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Through the Studio Door: December 2013

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013. I don't have a lot of art from when I was a kid. There's no "here is the first book I wrote and illustrated." Not too many drawings or paintings. But I do have a few "project" pieces that I treasure. One of those projects came from when I was about 8 or 9 years old. Christmas ornaments! One of my favorite parts of Christmas is decorating the tree. Each ornament bringing along a memory or story from the past. Friday, December 6, 2013. Friday Studio Links Featuring. Today we get...

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WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: February 2014

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Friday, February 28, 2014. I've been highlighting illustrators for my birthday of the month, but this February I cannot resist turning the spotlight on a writer who was born this month: Laura Ingalls Wilder. I have been a devoted, fanatical fan of her Little House books ever since I first discovered them. As a child, I read the series in their original edition, which was published in the 30's with illustrations by Helen Sewell. And you might consider visiting the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum:. We plant se...

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WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: November 2014

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Sunday, November 30, 2014. A STONE IN THE BEANS. This morning I was preparing dried beans for baking, and found amongst them a good-sized stone. "Ah," I thought, "there must some connection between a stone in the beans, and art-making." All through breakfast I toyed with this idea. Finding a stone in the beans was like.finding a mistake in my spelling? Finding a clumsy line in my drawing? Sometimes a stone in the beans is . . . just a stone in the beans. Author and Illustrator of Books for Children.

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WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: October 2013

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Thursday, October 31, 2013. MY PALETTE, CONTINUED. In my previous blog MY PALETTE. I talked about my physical palette, and the choice of pigments that I lay out on that palette. There is one other way we can define this word. Was created from the list of colors I gave in that earlier blog (. Http:/ thewendywatsonblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/my-palette.html. For this image, I used all of the earth colors from my palette, plus a green, and a couple of reds. But I hardly touched my purple, blues, and blacks.

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WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: March 2014

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Monday, March 31, 2014. Out of dormant branches.comes new growth. Out of chaos.comes order. Out of despair.comes hope. Out of death.comes life. Author and Illustrator of Books for Children. Links to this post. ALDREN A. WATSON'S FINAL OPUS: WATERFRONT NEW YORK. I talked about my father, Aldren A. Watson, and his final book, Waterfront New York: Images of the 1920s and '30s. In a previous blog post. Http:/ thewendywatsonblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/aldren-watson-1917-2013.html. 1920S and ‘30S. So in the spir...

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WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: August 2013

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Monday, August 26, 2013. Holling Clancy Holling, the author and illustrator, was born on August 2, 1900. His work has had a tremendous impact on me. I first discovered him as a child, when I began reading his books: Seabird. Paddle-To-The-Sea. Minn of the Mississippi. I kept reading his books as a teenager. And as an adult. I still pore over them. As an illustrator or author for children, one could do no better than to adopt Holling's philosophy and devotion to his work. Links to this post. Water, or a m...

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WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: December 2014

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Tuesday, December 30, 2014. TO CENSOR OR NOT TO CENSOR. From "Grimm's Fairy Tales, Complete Edition, illustrated by Josef Scharl". But I can dabble here in the shallows, and talk about my own experiences with fairy tales. From "Andersen's Fairy Tales", illustrated by Arthur Szyk. As a child, I read voraciously. I took armfuls of the books I had chosen out of the public library; and I read and re-read the volumes that filled the bookshelves and cluttered the rooms in our home. Links to this post. If you d...

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WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: October 2014

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Obvious and simple- -yet I hadn't been able to imagine it on my own. Muses, and Friends: I can't imagine life without them. Author and Illustrator of Books for Children. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Author and Illustrator of Books for Children. I'm the award-winning author and illustrator of twenty-one children's books, and the illustrator of more than sixty others. I'm represented by Curtis Brown Ltd. View my complete profile. Aldren Watson, Artist and Author.

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WENDY WATSON'S BLOG: April 2014

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Whatever Trina illustrated came alive in her exuberant art that leaps off the page with its vitality. Her handling of black and white media was masterful. And she gave her very best to every piece she created, no matter how insignificant it might have seemed to others. She gave her readers new insights into innumerable fairy tales. Read more about Trina here:. Http:/ www.ortakales.com/illustrators/hyman.html. Author and Illustrator of Books for Children. Links to this post. The f...