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l comes to school the title is how to start first grade and it is scheduled for release on 6 9 20 i really enjoyed the playground chalk art scenes drawing kids yelling at each other anger is so much fun and the challenging scenes which required me to draw the backs of kid s heads i have a strong aversion to looking at my work after it is finished i m sure i m not alone in that feeling i think enough time has passed since i finished these in july and august that i can look at them even if it s through slightly parted fingers a postscript after i wrote this the electricity went out for a few hours but now i m back and with a little luck i may actually get a blog post out for monday morning cover the blackboard is obsolete but the bulletin board lives on steve and family and dad the waiter getting fortified for the first day of school all of his friends are happy to see him again read more at 5 42 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels back to school children s book illustration children s illustration debbie palen first grade first grade reader kidlitart kids chalk drawings playground monday february 18 2019 good kid intraining i m finally taking time to blog about my work again the holiday season was super busy mostly with this book please visit me on instagram for more frequent posts my illustration has usually been geared to a younger audience but in november i was asked to illustrate a middle grade novel for one elm a new division of red chair press it s 121 pages with 17 interior illustrations in black and white i ve had experience drawing pre teen girls for the period book and a few others for bloomsbury so illustrating for the 9 13 age group seemed like visiting old friends except with bikes boogers and frogs this time and bunnies to even it all out boys can t be entirely gross after all it s a story about how difficult it is for a fourth grade boy named roosevelt to be good no matter how hard he tries and ultimately the lessons he learns about the value of friendship the first step was to create some character sketches based on their personalities and emotional tenor in the manuscript and a bit of direction roosevelt is white and has glasses for example the art director suggested that spaghetti eddie could look like eddie haskell from leave it to beaver sounded good to me i tried to keep him from looking older than the other kids though you look beautiful today mrs cleaver i did a couple of tiny thumbnail sketches for the cover a captured frog jumps out of his mouth wreaking havoc with rabbits they chose the second one so i went to final art first as black and white type layout was overlayed to make sure the positioning of the art would be accurate adjustments were made on the back cover text to give the art more space color applied digitally detail of houses click on picture to enlarge roosevelt s dog has accidentally knocked over mrs crabapple s rabbit hutch guess whose fault it is here are a few of the interior illustrations fun with tater tots fun with imaginary boogers mozart s booger is chewing gum who could have done that it s impossible to stay out of trouble no matter how much you want that new bike tell that to principal esposito that s all for now until the book release thanks for visiting at 5 53 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels boogers boy on bike bunnies character sketches children s book illustration children s books creek debbie palen middle grade boys middle grade illustration principal rabbits sunday june 10 2018 how to start first grade my blog posts have been getting a little sparse it s not for a lack of activity on the illustration front but maybe it s for a lack of an exciting personal life i ll admit to that i ve been spending alot of time on instagram lately so feel free to check out my work there spring and summer always presents me with plenty of household errands encouraged by the light and air opening up the house and the front porch is always beckoning the roses are in bloom despite not tending them at all but i ll leave the new geraniums sitting there unplanted for one more day so i can show what i ve been up to in the past few weeks this is my 5th reader with penguin random house featuring the antics of steve the previous book how to start kindergarten is available for pre order here i ve just completed the sketches for this 32 page book about entering first grade or as steve puts it real school as with any book about school there are plenty of kids the one new kid in town that is unintentionally stealing steve s spotlight is hanna a girl from alaska who has arrives on a dogsled and has a gold nugget in her pocket i sometimes provide only one sketch for a cover but this time i supplied 3 i think the chalk drawing scene is my personal choice for the cover i m looking forward to starting the color on these soon cover 1 cover 2 cover 3 breakfast everyone is glad to see steve again until they set eyes on the new girl hanna s gold nugget to regain his fanbase steve invents a rocket ship that doubles as his house but even his best friend is skeptical hanna draws her alaskan house with snow up to the roof steve calls her a liar and the shouting match begins and it ends up where all good schoolyard fights end outside the principal s office at 6 16 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels children s book illustration debbie palen first grade illustration first grade reader illustration kidlitart playground illustrations schoolkids illustration step into reading monday march 12 2018 how to start kindergarten it won t be on sale until july but here s a sneak preview of how to start kindergarten a fun little reader i illustrated for penguin random house i ll be starting sketches for the next in the series how not to start first grade continuing the antics of steve as he negotiates manipulates and charms his way through school ultimately learning some lessons in the pr ocess on the first few days of kindergarten steve deals with his emotions and boundaries as he realizes he is being copied in every deed by his new friend th e very same fr ie nd he encouraged to j us t do what i do a hhh imit at ion the sincerest form of flattery but in this case it becomes the most annoying thing that could ever happen to a kid here are a few of the illustrations from last spring first cover design sketch walk this way when doing a beginning reader the illustrator is often dealing wi th the rule of text on a white background for the sake of easier readability but for scenes w ith backgrounds it can be a challenge as much as i understand th e need for the white space i alw ays have the de sire to complete the scene wait a minute tha t s looking like my tower the teacher has something to announce but steve isn t interested steve tells his older brother will all about his problem and will listens intently i am definitely going to complete these backgrounds just for my own satisfaction there are many more illustrations to accompany this adventure but i m going to wait until the book release before i post any more in the meantime i m going to reminisce about the matching dresses my mom used to sew for my girlfriend and me at 5 16 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels beginning reader building blocks classroom debbie palen illustration kids in school kindergarten kindergarten illustration walking to school sunday february 11 2018 the reading nook a few weeks ago i was asked to illustrate a highlights workbook cover kindergarten level the original sketch was done for a cover layout but it ended up as an interior with hidden objects cover sketch a few adjustments were made i contained that guinea pig added book baskets more books and 10 objects were hidden there was some debate between editors but the fish got to keep his book final art hidden objects wooden spoon ring comb fried egg ruler drinking straw lime waffle fan toothbrush detail happy reading and finding at 8 09 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels book illustration children s book illustration debbie palen highlights kidlitart kids reading kids reading books kindergarten kids reading illustration reading nook sunday january 14 2018 ratty for an upcoming feature on water voles for ranger rick magazine i was asked to portray ratty or rat one of the characters in the wind in the willows i loved that book as a child and hope to revisit it i looked at many wonderful illustrations including eh shepard robert ingpen and inga moore her version is my favorite although i do not own it must get then there is this comprehensive best illustrated reference book for those who have not read this classic mole decides go out to the river and meets ratty a water vole who at this time of year spends all his days in on and close by the river ratty takes mole for a ride in his rowing boat they get along well and spend many more days boating with ratty teaching mole the ways of the river water voles used to be common over all of great britain but in the 90 s began to disappear people brought american minks to great britain to raise them for their fur many escaped and were so good at hunting voles for prey the numbers of voles dropped fast more of their habitat was ruined when livestock trampled their banks and ate the plants that the voles needed conservation groups are working hard to reestablish their numbers and hopefully they will not only live on in the pages of a book look out ratty rapids ahead i love being able to merge illustration with an actual photo great fun hi i m ratty your river guide goodbye little voles at 10 04 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels animal illustration anthropomorphic animals childrens illustration debbie palen kidlitart 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