Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Win A Signed Picture Book!












The Artist and the King by Julie Fortenberry


The Artist and the King

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Release date: Apr 07, 2014


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When a bad-tempered King punishes a little artist, he meets his match. For Daphne, the artist, turns her punishment, a dunce cap, into a…moreView Details »







Giveaway dates: Jan 01 - Feb 28, 2014


1 copy available, 301 peoplerequesting


Countries available: US



Win A Signed Picture Book!


The Artist and the King by Julie Fortenberry
The Artist and the King
by 
Release date: Apr 07, 2014
Picture book-

When a bad-tempered King punishes a little artist, he meets his match. For Daphne, the artist, turns her punishment, a dunce cap, into a…moreView Details »
Giveaway dates: Jan 01 - Feb 28, 2014
1 copy available, 301 peoplerequesting
Countries available: US

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Elegant -- pleasingly graceful and stylish

Artist and designer Catherine Hnatov has created elegant sites for Sophie Blackall and Brian Wildsmith

You can see additional web design and her watercolors and prints here and here. And her graphic illustration work below. 





Oh yeah! I almost forgot. She makes toys too!



Monday, January 27, 2014

Winners of the Youth Media Awards | ALA Midwinter 2014

http://www.slj.com/2014/01/awards/winners-of-the-youth-media-awards-ala-midwinter-2014/#_


The Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children goes to Locomotive, illustrated by Brian Floca


The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book for beginning readers goes to
The Watermelon Seed, written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli


Sunday, January 26, 2014

Mr. Hublot


Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short is Laurent Witz's 'Mr. Hublot, with sculptural inspiration from Stéphane Halleux's incredible characters…
mr hublot


…the production team wanted to create an art book which illustrates their process of getting Mr. Hulblot onto film...

Friday, January 24, 2014

CHINESE NEW YEAR ILLUSTRATION CONTEST

Below is note from my friends at
De Dominicis Agency
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Hi there!
As Chinese New Year is coming, we decided to launch this new contest open to all illustrators!

2014 will be the Year of the Horse!

Post your Horse illustration on our facebook wall and it will be part of an online exhibition on our Fb page on Chinese New Year's Eve!

Contest starts now and it will be open until Monday 27th January 2014 at 8pm!

Here is a beautiful horse illustration by Alexander Daniloff

Thursday, January 23, 2014

'Feral'


Daniel Sousa's beautifully animated short, 'Feral', has been nominated for an Academy Award this year…

How To Make A Paper Hat!

While writing THE ARTIST AND THE KING I did a little research on the construction of the Maid Marian hat that my character, Daphne, makes.



Thank you to Ginny Larson, and to the other industrious and creative people who made the beautiful party and pirate hats below. Your posts were very helpful! 
























































Thank you to Susie Wilde at Igniting Writing for this photo!





For history on the hennin (cone-shaped hat), visit wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennin















Hats by Rosemarie Gulla!

(photo credit: Joseph Gulla)



Need more inspiration?


Visit How To Make A Paper Hat on Pinterest.



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How To Make A Paper Hat!

While writing THE ARTIST AND THE KING I did a little research on the construction of the Maid Marian hat that my character, Daphne, makes.

Thank you to Ginny Larson, and to the other industrious and creative people who made the beautiful party and pirate hats below. Your posts were very helpful! 








Thank you to Susie Wilde at Igniting Writing for this photo!

For history on the hennin (cone-shaped hat), visit wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennin






Hats by Rosemarie Gulla!
(photo credit: Joseph Gulla)

Need more inspiration?

Visit How To Make A Paper Hat on Pinterest.

BACK TO JULIEFORTENBERRY.COM

Saturday, January 04, 2014

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

A Year of Reading:

Happy Birthday to Us!:  On January 1 of every year, we celebrate our Blog Birthday! As you can tell from our blo...

A Tribute to Little Golden Tales



210 East Main St, Alhambra CA 91801 
January 18, 2014 - February 9, 2014
Opening Reception / Jan 18, 6:00PM - 10:00PM

Above illustration by Alina Chau

A Goodreads Giveaway



Goodreads Book Giveaway


The Artist and the King by Julie Fortenberry

The Artist and the King

by Julie Fortenberry


Giveaway ends February 28, 2014.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.


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