Alice Pope's SCBWI Children's Market Blog: SCBWI TEAM BLOG Pre-conference interview: Francesco Sedita

Alice Pope's SCBWI Children's Market Blog: SCBWI TEAM BLOG Pre-conference interview: Francesco Sedita

Alice Pope, former editor of the CWIM book is stepping down there, and has begin here with the SCBWI blog

The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature; The NCCIL

The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature; The NCCIL
there are some wonderful children's art lessons here, based on the illustrators of childrens books, including David Diaz, Peter Sis, Robert Sabuda, Betsy Lewin and others. I'm bookmarking these ideas for myself and my art classes. Great inspiration

Current News - SCBWI

Current News - SCBWI
Golden Kite Golden Dreams...celebrating over 30 years of Art from the SCBWI's Golden Kite Awards

Artist Profile: Leo & Diane Dillon - The NCCIL

Artist Profile: Leo & Diane Dillon - The NCCIL
two of my favorite illustrators..check out their profile here. I wish there were more places online to see the Dillon's gorgeous illustrations.

Art for Small Hands

Art for Small Hands
is another wonderful blog with creative ideas for teaching young children art and how to explore the world in fun ways

10 Lessons the Arts Teach • National Art Education Association

10 Lessons the Arts Teach • National Art Education Association

This is a fantastic resource, and the list here is excellent as far as pointing out the benefits art brings to children's lives.

Children's Illustrators Group - Imagekind Art & Photography Community

Children's Illustrators Group - Imagekind Art & Photography Community

come join our children's illustrator group at Imagekind.

Picture-Bookies

Picture-Bookies
Our incredible group of children's illustrators..what a privilege to be a part of

What is BlogThis! ? - Blogger Help

blogging from a Cell phone

Hopefully I'll be keeping up with my blog better with my new cell phone. which is an Android and makes it much easier to post things to the internet while out and about.
While I'm at it, does anyone out there have any favoritte apps or blogger tips to make it easier to post links and info quickly to blogger? I've got the "twit this" and "share on facebook" toolbar apps on ny laptop and computer, but therre has got to be a more immediate way to post things to blogger. Thanks in advance for any tips

Kelly Light's Ripple Blog

Check out Kelly Light's Ripple blog..a collaboration of artists posting small art sketches and pieces for $10.00 a piece. Kelly posts the info on her blog saying " Each sketchcard on this blog is $10.00. The $10.00 is a donation to help the animal victims of the Deep Water Horizon Gulf Oil Spill. Every penny is donated. The two Non-Profits that are benefitting are The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and The International Bird Rescue Research Center. You can purchase a card if you donate directly to one of the non-profits and email me the confirmation and your address to ripplesketches@verizon.net. The artist will mail you the signed card.

We don't have to feel helpless. We can help. Our small actions together will ripple outward."

 

The assortment of art is fantastic, and so far they've raised $4,000.00

consider creating art or buying it and donating to one of the two Non-profit organizations to do your part to help.