my class

The class I teach at ACAD wrapped up tonight. Once again I ended the semester with a presentation by Mike Kerr about his illustration work as well as his wife, Renata Liwska's, children book work. As usual, it was great - very interesting and informative. Check out their beautiful and unique work here.

Thanks so much Mike for coming!

I was very fortunate to once again have the pleasure of teaching a really good group of people. Thank you to my students for a great semester.

thanks dena

I've been meaning to post a 'thank you' to local illustrator Dena Seiferling. She was kind enough to show her work and talk to my class last week. Check out her portfolio here and her blog here.

To the students who just took my class:

I had meant to pass around a paper for the people in my class to write their e-mail addresses on (if they wanted to) for the purpose of the students being able to keep in touch and have a community of aspiring children's book illustrators. A few people had expressed a desire to do this. I, however, forgot to do it and now that the class has wrapped up, it's too late. If any of my students happen to read this entry, Lisa Thompson has asked me to pass along the following message:

"Lisa Thompson was hoping to keep in touch with members of our Children's Book Illustration class. She has a facebook group set-up that can act as a forum for sharing ideas, success or just for keeping in touch. If you have any desire to join her facebook group and stay connected with other class members, please contact: lisa@thompsonhome.com"

Big thank you to Mike Kerr & Renata Liwska

I taught my last class for this semester yesterday evening. I thought it would be nice to do something casual since no one ever really wants to do any work on the last day. I arranged to have Renata Liwska and Mike Kerr come in to do a talk. Renata ended up being sick so Mike presented both of their work to the class. It was really great and informative. Thanks so much to Mike and Renata. You can check out their on-line portfolios here.