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Katy Betz Studio: December 2014
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Reflections on 2014 and Goals for 2015. It's New Years's Eve and I just finished up a new digital painting! Here's a photo of me blogging this blog (whoa trippy) from the awesome Molino's coffee shop in downtown Riverside, CA. Looking back, 2014 was a very good year. I kept busy teaching at Ringling. I had opportunities to teach new courses, including the Advanced Illustration Portfolio class in the Spring and PreCollege painting and illustration over the summer. I am very g...
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Katy Betz Studio: April 2014
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Saturday, April 26, 2014. Annika in Reclining Pose. Here's a snapshot of another 3-hour oil study from this weekend's figure painting session. I love getting to retreat for 3 hours and paint the figure. It's so fun sitting in silence with a few friends, just painting away. I feel so recharged! Going to need the energy for this LAST WEEK of SCHOOL! Friday, April 25, 2014. I finally get to share with you some artwork I've been making behind the scenes! A new chapter posts every two weeks with illustrations.
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Katy Betz Studio: January 2015
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Friday, January 23, 2015. SCBWI Miami Conference 2015. For the past 4 years I have attended the SCBWI (Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators) Regional conference in Miami. I absolutely love attending this conference for many reasons:. 1 It's Miami in January. 2 The people are amazing! Talented, friendly, prolific, successful, and creative! On Friday, they spent the day with us, talking about the industry and critiquing our "best and worst" portfolio pieces. It is so enlightening to hav...
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Katy Betz Studio: Game of Thrones and Other Inspiration
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. Game of Thrones and Other Inspiration. I've recently been binge watching the Game of Thrones series, thanks to a few friends and students who insisted I watch it, loaning me all 4 seasons. "You'll love it! They exclaimed. "It's fantasy, with sword-fighting and dragons! They know me too well. To abate my guilty pleasure of staying up late and watching one episode after another (did I mention that they only loaned me the DVDs for 2 weeks? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Katy Betz Studio: May 2014
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Thursday, May 8, 2014. The third chapter of Some Pig in the City, written by Jodi Kendall, just posted on Storybird! Here's the color illustration I made for this chapter. Go read what happens! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Promote Your Page Too. Just a Drop of Water. A middle grade novel by Kerry O'Malley Cerra. Some Pig in the City. Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Katy Betz Studio: CATugeau!
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have signed on with Christy Ewers of CATugeau Artist Agency! How did this happen? And even more amazing, she sees market potential with the publishing genres I've been pursuing. Nothing could be more exciting than that! It's truly an honor to join the CATugeau family. I'm so excited for what this new step in my career will bring! A quick sketch of Christina reviewing portfolios at the SCBWI workshop. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Katy Betz Studio: September 2014
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014. On Saturday, September 13th, I took a trip down to Coral Springs, Florida to celebrate the launch of Kerry O'Malley Cerra's debut middle grade novel, Just a Drop of Water, which I had the great privilege of illustrating the cover. Check out the book trailer:. The launch party was a huge success! Over 300 people showed up and we signed books nonstop from 3pm to 6pm! Here are a few pics:. Illest of Ill Demo Night 2014. Check out more of her work here:. And here it is!
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Katy Betz Studio: NYC 2015 Highlights
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Sunday, May 31, 2015. There's a lot to share with this update, all very exciting! I will try to keep it short. I recently went to New York City because a picture book that I illustrated, I Forgive You. Written by Nicole Latiaf, won a Christopher Award! The awards ceremony was on a Wednesday evening, which of course was very out of my normal routine! Of which I illustrated the cover. I also made it to Sketch Night at the Society of Illustrators! I also did some sightseeing. Clear skies, sunny, a light jac...
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Katy Betz Studio: June 2014
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Friday, June 27, 2014. YA Muses muse on Storybird. Here's a really great blog post from author of Some Pig in the City, Jodi Kendall, about Storybird. She does a great job of summarizing everything. Check it out! Http:/ yamuses.blogspot.com/2014/06/current-project-writing-for-storybird.html. Hope you are having a lovely one so far. Just a quick update here:. I've been working on a few freelance projects too, the first being Some Pig in the City,. Written by Jodi Kendall. I'll post demos if I get a chance.
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Katy Betz Studio: April 2015
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Sunday, April 26, 2015. Game of Thrones and Other Inspiration. I've recently been binge watching the Game of Thrones series, thanks to a few friends and students who insisted I watch it, loaning me all 4 seasons. "You'll love it! They exclaimed. "It's fantasy, with sword-fighting and dragons! They know me too well. To abate my guilty pleasure of staying up late and watching one episode after another (did I mention that they only loaned me the DVDs for 2 weeks? How did this happen? And even more amazing, ...
