Adventures in Prussian Blue

My favorite dark is prussian blue and burnt sienna gouache. It has such a velvety soft tone that I can go into and pull lights out from without it feeling too dead, and the darkest end of it is sooooo rich. It’s my favorite. Here’s a snippet from a study that I worked on this … Read more

They say it’s your birthday!!!

Let’s raise our brushes and send a shout out to Lauren Castillo, yes, THE Lauren Castillo, illustrator of books like WHAT HAPPENS ON WEDNESDAYS, BUFFALO MUSIC, THAT’S PAPA’S WAY, BIG CAT PEPPER and THE PIG AND MS. PRUDENCE.  Stop on over at her blog and wish her a happy sweet sixteen!

Kids’ Books

This year I worked with Learning Leaders to visit NY classrooms and share my work with kids. I did 8 visits between two classes over the course of 4 consecutive months. For the activity portion of my visit we made single sheet books where the kids had to tell a story with pictures only! It … Read more

Brooklyn Public Library Book Club

Is your after school program being cut? A great alternative for kids who are looking for a place to be after-hours is your local library! Zetta and I popped in at the Brooklyn Public Library for a Monday afternoon book club meeting where BIRD was the featured book. The kids didn’t know we were coming … Read more

Congratulations!

More great news for BIRD! The book is the winner (tied with another title) of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People (from The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College) in the Grades 4 to 6 category. The list isn’t online yet, but if you check out “Paterson Prize for Books for Young … Read more

…and then there were 7

Great news! Quilt #4 sold yesterday. It will be missed. There are seven other available silkscreened drawings looking for a nice home. In the spirit of reality television shows, reserve one now before your favorite is voted off ;-).