Paraguay Landfill Harmonic Documentary Features Recycled Orchestra

Judy Garland Videos - Courtesy Jo Knowles - Acclaimed YA Author

CLICK HERE TO WATCH BOTH JUDY GARLAND VIDEOS

Two Judy Garland Videos. "Somewhere over the Rainbow." Courtesy of acclaimed and award-winning YA author (See You at Harry's) Jo Knowles. Both intense and mesmerizing.

The thing is - I think BOTH performances are incredible. Judy Garland may have been beaten up by her industry - but I don't see her as beaten.She knew her own voice, and that's an incredible gift for any artist.

Thank you, Jo Knowles for the post.

Caldecott Medalist Eric Rohmann and Candace Fleming, and Ellen Hopkins in San Antonio This Week

Announcing 2 Big Book Events in San Antonio This Week!

Caldecott Medal Winner  Eric Rohmann and author Candace Fleming will be speaking at UTSA this Wednesday, December 5 at 6:00 p.m.

Here is the link:

http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/caldecott_medal_winners_candace_fleming_and_eric_rohmann/

Ellen Hopkins, esteemed author of teen novels in verse including Crank, will be appearing at Barnes and Noble at La Cantera Parkway, discussing and signing her new book "Collateral" at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday December 6.

Other News:

Guadalupe Garcia McCall's new book, Summer of the Mariposas, was just named one of School Library Journal's Best Books of 2012.

And on a personal note, my first picture book -  Sing, Froggie, Sing / Canta, Rana, Canta is now available for pre-order on www.amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, www.thereadingwarehouse.com, www.bookdepository.com, and www.allbookstores.com, among others.

The book is illustrated by me, Carolyn Dee Flores, and translated by Natalia Rosales-yeomans, published by Arte Público Press.

Anne Frank

From a project I am working on about Anne Frank. Very excited. This is Prismacolor colored pencil on paper.

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

Have fun creating,
Carolyn

www.carolynflores.com

Super Cool List of 14 Picture Books You Should Absolutely Keep In Your Studio

LIST OF PICTURE BOOKS USED IN THE Carolyn Dee Flores SWTX-SCBWI  2012 ILLUSTRATION WORKSHOP

 

For those of you who attended my workshop  at the SWTX-SCBWI Conference  2012 on Basics of Picture Book Illustration - several people have asked me for a list of the picture books we used in class.

So here is the list:

Super Cool List of 14 Picture Books You Should Absolutely Keep In Your Studio

1. The Lion & The Mouse … Jerry Pinkney … (The Picture Book as an Art Form)
2. I, Too, Am America … Langston Hughes, Illustrated By Bryan Collier  (Interpreting Text)
3.  Rapunzel … Paul O. Zelinsky … (Painterly-ness)
4. The Little Matador … Julian Hector … (Design, Abstract Thumbnails)
5. Me, Frida … Amy Novesky, Illustrated By David Diaz … (Importance of Cover, Palette)
6. The Secret World of Walter Andersen …Hester Bass, Illustrated by E.B. Lewis … (Importance of Cover, Palette)
7. The Day-Glo Brothers … Chris Barton, Illustrated By Tony Persiani … (Illustrator's Vision)
8. Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed The World) … Mac Barnett, Dan Santat …  (Illustrator's Vision)
9. Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus … Mo Willems … (Pacing - Spots, Single Page Illustrations, Spreads)
10. Balloons Over Broadway … Melissa Sweet … ( Style, Fun, Accessibility, Play)
11. Go, Dog. Go! … P.D. Eastman … (Simplicity, Humor, Hitting It Out of the Ballpark)
12. I Want My Hat Back … Jon Klassen … (Doing What Is Right For The Book, Pure Guts)
13. Make Way For Ducklings … Robert McCloskey … ( Passion, Research, Tenacity)
14. The Invention of Hugo Cabret … Brian Selznick … (Breaking the Rules)

Of course, there are many more incredible picture books … but these are the ones I used in the class on that day.

 

Carolyn Dee Flores

Stay Incredibly Inspired!

www.carolynflores.com

 

WatercolorFish Illustration ... in Prismacolor

I love drawing fish. My very first illustration was of fish. So, these two watercolor fish are my buddies.
Happy creating guys,
Carolyn Dee Flores
www.carolynflores.com

Most Enthusiastic at SCBWI LA

I made SCBWI National news! See ... I'm just as ENTHUSIASTIC in L.A. as I am in Texas. Tomorrow I will start posting some of the pictures I took at the SCBWI LA conference 41.

http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2012/08/most-enthusiastic-author-signing.html

Thank you so much to Carol Cook Barreyre for taking the pictures, Lee Wind for the article, Lin Oliver for asking it to be posted and SCBWI for ... well, everything. :)