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This selection of hearts begins with a sleeping cat on a heart covered bed spread from my book In the Heart. Then there is a felt balsam pillow and a heart pin covered in french knots, both projects from my how-to book, Felt Wee Folk. The last two are a chain stitched heart that's part of the endpapers and…
It's been a while since I've shown some closeups, so here's one about chairs. See the archived posts from the Close-ups Series here. I use chairs as perches for my little dolls. The trick is making the chairs in shallow relief, so that they don't stick out too far in my pictures. The first photo shows…
Today, I'm starting a regular series called Close-ups, which will feature detailed images taken from my artwork. I'm having fun grouping different subjects for future posts. There will be close-ups from my childhood drawings, student work, sculpture, illustrations and fabric relief pieces, all presented in somewhat chronological order. The following cats are from my books,…
It's time to bring back the Close-ups. I started the series 2 years ago, when I fell off a ladder and broke my wrist. Using one hand, I wrote about and showed pictures of past projects, organized by theme. It helped me get through the 4 month recovery period, when I couldn't sew. See the whole Close-ups series here.…
Second grade students worked on zooming in on an object when drawing. We also looked at some great owl paintings I found on Etsy . Each st...
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This is a series of shell images, starting with a fabric scallop pin, which I made in the late 70's. See the story about my pins in earlier posts here. The scale and natural delicacy of shells make them suitable props for my little dolls. Here's a 2" mermaid photographed on the beach. This is an appliqued felt…
“The goal [of the class] is not to teach a lot of hard math, but more to teach why anyone would love math, what’s beautiful about it or fun, which a lot of students have never had.”
Crinoids, aka Feather stars are probably the least familiar of echinoderms to many people. They've been around for awhi...
I'm a hopeless homebody and have been putting cottages and other cozy shelters in my artwork forever. This first yellow house is from the back cover of the first edition of Mary Had a Little Lamb. The board book version shows a portion of the picture that doesn't include the house.This one from You and Me:…
Pensive Vervet Kruger National Park. South African zebra Poses for her portrait. Happy ostrich is ready for a close up, while artfully made up Ms. Giraffe puts on the glam. Barbary Ape in Gibraltar looks ready for a serious conversation. Magellanic penguin stares me down in Ushuaia, Argentina. California Channel Island Fox poses quite smartly,…
Windows are opportunities to go from one world and into another. They are like mini stages, complete with curtains. I also like the way they provide a structure for bringing pattern and color into a scene. This series of window close-ups are all from children's books I've illustrated. The first one is from You and Me: Poems…
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(8 Pictures) A few macro flower pictures. Pink Lily with a fine mist of water. Close up of a red hot poker.
High-resolution images from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft reveal an incredible array of surface features on the comet
