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Homemade Clay For Kids

Homemade Clay 3 ingredients

    Kids are fascinated to work with clay, but if it is not available it is easy make homemade clay for kids.  Although natural clay from the earth is preferred in most cases, there are many advantages to making your clay at home. The supplies are very common and usually already available in the […]

My October And November Illustrations fo...

My October And November Illustrations for Doodle Day

It is time to catch up with posting my October and November illustrations for Doodle Day.  Doodle Day for those of you that are not familiar with it, is a FaceBook group for children and adults that like to draw or doodle.  The experience level ranges from beginner to professional but the focus is to […]

Drawing And Painting For Kids

Drawing And Painting For Kids

    This summer I am teaching drawing and painting for kids in Stone Mountain, Ga. near where I live.  The classes are small and concentrated during the summer with three classes per week and 2 hours long each.  The advantage of teaching private classes over public school art is that the class size is […]

Doodle Day’s First Anniversary

Doodle Day’s First Anniversary

These are some of my more current illustrations for the Doodle Day prompts.   Last week marked Doodle Day’s  first anniversary.  What is Doodle Day you might be thinking ?  It is a group page on FaceBook for doodlers, people who like to draw.  Some are  illustrators, writers,  teachers, and children of all ages. The […]

The Box, Children’s Book Review

The Box, Children’s Book Review

  When reading Jo Linsdell’s  newest children’s book, The Box today for this children’s book review the word that came to mind to describe it is simplistic.  The text, illustrations, and the theme of the book is simplicity at its best.  It is not complicated, fancy, or hard to understand.  The book shares the creative […]

SkADaMo and PiBoIdMo Progress 2

SkADaMo and PiBoIdMo Progress 2

I continue to make progress the writing project for authors of picture books, PiBoIdMo and another project for illustrators, SkADaMo. I can’t believe the month of November is half over.  The days are going by so fast. I thought of 20 ideas for new books easily for PiBoIdMo.  It is a good practice to list […]