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Should you advertise in an illustration directory?

For some children’s book artists this interview might be a little hard to hear and to bear.  For others it could offer new hope. Jo Ann Miller of Serbin Communications’ Directory of Illust… more →

How To Be A Children's Book Illustrator

Should you advertise in an illustration directory? — 4 comments

Mark Mitchell wrote 2 weeks ago: For some children’s book artists this interview might be a little hard to hear and to bear.  F … more →

Tags: Austin SCBWI, Directory of Illustration, Houston SCBWI, Jo Ann Miller, John Parra, Lisa Falkenstern, Marla Frazee, New York Fashion Institute of Technology, Patrice Barton

Dogged Daily Drawing — 1 comment

Mark Mitchell wrote 6 months ago: Cartoonist,  comics artist-author, web designer  Erik Kuntz drew a dog every day for a year. And now … more →

Tags: Special Treats, Erik Kuntz, "Hex Libris", mark mitchell, Maggie Gallant, Chris Barton, Cynthia Leitich Smith, "Make Your Splashes; Make Your Marks", America Online

Karien Draws Dragons In Tolkien's Original Land — 3 comments

Mark Mitchell wrote 7 months ago: Karien Naude taught herself to draw, paint and airbrush. Her native language is the Afrikaans of the … more →

Tags: Karien Naude, johannesburg, South Africa, Terry Pratchett, Marvel, lord of the rings, ZUlu, folk tale, The Hobbit

Is happiness a small bum?

niente wrote 8 months ago: What happens when corporate culture and natural therapies collide? Emily Alexander explores. Is happ … more →

Tags: Press Release

Laura's Medieval Menagerie — 1 comment

Mark Mitchell wrote 9 months ago:   Laura Jennings drawing for Shard Studios Laura Jennings grew up surrounded by animals in the Texas … more →

Tags: Pictures worth a thousand words, Texas, Bambi, Photoshop, Laura Jennings, Kempner, Shard, Zelda and Mario, Austin Community College

Nacho Average Pup

Mark Mitchell wrote 10 months ago:   Video by Sean Cunningham for the KLRU Public Television series Docubloggers “We’ll cha … more →

Tags: Pictures worth a thousand words, Ray Benson, asleep at the wheel, Nacho the Party Pup, emma virjan, Austin chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writer, Random House Children's Books Division, Nacho the Downward Dog, esther cohen

"Merry Christmas, me buckos, an' a Happy New Yaaargghhhh!"

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: Sebastia Serra modeled his pirates and ship Those aren’t my words above (although they’r … more →

Tags: Pictures worth a thousand words, Philip Yates, Sebastia Serra, A Pirate's Night Before Christmas, pirates, Sterling Publishers, draw, model, SHIP

'Twas the Night Before Christmas Aboard the 'Black Sark'

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago:   'Sir Peggedy' visits the pirate ship in "A Pirate's Night Before Christmas" … more →

Tags: Pictures worth a thousand words, Add new tag, Howard Pyle, Philip Yates, Sebastia Serra, Sterling, santa knows, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, Dutton

"Monkey and Me"... and Emily

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: Reading All About Wolves   Award winning children’s book author-illustrator Emily Gravett of B … more →

Tags: Pictures worth a thousand words, " "Monkey and Me", London Telegraph, Wolves, Austin SCBWI, children's book illustration, Children's Picture Book, draftsmanship, Emily Gravett

The Breathtaking Collages of Ed Young in "Wabi Sabi" — 5 comments

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: Collage illustrations   A cat’s journey to find the meaning of her name leads her from her Kyo … more →

Tags: Special Treats, Lon Po Po, wabi-sabi, Alvina Ling, Austin Public Library, author Mark Reibstein, Caldecott Medal, Celia Holm, Children's Book Illustrations

A new milieu for an old art form: Erik Kuntz and a spellbinding (kid-friendly) "Hex Libris" — 1 comment

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago: Erik was thinking of the classic Nancy Drew stories of the 1950’s, mulling  how they compared … more →

Tags: How to be a children's book illustrator, Add new tag, WebComic, Erik Kuntz, "Hex Libris", Calvin and Hobbes, prince valiant, cartoonist, child friendly

Can you find the missing pencil? Mary Sullivan paints with a wacky Wacom — 1 comment

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago:   from “Hidden Picture Playground” (“Highlights for Children” magazine) Ther … more →

Tags: Boyds Mills Press, Clara the Klutz, Hidden Pictures, Hidden Pictures Playground, High-Five, Highlights for Children, Mary Sullivan, Michael Frary, Phonics Coimics

Childhood seen: Children's book tells a story of a painting — 4 comments

Mark Mitchell wrote 1 year ago:    Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent Last year my friends at the Susan Salzman Rabb … more →

Tags: News, Special Treats, Carnation, The-Wind-in-the-Willows, Austin Abbey, Frank and Elizabeth Millet, Henry James, Hugh Brewster, John Singer Sargent


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