. Our SCBWI Schmooze is held on the same night, so writers and illustrators got to..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Process: Personal Work:
Melinda said, "I recently finished this new piece as my assignment for the Austin SCBWI Conference. I signed up for the conference a bit too late to have completed the piece BEFORE the event, but art director Laurent Linn was kind enough to invite all attendees to..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Illustration Friday: SPARK:
Melinda said, "Hey, so there didn't seem to be a new word from the folks at Illustration Friday this week, so I'm totally going to use this edited piece as my submission for SPARK. Ideas can come from the tiniest sparks of inspiration—keep an eye out and you'll..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled MasterWorks of New Mexico: The Judge:
Melinda said, "Behind-the-scenes.What an honor to be asked to judge a Show that I've been involved with almost every year since I've been in New Mexico. I had the pleasure of going in and seeing all the accepted miniature work yesterday—then had to the..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled The New Mexico Book Co-Op:
Melinda said, "I vaguely knew of the NM Book Co-Op before this meeting. It was something I heard mentioned or saw in e-newsletters—but this was the first time I've attended one of their meetings, and I was really impressed.Okay, it was held at a local Golden..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled A Trip to the Zoo!:
Melinda said, "Yesterday, I was lucky enough to be invited to a special tour at the zoo. Our ABQ Zoo is a fairly small one, and I live quite close (I used to live about 3 blocks away, I miss those days!) and I wish I got over there more often than I do. I think..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Random ABQ (The First):
Melinda said, "So, this is one of the reasons I love my town… the random "strange & wonderful" things that happen. This is a photo I shot the other night, walking down Central Avenue (main street ABQ for the out-of-towners), and there are a couple horses..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Insta-Inspiration—Workspaces:
Melinda said, "Still collecting my random Instagram screen-captures and thinking it's about time I share another batch… only this time, I had a really hard time choosing a theme. There are so many inspirational photos uploaded everyday. I actually ended up..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Illustration Friday: ZODIAC:
Melinda said, "So, this is a bit of a repeat, originally created and posted for Alphabeasts—but totally worth it because I love this piece and it totally applies to this weeks topic. I'm still planning to try do to a new zodiac piece (perhaps a Chinese zodiac,..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled SCBWI-NM Illustrator's Meeting, April (Illustrator School Visits):
Melinda said, "Last week we had our SCBWI-NM Illustrator's group meeting for April.As usual, at 5pm we started with dinner and socializing at a local cafe.(My "dinner" consisted of sweet potato fries and a black&white milkshake—yay for special occasions..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Mixing, Blending, and Burnishing: Colored Pencil Workshop:
Melinda said, "Photos my helper, Lynn Platow, took around and about the workshop day.As in MY workshop! My very FIRST workshop.And, MAN, was I nervous… it it all turned out to be wonderful. :)The workshop was part of the MasterWorks Show here in NM, you can see..." more
Saturday, March 7, 2015 4:41:10 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled The New Mexico Book Co-Op (April):
Melinda said, "I can't believe it's been a month already… time is just flying by this year and I can't seem to keep up. So much is happening! I've had a crazy and busy week and I almost decided not to go to this NM Book Co-Op meeting, but then I remembered the..." more
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 1:09:20 PM
Melinda Beavers wrote a blog post titled Illustration Friday: UNICORN:
Melinda said, "My favorite topic EVER is this week's Illustration Friday theme: UNICORN! Okay, I have quite a few, so I'm going to share them all with you here—and don't forget to check out and 'like' your favorites on my instagram account: mb.illustration!A..." more