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Call-and-Response: “Strawberry Balloon” – poem by Elizabeth Gauffreau (art by Clancy)
One of my favorite types of blog posts is the call-and-response, when a piece of creative expression I see online prompts me to create something of my own in response to it. In this instance, artist Sue Clancy posted the latest addition to her whimsical menagerie, the porcupine Spike Prickly, borne aloft by a strawberry…
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Hedgehogs, foxes, reading and making meaning
I wrote in my last post that there may be hedgehogs and foxes in my upcoming sketchbook pages because I’m reading “The Hedgehog and the Fox” Isaiah Berlin’s famous essay about Tolstoy and history based on the Greek aphorism “The fox knows many things but the hedgehog knows one big thing” In his book Isaiah…
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Dragon, an oops, a rhino and recipe postcards
Had an oops during ink work this week on my coloring book poem “How to Draw A Dragon” here’s how I fixed it. Despite the mistake all of the hand written text as well as all of the illustrations have now been completely inked! Here’s how: first I drew the whole book in pencil which…
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This Rabbit some lunch and books
This week was filled with photographing my illustrations for a new children’s book tentatively titled “This Rabbit” (as I wrote last week). Then I uploaded the photos checking the digital images against the original artwork for accuracy of color. Sometimes I had to retake a photo. Once all of the illustrations were digitally correct, more…
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Pocket Full on new paper
I was given some art paper during the holiday. So I wrote a poem, illustrated it and folded it into an artist book. It’s titled “Pocket Full” and is a limited edition of 2 unique books. Btw: Edition 1 already has been sent to a collector. Contact me privately if you’re interested in Edition 2.
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thumb use – an illustrated poem
Thumb Use – By Clancy – Sissy had extra-large thumbs. So she cleared the table of crumbs saying “What else can you do, in the absence of stew, but make excellent use of your thumbs?”
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