Goat cheese!

The ironing.

Beer

Boy

Cat Portraits

Caldecott

This makes me so happy! We got Locomotive for Joseph's birthday this month, and it's the first and last thing he wants to look at every day. A beautiful and well-researched book that I would highly recommend.

RIP, Pete Seeger

My version of Froggy Went a Courtin'. To Pete!

Book

Beard

Bear

How To Learn Gesture Drawing

Draw babies and small children!

They do not stop moving.

Children's book illustrations depict a glorious, dangerous world

"... there are dangers aplenty in Narnia, in Middle Earth, in Neverland, in the Chocolate Factory. And yet every child (and every invalid, and every captive) would still go, would vanish into that book, in a heartbeat, in a second."

Read the whole thing here. That is an exhibition that I would love to see.

100 Great Children's Books

An excellent list from the New York Public Library! 

http://www.nypl.org/childrens100?hspace=228116

Birthday

Happy Birthday, Tomie!

How Art Activates the Brain

Here is a nice post by James Gurney on neurophysiologist Semir Zeki's book Inner Vision: An Exploration of Art and the Brain.

Tree

Olympic Art Competitions

Interesting! From Mental Floss, Olympic Art Competitions from 1928-1932.

Gaiman Signs Multi-Book Deal with HarperCollins

From Publishers Weekly, Neil Gaiman has signed a multi-book deal with HarperCollins. 

Excellent!

I will have more good books to add to Joseph's wish list.

Pen & Palette Interview

Megan Shepherd was very kind to interview me for the summer edition of Pen & Palette! 

James Gurney's Survival Guide for Art Students

Here is a good list of old art instruction books recommended by James Gurney. 

Another old book I like that isn't on this list is The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides.