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  • Fresh Tracks

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    A new year rolls out ahead, ready for us to make our mark on it. I’ve been making fresh tracks in my studio using charcoal to draw the chatty neighborhood crows, the reclusive rabbit in the hills nearby, and the acrobatic backyard squirrel who hangs artfully from our grapevine in August, his cheeks stuffed with…

  • Joy

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    Happy holidays!

  • A Free Fall All

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    click on images to enlarge Dancing and twirling to the music of a choral octet, and then falling down with glee, the children in my illustrations got into the spirit of UC Berkeley’s Free Fall All –  musical venues around the campus free to the public. I was waiting in line to see the free…

  • The Storybook Makers Illustration Exhibition

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    A wonderful exhibit of children’s book illustration is coming to the Village Theatre Art Gallery in Danville, CA. I am pleased to be part of the exhibit. The opening reception is May 1, from 5-8PM. Other events include: Hope to see you there!

  • Such Fun at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore

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    Recently, I gave a presentation of my picture book, Smelling Sunshine, at the wonderful Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore in Berkeley. It’s hard not to fall under the store’s spell with quotes like this on the walls, and when the staff make you feel so much at home. Like magicians, they rearranged space, set up more chairs,…

  • Smelling Sunshine Bookstore Event at Mrs. Dalloway’s Books, Berkeley

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  • Happy Holidays

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  • Smelling Sunshine: book release!

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    Smelling Sunshine: book release! Smelling Sunshine, the picture book that I wrote and illustrated, published by Star Bright Books, has just been released! Smelling Sunshine is a story that creates a path through various cultures by describing one world doing an ordinary chore of hanging laundry that becomes extraordinary in its personal nighttime comfort. Kirkus…

  • The Cats Are Here!

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     I recently asked subscribers to my newsletter to draw a cat, suggested the line and shape method of drawing for those who mistakenly think they can’t draw, and promised to post the cats on my blog. So here are those fantastic cats. Some people used the line and shape approach shown on my Fun Stuff page,…

  • Drawing Performance

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    Drawing is a performance – It is one time then and there Of the moment As an act of creation is. Beatrice Darwin* Charcoal is a medium I’ve used for years, but never with such abandon until recently. I draw with willow and vine as well as compressed charcoals in stick and pencil form. Last…