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It Takes a Community to Create a Picture Book.melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-819748092332103062022-10-31T14:01:00.001-04:002022-11-01T10:22:50.237-04:00MERMAIDS ON PARADE in Paperback and Hardback<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8G6vCStx79DU3EbxTENNzXL5arwSlrY46yfZz3NohINM0tjHdWtS5jY-jxr0xEJnf1w45YVCZb3cyy4ivGscEv01EtTK7YLq52OVz2XeZxEsYtBlpXgdeaN6zkLV4G0MyhE-WPI5Pms6w7x766YN3LnTFLw9aCCci0u-dwyqL5uFZYXdkxfg-lXH/s400/mermaidcover%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="311" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8G6vCStx79DU3EbxTENNzXL5arwSlrY46yfZz3NohINM0tjHdWtS5jY-jxr0xEJnf1w45YVCZb3cyy4ivGscEv01EtTK7YLq52OVz2XeZxEsYtBlpXgdeaN6zkLV4G0MyhE-WPI5Pms6w7x766YN3LnTFLw9aCCci0u-dwyqL5uFZYXdkxfg-lXH/w311-h400/mermaidcover%20copy.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><b>MERMAIDS ON PARADE</b></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><b>written and illustrated by Melanie Hope Greenberg </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;">(First Edition G.P. Putnam's Sons / Penguin 2008)</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Paperback ISBN 978-0-578-55212-5 Ingram </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">34 pages x 8.5 x 11 inches Perfect Bound $13.99 </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hardback ISBN 978-0-578-61903-3 Ingram </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; 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It takes place once a year to welcome in the summer season. People of all stripes get decked out as mermaids or sea creatures or Neptunes and then parade down the wooden boardwalk, right before throwing fruit into the sea. Honestly, if you want to know anything about it you should read Melanie Hope Greenberg’s seminal picture book Mermaids On Parade." </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>- Elizabeth Bird, Fuse#8 Blog School Library Journal</b></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Greenberg paints detailed—and accurate—layouts of the neighborhood, </span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">complete with shops, arcades, the F train to Coney Island, Astroland, </span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and diverse people decked out in their sea-creature finery.” </span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">- <b>School Library Journal</b></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Coney Island jumps to life” - <b>Publisher’s Weekly</b></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“Classic” - <b>NYC & Co.</b> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">“it’s the wonderful illustrations packed with hidden humor and charming details </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">that will captivate kids.” </span><span style="font-size: medium;">-<b> Cool Mom Picks </b></span></p><div><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></div>melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-43602912526200863752017-01-27T21:22:00.005-05:002022-10-31T14:50:19.989-04:00AMERICANLY <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While researching the art for AMERICANLY, I felt awestruck by the vast and diverse beauty of the land. It was fun to create art for a poem that says, "I Love You" described as adverbs to our nation's cities, states, rivers, oceans, natural and historical landmarks, from sea to shining sea. The book has a cool <a href="https://vimeo.com/184563175">video</a>.<br />
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Celebrating the 100th Year Anniversary </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>of the National Park Service</b></div>
<br />"The language is both playful and informative ("I love you faithfully like Yellowstone's spout). The illustrations match the playfulness of the text with vivid colors. A must have for history/geography teachers and art teachers will find much to study, too.” </div><div><b>- Teri Lesesne, Children's Literature Professor</b></div><div>
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“I love you Americanly, I must be confessin’, this is one sensational geography lesson."</div><div><b>
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<a href="https://www.splcenter.org/">The Southern Poverty Law Center</a>, an American nonprofit civil rights organization based in Montgomery, Alabama, contacted me after they saw my illustrations for the <a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-art-with-cdf-free-coloring-page.html">Children's Defense Fund</a> and the AFL-CIO.
How lucky! I illustrated two greeting cards and address sticky labels for SPLC!
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melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-8757461785788639262016-08-24T14:22:00.001-04:002016-08-24T20:06:21.171-04:00I Also Blog at Huffington Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love to visit schools. I meet many inquisitive students from grades K-5 and there’s never enough time to answer all their questions towards the end of my presentations. I love coming home with their questions to answer on my blog. Thanks to the students and teachers at PS130 Brooklyn and PS120 Queens for their questions!<br /><br /><b>Q: How often do you actually do the writing?<br />A:</b> As an illustrator I can paint books for authors other than myself. I’ve illustrated 11 books for other authors. I love to interpret their stories with colors, textures, and form. What I find most fun as an illustrator is the challenge that I cannot change the author’s text. I must rise to this challenge by working inside a boundary of the author's vision, then add my vision in a seamless blend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><b><span style="background-color: white;">Q: What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?</span><br />A:</b> By designing and painting the books I learn about my inner life through an outward visual medium. During the process of book creation the craft mirrors what is happening in my life at that time. The process helps me see certain life issues clearly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Q: Have you ever written for the New York Times newspaper?<br />A:</b> No, I do not write for the New York Times. However, I am proud to say that my books have been reviewed in that newspaper and my name listed for book events several times. Currently, I’m a <span style="background-color: white;">Huffington </span>Post blogger and write online essays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Q: Who did you work with to make your first book?<br />A: </b>All my 17 books are trade published picture books so I work with a publishing team. The team includes an editor, an art director, and sometimes another author. My text and art must be approved by the editor and art director. If there are mistakes <br />I get homework of revisions to work on and bring back. This back and forth goes on until the words and pictures are in perfect shape for your book shelves.<br /><br /><b>Q: Do you have any friends that help you with your books?<br />A:</b> Authors and illustrators usually work alone. However, for my book MERMAIDS ON PARADE, I interviewed my friends. I asked why they marched in the Mermaid Parade and one answer became the main character's theme of “Shy Mermaid Coming Out of My Shell". I took photos of my friend’s wonderful parade costumes then painted those costumes into the book. My friends also taught me how to create a mermaid tail, so I added a tail-making craft activity in the book. Yes, my fabulous artistic friends in the DUMBO, Brooklyn community really helped me create MERMAIDS ON PARADE. </span></div>
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The music and art scene in DUMBO, Brooklyn, with it’s artists and indie bands and their offshoots has a vast history. Musician-Producer, <a href="http://www.janbellmusic.com/">Jan Bell</a>, has been in the center of this history since the beginning. You can find her amongst the colorful artist cameos in my picture book, MERMAIDS ON PARADE. In fact, Jan’s character is wearing a skirt based on the first tail I ever made and wore in the Mermaid Parade.<br />
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Jan was kind enough to answer some questions. Her interview serves as a parallel back story to my painting process during production of MERMAIDS ON PARADE. Listening to many wonderful music CDs by my favorite local bands was great for channeling moods and colors which reflect the Coney Island spirit. Jan's comments about Woody Guthrie really hit home to a theme of the book, Coney Island’s sense of democracy. Thank you, Jan Bell! XO<br />
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<b>MHG: Why do you march in the Mermaid Parade? </b><br />
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<b>Jan Bell: </b>Biggest fancy dress party of the year for me and my friends. I usually march with other old time and folk musicians and like to bring my guitar or banjo with me. I've met a lot of brilliant people playing music in the parade.<br />
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<b>MHG: What does Coney Island represent for you? </b><br />
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<b>Jan Bell: </b>Well, I always think about the folk hero <a href="http://www.woodyguthrie.org/">Woody Guthrie</a>, who spent his last years living in Coney Island. That's where <a href="http://www.ramblinjack.com/">Ramblin' Jack Elliot</a> and <a href="http://www.bobdylan.com/us/home">Bob Dylan</a> both went to visit him in the 60's...both of whom have names they made up. Woody was born in rural Oklahoma and used to hop freight trains across country singing true story songs about the people he met during the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression">Great Depression</a> of the 1930's. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bragg">Billy Bragg</a> did a tribute album to Woody Guthrie called “Mermaid Avenue” in the 1990's. Guthrie’s spirit and his belief in equality for all are there for all to hear in his songs. “This land is Your Land”, “Pastures of Plenty” and hundreds more.<br />
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<b> MHG: How do your music ventures connect the NYC arts communities? </b><br />
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<b>Jan Bell:</b> I am fortunate to work with quite a few small business establishments that ask me to book live music on a regular, often weekly basis. At one time, I traveled a lot all over America and Canada with a folk musician who was a young bright lad. He played venues and festivals everywhere, and I got to meet thousands of amazing musicians and presenters and people in the folk music community. Since returning to live in Brooklyn again, I've kept in touch with people so am able to 'bring the road to me' so to speak. Lots of bands from New Orleans, Austin Texas, Portland Oregon, Nashville Tennessee and Europe and Australia know how to find me and I can book them a couple of shows. They meet new fans and friends in a very supportive environment, rather than being exploited by 'pay to play' conveyer belt stages. This city can be a tough place for a band on tour here for the first time. I'm very happy to play a positive role in their experience instead. As an artist, I go home and play in the UK every Summer, and I tour a little here in the USA, but not as much as I used to. I help run the music at the places where I present the bands, and that helps supplement my income for sure. But I'm happy to play for a good cause, and fund raiser events are always a great time bringing folks together that otherwise may not cross paths. <br />
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<b>Jan Bell: </b> I'm launching <a href="http://www.janbellmusic.com/bklyn_americana_music_festival_dumbo_nyc/">Brooklyn Americana Music Festival 2015</a>.
My goal is to connect the two waterfront neighborhoods I've lived in and loved since the late 90's. DUMBO and Red Hook. I'm also writing and re-writing all my songs about living here for the <a href="http://www.janbellmusic.com/awards/">next album 'Moonbirds in Brooklyn'</a>. I’m also gearing up to teach a <a href="http://www.jalopy.biz/classes.php">Spring songwriting class series</a> again at the Fabulous Jalopy Theatre. My class is for grown ups but they have an extensive and very fun music program for kids.<br />
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<b>Check out more of Jan Bell’s music</b><br />
<a href="https://www.concertwindow.com/31459-jan-bell-the-maybelles">Concert Window</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jan-Bell-The-Maybelles/170719176294187?fref=ts">Facebook Band Page</a><br />
<a href="http://www.janbellmusic.com/">Official Website</a><br />
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One wonderful morning I Skyped from my cozy studio in Brooklyn with students at the Passow Elementary School in Franklin Park, Illinois. Thanks to Reading Specialist, Elizabeth Drasutis, who set up the visit, for sending a packet of the student’s sweet notes, plus a list of questions to answer. <br />
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A: It was easy. By using the photographs I took of the public and of my friends at the actual Mermaid Parade. They made the costumes. I just channeled their great creative energies into my picture book. They made it easy to illustrate 100 + characters featured in the book.</div>
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<b>Q: What do you find challenging about being an author and illustrator.</b><br />
Art is always fulfilling so I’d say it’s the business end that can be challenging. Such as waiting in-between books. Having to prove my talent at all times to new people. Or, being very organized tracking the constant flow of new people and changes within the field.<br />
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<b>A: How many days does it take to make a book or an illustration?</b><br />
Some illustrations are simple and some are complex. It took one month to finish my first book, AT THE BEACH. The art was simple to fit the text.<br />
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It can also take two weeks to illustrate one scene. The maps I love to create take a long time to finish.<br />
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All art and images are Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg except the student art.melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-39422454514560143872014-09-30T16:16:00.000-04:002014-09-30T16:18:26.035-04:00Author-Illustrator Visits - Teacher Guide and Video<br />
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School Season has started again!<br />
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"CLASSIC" MERMAIDS ON PARADE selected by New York City's Official Marketing and Tourism partnership organization,
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As MERMAIDS ON PARADE gets more popular in New York City and beyond, I presented at a fun event for a children’s museum in upstate NY. That’s where I met writer and mom, Kimberly Kunkel. What a wonderful surprise when she wrote
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Last but not least, here is a link to a <a href="http://vimeo.com/81406852">video taken after my author-illustrator visit</a> with second graders at Brooklyn Central Library's Dweck Center.<br />
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Please contact me to learn about my in school/library or Skype author-illustrator visits at melanie@melaniehopegreenberg.com.melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-40702676082353837122014-03-25T22:10:00.001-04:002014-03-25T22:10:43.884-04:00New Interview<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was interviewed over at Kathy Temean's Blog for her Illustrator Saturday series. Enjoy!
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2. What book have you recently given to a child and what made you pick it?</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MHG:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Whenever I've judged a picture book award, the </span></span><a href="http://www.cybils.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cybils Awards</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> or the SCBWI </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a ages.aspx="" href="http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Golden-Kite-Award">Golden Kite Award</a>,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I received the many books in the competition. When it's all over</span></span><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> the books are given to school libraries so that</span></span><span style="font: 13.0px Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">many</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> children have the pleasure of reading these books.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3. What kind of music, if any, do you listen to while you work? OR what does the view look like from where you work?</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Part One:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I listen to jazz, rock, pop, local bands, alt country, and folk. I listen to the news or radio shows that feature the arts or something that I can learn from.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Part Two:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I live on the top floor of a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights. I have a wonderful view of open sky, back yard gardens, buildings from the 1800's, and there are glorious birds and bird song.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">4. Give us five adjectives that describe your work.</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5. If you ever find yourself with writer's block or in an artistic funk, what do you do to get yourself out?</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MHG:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Take a break. Work on other things until the muse returns. Go inside myself to see if the answers lie deeper. Go out and forget about art and be around others. Clean my studio, that old idea put away in a draw can look great again.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">6. Tell us a secret about how you work. (Promise we won't tell). </span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MHG:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I love to research my books. Most of the information I find doesn't make it into a story or is described in the art. However, I know my research is part of the layers which created the book.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">7. Have you dabbled in any other careers before finding children's books?</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MHG:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> I started out designing custom framing for works of art. After that, I was a graphic artist for audio visual studios, magazines, and newspapers. I've illustrated for magazines and had over 200 greeting cards published with my art. I've also illustrated posters, coffee mugs, games and housewares. Last but not least, I've been a professional Tarot Card reader since 1988.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">8. You must get a lot of fan letters. Let's hear one of your own. Please write a 3-sentence fan letter from your 8-year-old self to your favorite author or illustrator.</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MHG:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Dear Anna Elizabeth Bennett, Thanks for writing "Little Witch". I love your book. I've read it over and over and the pictures are beautiful. I like how the little witch refused to be mean and she helped others.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">9. Could you send us a favorite doodle or sketch? </span></b></span></div>
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I had a really sweet visit with first and second graders at PS 310 in the Bronx last month.
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Beverly Manasch, the school librarian, sent a note, since the visit my books have been circulating in and out of the library. That is music to my ears. I also received a thick stack of colorful thank you notes from the students who asked me great questions.<br />
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<b>Question: How do I make the lovely paint?</b>
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I buy tubes or jars of paint called gouache. They are thick paints and they glow. They also vibrate when certain colors lie side by side. I mix hundreds of colors. I use small plastic bins or even aluminum foil or tins to mix the paints. I label each tin with the colors they were mixed with. Once they dry the paint gets hard. With some water on a brush the dry paint comes back to life as a honey mix of pigment to spread on watercolor paper.
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Inside my studio<br />
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<b>Question: How much time does it take to make a picture book?</b><br />
That depends how complex the art is. It normally takes 6 months to one year to create the art for the book. Then the art goes to a printer and the pages are sewn and bound into the covers of the book. That process takes another year before you get the book on your bookshelf.<br />
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**<a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2011/05/ps-250-brooklyn-asks-questions.html">More student letters from PS 250 BK</a>.
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**<a href="http://www.melaniehopegreenberg.com/visits.html">Click this link to learn about my school visits</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6918746609174539672#overview/src=dashboard">.
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**</a><a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2009/11/collect-melanies-art-and-books.html">Autographed books can be purchased here</a>.
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Art by the students of PS 310 BX<br />
Photos copyright Melanie Hope Greenbergmelanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-32890557729144601662013-01-06T17:34:00.000-05:002013-01-06T17:34:04.224-05:00My Art with CDF + FREE Coloring Page<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My professional relationship with the <a href="http://www.childrensdefense.org/">Children's Defense Fund</a> (CDF) began in 1993.
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I sent a newly released autographed copy of my published picture book, IT'S MY EARTH, TOO (Doubleday) to then First Lady, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>. I sent a book to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper_Gore">Tipper Gore</a>, wife of the Vice President. And, I sent a book to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Wright_Edelman">Marian Wright-Edelman</a>, president of the Children's Defense Fund. CDF was the original "Leave No Child Behind - Stand for Children" organization.<br />
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I also included a note with each book to please consider a stand for environmentally friendly publishing. IT'S MY EARTH TOO was published in an environmentally friendly way.
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I received two thank you notes in the mail.
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A few weeks later CDF called on the telephone. Gulp! Not only did they thank me for the book, Marian Wright-Edelman wanted to publish my art on their greeting cards. She felt my art style aligned with the spirit of CDF. I sent a few images and two were chosen.
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Around the same time I had also published a poster using the cover art from IT'S MY EARTH, TOO. I sent the poster as a gift to Marian Wright-Edleman who loved it. She re-published the poster with the CDF logo.
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"Everyone Belongs" was reprinted several times and was published for 10 years. The illustration was also published as coffee mugs
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A bookmark for Marian Wright Edelman's book titled, "GUIDE MY FEET".
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Stamps, and many other greeting cards.
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Best of all I got to meet Marian Wright-Edelman.
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Art: Copyright Melanie Hope Greenbergmelanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-52136636989424125682012-09-06T18:28:00.001-04:002012-09-06T18:28:30.358-04:00Life Imitates My Book - Part 2There's more magical mermaid mayhem to mention.
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I was thrilled to be invited to sign books at <a href="http://www.minijake.com/">Mini Jake</a> in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We set a date, time and they ordered books. The usual arrangements but with an unusual twist dreamed up by Mini Jake's owner, Inga Rogers, and her PR expert, Gabrielle Napolitano, producer of many popular kid events (<a href="http://hiptot.com/">Hip Tot Music Fest</a>). Their vision of a mini-mermaid parade day based on my book MERMAIDS ON PARADE came to life on a beautiful Saturday in July.
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Early in the day parents and children flocked to the shop for story time. I read and signed my books to an adorable audience of neon colored mermaids, pirates, and a shark. The second part of the day featured an award winning Mermaid Parade costume designer, <a href="http://jannakennedy.com/">Janna Kennedy</a>, who came with a group of friends wearing the unique costumes she designs.<br />
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My favorite part was marching along the streets of Williamsburg with costumed sea creatures holding up my book. Gosh! People cheered and applauded the mini-mermaid parade. The event was so popular that an annual Mini Jake tradition was born. What an honor! Autographed copies of MERMAIDS ON PARADE and GOOD MORNING, DIGGER are available at Mini Jake. Thank you Mini Jake! xo
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Gabrielle "Still Hip" Napolitano with Dante and Chloe.
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I pose with Inga Rogers and Janna Kennedy.
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Photo Credits: Gabrielle Napolitano and Melanie Hope Greenberg Copyright 2012
melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-13015766622820243562012-07-31T15:17:00.000-04:002012-07-31T17:57:35.740-04:00Life Imitates My Book - Part 1Life's been magical. My book, MERMAIDS ON PARADE has been coming to life. The magic started during the 2012 Mermaid Parade at Coney Island. I met up with a little mermaid lover named Madeleine and her mom, Kate Kruckemeyer, at the parade.<br />
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Inspired by my book, MERMAIDS ON PARADE, Maddy and mom made this costume in 2010. In 2011 I met Maddy during my literary craft workshop at the <a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2011/07/second-visit-to-eric-carle-museum.html">Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art</a> in Amherst, MA. We sat side by side creating art. A copy of my book next to her for the entire workshop.<br />
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In 2012 Maddy and Kate traveled all the way from MA to be in the parade. They miraculously found the Superfine Dinettes troupe (2012 Donna Summermaids) in the marchers crowded waiting area. Our little mermaid did her own hair and make-up. The force of nature Maddy twirled and glided along Surf Avenue and the boardwalk. This was no shy little mermaid coming out of her shell. Maddy was completely out of her shell and loving it! So did the Dinettes.<br />
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Joy! Joy! Joy! Mermaid Madeleine won the silver medal as 2012 Best Little Mermaid.<br />
Just like my book. Bonus...she brought the Superfine Dinettes along for the prize! Life is good.<br />
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I LOVE Maddy! xo<br />
Photo credits: Kate Kruckemeyer and Charlotte R.A. Mooremelanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-82005635512137743182012-05-21T21:44:00.001-04:002012-06-28T10:22:41.042-04:00How I Create an Illustration 4 - Skating By the PondI recently sold an original illustration to a collector.
The illustration had been published by a greeting card company called Rock Shots in the 1990's.
I thought it would be fun to see the generations of sketches the final art was born from. I always tell young students if they wish to become great artists or writers allow their erasers to become their best friends. They'll be using them all the time.
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All art Copyright Melanie Hope Greenbergmelanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-50344352014855163462012-04-02T15:58:00.006-04:002012-04-02T16:27:47.956-04:00It's SpringIn honor of Spring I am offering FREE Coloring Pages. <br />Click on each image to enlarge. Print. Color!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EjU85od06NwWjm6JY0hFc892LBSaKMkfKznjDIQwzo9PL7FoP1-UH0mqCa_DaF-nM0vAxJuwlZxy974Ua6OvsHrhJJjdZGFj5zfYWlLsgG7gZxCxj1JKKqpyhooFK3oER12PzMY-Ukg/s1600/%2523228+CONFETTI+PARADE.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EjU85od06NwWjm6JY0hFc892LBSaKMkfKznjDIQwzo9PL7FoP1-UH0mqCa_DaF-nM0vAxJuwlZxy974Ua6OvsHrhJJjdZGFj5zfYWlLsgG7gZxCxj1JKKqpyhooFK3oER12PzMY-Ukg/s400/%2523228+CONFETTI+PARADE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726899821230383730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctOihcfcC6NYJFTOeY4qrsGxcvSA7Zri8BBnrAQilD0do5Rex9Ln-q6XMFp2m9DlAOEFOR_ilgDmIgX7aqlZwaPPBXME4khQ2OgJUv21H3nPrtm7FPi6QnsWK3DZWNz-IfVE3IPUcp0o/s1600/img647.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgctOihcfcC6NYJFTOeY4qrsGxcvSA7Zri8BBnrAQilD0do5Rex9Ln-q6XMFp2m9DlAOEFOR_ilgDmIgX7aqlZwaPPBXME4khQ2OgJUv21H3nPrtm7FPi6QnsWK3DZWNz-IfVE3IPUcp0o/s400/img647.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726896216154455010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBn1Fm9cgpDmWZrylt_ByCqSD_L0hZWDZJEABonNtNSJzXpotQwaTqGsPFgYq1CCLJmMxA1WLhruoReMiCuJlSq2a9Y-cIgGCmaG8EV3n7PeSNCVkDHRa5XbjxDmh4mXoT21PK4zCMlw/s1600/img690.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBn1Fm9cgpDmWZrylt_ByCqSD_L0hZWDZJEABonNtNSJzXpotQwaTqGsPFgYq1CCLJmMxA1WLhruoReMiCuJlSq2a9Y-cIgGCmaG8EV3n7PeSNCVkDHRa5XbjxDmh4mXoT21PK4zCMlw/s400/img690.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726899381658156882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkmrih0SPzIJkgsMnySJc_bs_bYKZCL_57B1jkUHbC_KOkUgpMxPKgtJqhcnaUJ-5-pnkkQj15q-GmsiYhwb-PoC74QQjhzDnLMkR2Qbdpfe-BLGpehpkphB5IGVocd1bwzMcpmEVetI/s1600/img645.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwkmrih0SPzIJkgsMnySJc_bs_bYKZCL_57B1jkUHbC_KOkUgpMxPKgtJqhcnaUJ-5-pnkkQj15q-GmsiYhwb-PoC74QQjhzDnLMkR2Qbdpfe-BLGpehpkphB5IGVocd1bwzMcpmEVetI/s400/img645.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726895813035079490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5Rd471fHLeIUbGNkDeSta0KTJyAarn0kKMq_DC9wckAmof2exZXtOe5yTuE9x0KF5huk9zGN8V5Pgp1PoQdfqb6RfImBM8fqnFKcr-yU6hDP84vmSQ2vyvJqfmqPH6CWrLubaG_O5-w/s1600/img648.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG5Rd471fHLeIUbGNkDeSta0KTJyAarn0kKMq_DC9wckAmof2exZXtOe5yTuE9x0KF5huk9zGN8V5Pgp1PoQdfqb6RfImBM8fqnFKcr-yU6hDP84vmSQ2vyvJqfmqPH6CWrLubaG_O5-w/s400/img648.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726895595702585778" /></a><br /><br />All Sketches Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg<br /><br />MHG #228 <span style="font-weight:bold;">CONFETTI PARADE</span> Gouache and Ink 10 1/2" x 7 1/2" Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg<br /><a href="http://melaniehopegreenbergillustrations.blogspot.com/2010/01/confetti-parade.html">Collect the original art</a>melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-76150931258331014962012-02-06T08:27:00.012-05:002012-02-06T11:24:59.442-05:00Event: February 4 2012 Panel NYPL at 42 Street (the Lions)It's been a while since I've blogged. Blogging is not a paying job, it's creative fun when I have something relevant to say about books, literacy or about my career. My prior blog postings live on and on in cyberspace to reference and link. Besides, I broke my right wrist and solidly rested over the winter holiday. Luckily, as a lefty, my dominant art hand was spared the fracturing fall. But it took a broken wrist to finally take a "break" in a fast paced business, to step back and see the big picture.<br /><br />The not paying aspect was part of an idea for a panel. I do not agree that authors and artists are "supposed" to be poor. That type of thinking devalues our art and careers. We need to be saavy in today's publishing climate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAaNLNbZx1_crPlaRT0Pz5F20DeukDHtglow264AQ5Jrr4cbNIHAuL1RFaNjZRfkDbdcXDrVt0c-7iXubrXLlnRcs9zv0fXjJKJFFX3mUiSAE_qM8O9Yv8nMmel-m4dBR4QqgJWvJXl4/s1600/+NYPL+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAaNLNbZx1_crPlaRT0Pz5F20DeukDHtglow264AQ5Jrr4cbNIHAuL1RFaNjZRfkDbdcXDrVt0c-7iXubrXLlnRcs9zv0fXjJKJFFX3mUiSAE_qM8O9Yv8nMmel-m4dBR4QqgJWvJXl4/s400/+NYPL+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706016205329158370" /></a><br />What joy! The panel idea titled, <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/148700?lref=36%2FcalendarChildren%27s">"Connect The Dots"</a> was accepted by Betsy Bird, NYPL's whiz-kid librarian and hostess of <a href="http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/">School Library Journal's Fuse#8 Blog</a>. If you don't know Betsy's blog, you should. It's the most popular children's literature blog in the United States, written up in <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/17/kid-lit-blog-fuse-business-media-bird.html">Forbes Magazine</a>. What an honor to have this idea presented in such a great public forum as Betsy's <a href="http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/148700?lref=36%2FcalendarChildren%27s">Children's Literary Salon</a> held on the first Saturday of each month at the 42 Street Library.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8VPWrIDZDmeOaIybqQLOnEUUuy_RMEu-BhMdYZmm_7Gc0iQV7Lq89tuhVuQNy7A9keQrmqIFBKLbvnzzynQ7mAbCAWq4zhh4xY6q0wtTR5jGR7AYqEvIU2z9o2M5VuOg8t5Oa6afIz0/s1600/DSCN2141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8VPWrIDZDmeOaIybqQLOnEUUuy_RMEu-BhMdYZmm_7Gc0iQV7Lq89tuhVuQNy7A9keQrmqIFBKLbvnzzynQ7mAbCAWq4zhh4xY6q0wtTR5jGR7AYqEvIU2z9o2M5VuOg8t5Oa6afIz0/s400/DSCN2141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706015441981002338" /></a><br />The panelists included Marilyn Ackerman <a href="http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/">(Brooklyn Public Library)</a>, Barbara Auerbach (school librarian at PS 217 Brooklyn), Erica Kylander-Clark <a href="http://storiedcities.blogspot.com/2012/02/panel-city-shouting-out-about-books.html">(parental blogger)</a>, Rebecca Fitting <a href="http://greenlightbookstore.com/">(Greenlight Bookstore)</a>, and myself (author/illustrator). We discussed how booksellers, librarians (school and public), and bloggers discover, promote, and discuss great books for kids. How communication between our different occupations can help an author get their name out and show the value of their books to a wider public audience of readers and buyers. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ND6TkuhHUaFYd7FUJuulGl9fGiEinI23CAy21pAJaNLBFIXsxvBpMI11B49GsXjcrufmz7IOHidzNOmn5JMaUpTGmaIqUOzu7PGzkZu2RfNoquq3hnfasYTogaOTSwijIDvfDC9qD4g/s1600/DSCN2138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ND6TkuhHUaFYd7FUJuulGl9fGiEinI23CAy21pAJaNLBFIXsxvBpMI11B49GsXjcrufmz7IOHidzNOmn5JMaUpTGmaIqUOzu7PGzkZu2RfNoquq3hnfasYTogaOTSwijIDvfDC9qD4g/s400/DSCN2138.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706015151885412114" /></a><br />I presented a short Power Point on social network etiquette and how authors and illustrators can grassroots market to work *with* the various occupations to help widen our readership and buying audience.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-B0oiMrzUQRin-AS8bbMOBZwF83CiIU3zGouzk8EcPcqUj39ht0f99f2O3Reg5_PdxTLnUPq0z67txlikN__LVRFYehNcXHFFE-dET4qcXttnSvLos4SG05ptyUVBErLYkTf0Rx82KI/s1600/DSCN2130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-B0oiMrzUQRin-AS8bbMOBZwF83CiIU3zGouzk8EcPcqUj39ht0f99f2O3Reg5_PdxTLnUPq0z67txlikN__LVRFYehNcXHFFE-dET4qcXttnSvLos4SG05ptyUVBErLYkTf0Rx82KI/s400/DSCN2130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706015682899485938" /></a><br />I announced for the first time that I will train picture book authors and illustrators how to grassroots market to build their platform with my MARKETING WORKOUT. More to Come<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8N6CJPtZaL6WU2_i4147Mj8btHfAMFA18nV9X5J7e-9hEQ0zGlRRyCms9dYlNPJyYgLMZEISSBXU9P9lCGiaLt3rWiY0iICXyLmRfYPjYuCFCSc_PT5CSDqW6f9QJKIXld6SxXmEGd14/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-30+at+8.41.20+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8N6CJPtZaL6WU2_i4147Mj8btHfAMFA18nV9X5J7e-9hEQ0zGlRRyCms9dYlNPJyYgLMZEISSBXU9P9lCGiaLt3rWiY0iICXyLmRfYPjYuCFCSc_PT5CSDqW6f9QJKIXld6SxXmEGd14/s400/Screen+shot+2012-01-30+at+8.41.20+PM.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706045381630593250" /></a><br />After the well attended panel was over, parent blogger Erica Kylander-Clark posted her fabulous ideas for <a href="http://storiedcities.blogspot.com/2012/02/panel-city-shouting-out-about-books.html">Panel City: Shouting Out About Books!</a> on her blog. Parents reaching out to other parents. How parents can also Connect The Dots by reaching out to the booksellers, librarians, authors and illustrators to learn about the wider selection of children's literature which goes beyond Disney, Dr. Seuss and Good Night Moon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgNvqr3l31e3-HFuRhX11D8P1_ajfkcrL6hjrUM6e4HoAOEb8TpsqOQu87Q5GlKVy_ryzMeyg25tmq9NxjuCJhF8U5KKmjqRyKVFV1w15xD0N9PBNFYQuJHLn44EaE5CDiIIXBx4h6hw/s1600/DSCN2142.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgNvqr3l31e3-HFuRhX11D8P1_ajfkcrL6hjrUM6e4HoAOEb8TpsqOQu87Q5GlKVy_ryzMeyg25tmq9NxjuCJhF8U5KKmjqRyKVFV1w15xD0N9PBNFYQuJHLn44EaE5CDiIIXBx4h6hw/s400/DSCN2142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706014884439949842" /></a><br />Panelists Erica Kylander-Clark and Rebecca Fitting, owner of Greenlight Books.<br /><br />All photos and art Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg. <br />Thanks to Michael Santangelo for taking the photos.melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-55659456472945335082011-11-14T19:43:00.027-05:002011-11-16T19:30:08.265-05:00My Eric Carle Museum NEA Grant VisitWhat an honor to participate in the <a href="http://www.carlemuseum.org/">Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art's</a> very first <a href="http://www.nea.gov/">National Endowment for the Arts</a> grant. Read the press release. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIIh898-5pBEkQ2G2T6s_u1RDr01bl5vQeyLm1suXYu5xQ-NTuWfsz1wM0JcqPl0CNEcW9GpH_N15Ui7dmNFCaX5FvJ1h6zy3-mavEo0ZV9Zs3WD6aH_a1akhxYxOvSRnkuyLpEt9itA/s1600/226214_10150132929842824_570832823_5748484_7602804_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaIIh898-5pBEkQ2G2T6s_u1RDr01bl5vQeyLm1suXYu5xQ-NTuWfsz1wM0JcqPl0CNEcW9GpH_N15Ui7dmNFCaX5FvJ1h6zy3-mavEo0ZV9Zs3WD6aH_a1akhxYxOvSRnkuyLpEt9itA/s400/226214_10150132929842824_570832823_5748484_7602804_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675019426426053954" /></a>The NEA grant brings three author-illustrators, <a href="http://www.jerrypinkneystudio.com/">Jerry Pinkney</a>, <a href="http://www.morgangaynin.com/colon/">Raul Colon</a>, and myself to the <a href="http://www.hps.holyoke.ma.us/donahue.htm">Donahue School</a> in Holyoke, Massachusetts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zSe8iJM0BNXtaITbzTahF07n3Aod7lYOeSSysnqckI6XQQbsb0fND0b1aL3-S8lOBqVb2oAqKdECCXd9e6STg-vnPZj9uQE8iyRVJgHPTt2A6e2XbuUkjP27_3i9PVLJjDpEIypHeZc/s1600/50288_348455878648_726164_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zSe8iJM0BNXtaITbzTahF07n3Aod7lYOeSSysnqckI6XQQbsb0fND0b1aL3-S8lOBqVb2oAqKdECCXd9e6STg-vnPZj9uQE8iyRVJgHPTt2A6e2XbuUkjP27_3i9PVLJjDpEIypHeZc/s400/50288_348455878648_726164_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675040967101582866" /></a><br />The purpose of our visits is to guide second grade students to write and illustrate personal narratives in preparation for their very own exhibition at the gorgeous Eric Carle Museum in Amherst, MA in June 2012. The students were going to create 3D collages based on my book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Norman-Rosten/dp/0805067930/ref=sr_1_1/104-0331144-4056703?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192462153&sr=8-1">A CITY IS</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz63GnfWfZ9MM8wFse8EGLlH35DgcqxFaldXVUMZCmPubt17u-oIoWnYBOMUUZp_K44cB1Ke6m5hCXlyo616A40UOASWjDFS9WbaUuOjSE31aLc4jXBYSVELgDeXqTRxSQfYA8_wlYFDk/s1600/+cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz63GnfWfZ9MM8wFse8EGLlH35DgcqxFaldXVUMZCmPubt17u-oIoWnYBOMUUZp_K44cB1Ke6m5hCXlyo616A40UOASWjDFS9WbaUuOjSE31aLc4jXBYSVELgDeXqTRxSQfYA8_wlYFDk/s200/+cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675059495214969074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOCI1bFERStbs4l7iYpeCpuK9PjUUPXm5L1rE7R5-CXXG2QkSeEsaRQZxQ5P1uN8yAhU33v4X2n9DUaiw8X6KhhYz7v6IO400tHPaF1spZpGem2_gc2DIBSpmllYcANZ84t7GLquPDw4/s1600/eric-carle-museum-of-picture-book-art-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOOCI1bFERStbs4l7iYpeCpuK9PjUUPXm5L1rE7R5-CXXG2QkSeEsaRQZxQ5P1uN8yAhU33v4X2n9DUaiw8X6KhhYz7v6IO400tHPaF1spZpGem2_gc2DIBSpmllYcANZ84t7GLquPDw4/s400/eric-carle-museum-of-picture-book-art-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675023288333625234" /></a> More about the museum <a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2009/08/events-presentation-at-eric-carle.html">here</a>.<br /><br />October 19 was Day 1 of my two day visit. I was facilitated by the museum's Curator of Education, Rosemary Agoglia. The day started very early and was spent presenting my <a href="http://www.melaniehopegreenberg.com/visits.html">author-illustrator elementary school programs</a> in three classrooms sessions. At the end of each session the students shared what they saw in their city. I drew their images on a large pad, breaking down each idea into easy shapes they could draw and cut for collage.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaequlyOUt_nrTS841mdc3itC-QlsWlamnXnsuC8UHSCAHt4h4OZiDx22zwtGootxaoGO_BYyXoebRKEUiXXDju-kZEjY24NfDtqIBJeyKLppKJocMKDgBAHH8qK-XZkSfpeg_Dn03ko/s1600/img598.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXaequlyOUt_nrTS841mdc3itC-QlsWlamnXnsuC8UHSCAHt4h4OZiDx22zwtGootxaoGO_BYyXoebRKEUiXXDju-kZEjY24NfDtqIBJeyKLppKJocMKDgBAHH8qK-XZkSfpeg_Dn03ko/s400/img598.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675253151561612162" /></a> I was very tired after the long day, but by a stroke of good luck I was invited to a meeting with the area's prestigious local authors and illustrators at the <a href="http://www.RMichelson.com/">Richard Michelson Gallery</a> in Northampton. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEpLcpo9g98b1u-Il5PhEEcsdJUARNBMPzIFzrH4itVkytg5Peq6H2JWydn9x7WBDBd1OPRI_xgDm3lMnOMMvd3ViAMNIlZlSHnPwsl0ymiQvaJXu1jIIJvWU_tnHYdyjBaqrm4JEO2g/s1600/facade-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzEpLcpo9g98b1u-Il5PhEEcsdJUARNBMPzIFzrH4itVkytg5Peq6H2JWydn9x7WBDBd1OPRI_xgDm3lMnOMMvd3ViAMNIlZlSHnPwsl0ymiQvaJXu1jIIJvWU_tnHYdyjBaqrm4JEO2g/s400/facade-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675039954651567666" /></a> Luckily, my hotel was across the street. I signed 60 copies of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Supermarket-Kathleen-Krull/dp/0823415465/ref=sr_1_13/104-0331144-4056703?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192462153&sr=8-13">SUPERMARKET</a> while resting in bed and watching TV. My publisher, <a href="http://www.holidayhouse.com/results.php?title=supermarket&Search=Search">Holiday House</a>, was incredibly generous to donate a copy of the book to each student in the second grade. Thank You, Holiday House!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNeuhRnBf-RGvVNt9ptiANrROoUjVF8SYEiUBLdbbBo5FCrExzD02AHsQbcWHfHPHPW6QIdGstOuEuuAwB041snzufpRtuzYI0F-5D1l1mz5OiqlReg5MFJsCX_tHWMXnjT1GirLnucw/s1600/DSCN2033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNeuhRnBf-RGvVNt9ptiANrROoUjVF8SYEiUBLdbbBo5FCrExzD02AHsQbcWHfHPHPW6QIdGstOuEuuAwB041snzufpRtuzYI0F-5D1l1mz5OiqlReg5MFJsCX_tHWMXnjT1GirLnucw/s400/DSCN2033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675045229374240418" /></a><br />Day 2 of my visit was in the art room working with Art Teacher, Martha Mulcahy <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhST3KTzo_EwFD8A8vzcLtn9u_jO1EeysGNGlyohq56hveBXkyAes5TneEMWqpk-xK43mpBXenLSzW83bfhgFVt_5WxnpP2qL9eP0v3BY47Clcl-YPU7Qt46-_UBIpNB9CWC-A3ToZVfDo/s1600/DSCN2040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhST3KTzo_EwFD8A8vzcLtn9u_jO1EeysGNGlyohq56hveBXkyAes5TneEMWqpk-xK43mpBXenLSzW83bfhgFVt_5WxnpP2qL9eP0v3BY47Clcl-YPU7Qt46-_UBIpNB9CWC-A3ToZVfDo/s400/DSCN2040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675046130207756738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFnfYKkJ3D1soZAl_SOTmZMvb0azGnyJQkllo4UcTuNR20O7mWQdlpFcVCMuzU7g_ZlIa-aRdVMDJBpvxGJUzcwnnrt4rcp53IC13537tQj03_oB3HBKQupsW3drk8Uaevzh3T-HeQzQ/s1600/DSCN2041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFnfYKkJ3D1soZAl_SOTmZMvb0azGnyJQkllo4UcTuNR20O7mWQdlpFcVCMuzU7g_ZlIa-aRdVMDJBpvxGJUzcwnnrt4rcp53IC13537tQj03_oB3HBKQupsW3drk8Uaevzh3T-HeQzQ/s400/DSCN2041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675046735129113426" /></a> and the Eric Carle Museum's Public Art Program Educator, Diana Mackenzie, pictured here with Margaret Bartley, Language Arts Media teacher at the Donahue School who helped bring the NEA grant alive.<br /><br />There were lots of paper materials to choose from both the art room and the museum who donated neon papers and pre-cut shapes. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2K7ycRged6hR-wnGNjBZ6j96HKXnZiccsyhWPwnjT8YpECHpFRBu3bZH7R2LcXq70C-2c6waDUWtS_LU-bNCme1LtgIdpQx0-WI7I6qxpzYjcFkE0aMQaES92fOLpc1wj2sXEaWAIFXU/s1600/DSCN2038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2K7ycRged6hR-wnGNjBZ6j96HKXnZiccsyhWPwnjT8YpECHpFRBu3bZH7R2LcXq70C-2c6waDUWtS_LU-bNCme1LtgIdpQx0-WI7I6qxpzYjcFkE0aMQaES92fOLpc1wj2sXEaWAIFXU/s400/DSCN2038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675047450990042290" /></a><br />The young artists got busy. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZLEX-88oECsQU6csVkWrWHGEZAUx76TZc1V4pmmZfaZaH5jqvJdEt-7VHzP-rJZgw8xf-iyEePyY9KHgUPHWz5yMGD4IapRwFSJjEDG9k-ifbepeJW_4g71YAb5P8qFzJ4IMmhMKIZ0/s1600/DSCN2042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZLEX-88oECsQU6csVkWrWHGEZAUx76TZc1V4pmmZfaZaH5jqvJdEt-7VHzP-rJZgw8xf-iyEePyY9KHgUPHWz5yMGD4IapRwFSJjEDG9k-ifbepeJW_4g71YAb5P8qFzJ4IMmhMKIZ0/s400/DSCN2042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675048029206896034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhSDITWve7C7b2n2_qLhn-lid1wTeaW-jNbrvPWZGI1RwUE8_4wPmw5ZC3jQclyoATp7FcEEwSsUFuyQlJ7vAhFiJRDeQFDMke3n1Ju-DPBw2PFooAlOBW2mKFF35uZvfeDYMoJRuGuw/s1600/102_0632m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhSDITWve7C7b2n2_qLhn-lid1wTeaW-jNbrvPWZGI1RwUE8_4wPmw5ZC3jQclyoATp7FcEEwSsUFuyQlJ7vAhFiJRDeQFDMke3n1Ju-DPBw2PFooAlOBW2mKFF35uZvfeDYMoJRuGuw/s400/102_0632m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675049832919543170" /></a><br />When a student got stuck I helped out,<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA36q3kE5-ZYzi7l5H4P_bt6tEdsDmmPoVOcgf6-rexBQr6lxutmxzvTvTjw6sQucPqsv3rBKP0BAcH1f1GrzCUGSikWu7OdGWE4FdXbGiSz4Sxk9jdRIbtUBVgiydeYtIYLN39vXmsM/s1600/102_0627m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguA36q3kE5-ZYzi7l5H4P_bt6tEdsDmmPoVOcgf6-rexBQr6lxutmxzvTvTjw6sQucPqsv3rBKP0BAcH1f1GrzCUGSikWu7OdGWE4FdXbGiSz4Sxk9jdRIbtUBVgiydeYtIYLN39vXmsM/s400/102_0627m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675051679977042130" /></a> but most artists like to work on their own. I observed quietly and offered encouragement watching their art progress.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutk2WwQovtQS8TQt2X_oLcWYBtqEgMF6ODWWEewxQFs9ooAqjI9OzJCEqKhl4vQX11PWJDiwpSJaYLIscvyZhScXbSMKQy7RVNFihrR2xM_hd1JtcnzElTkjWVSi_Qz1j5rZjnHRnYRQ/s1600/102_0656m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutk2WwQovtQS8TQt2X_oLcWYBtqEgMF6ODWWEewxQFs9ooAqjI9OzJCEqKhl4vQX11PWJDiwpSJaYLIscvyZhScXbSMKQy7RVNFihrR2xM_hd1JtcnzElTkjWVSi_Qz1j5rZjnHRnYRQ/s400/102_0656m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675052360134172146" /></a><br />Here are the results from one day of art work.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvY6DRX4QCVgNlgUYjJ5rsZfa9_DxOEfH_T7w4fXsMPkfKynfcbpEreKqOaGkiizQzx-pJWcnOBNXs6L_Xovcg8rcS-2zFF-vDUJYoHsff__5LuAm27pqcNTrDgUjzlFtu9Xco9NOBLM/s1600/102_0666m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikvY6DRX4QCVgNlgUYjJ5rsZfa9_DxOEfH_T7w4fXsMPkfKynfcbpEreKqOaGkiizQzx-pJWcnOBNXs6L_Xovcg8rcS-2zFF-vDUJYoHsff__5LuAm27pqcNTrDgUjzlFtu9Xco9NOBLM/s400/102_0666m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675052988311917634" /></a><br />After I went home the students followed up with another day on their collages. I cannot wait to see how it will all turn out for their exhibition at the museum. <br /><br />THANK YOU, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and the M.A. Donahue School! <br /><br />We are close to the Holiday Season. My FREE Coloring Page is a holiday detail from the book, SUPERMARKET. Here it is in the book. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLkdbKubSdmwsz0a9tP79TOH5-lBikEV2MYGw5Uk7o-jubbq9IBlUSfb10YEwsu63qtiHagNiLgnzj2L8jJ12hZyH2WQunyXoaB5zDnXPV8ulZiRr0iL4AGZN2diA1sHfSdB2hF2V0zg/s1600/img594.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLkdbKubSdmwsz0a9tP79TOH5-lBikEV2MYGw5Uk7o-jubbq9IBlUSfb10YEwsu63qtiHagNiLgnzj2L8jJ12hZyH2WQunyXoaB5zDnXPV8ulZiRr0iL4AGZN2diA1sHfSdB2hF2V0zg/s200/img594.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675258274327275442" /></a><br />And here is the sketch I used to create the original art. Click on the sketch to enlarge. Print and color! Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRWIBflSaCi0JVOi1w_tVO81_hNB3wdETFrh-EqwBVzEfVgUzP-2XW9cwne8r7bJXusVKWwGk4EsEBwR4ipSW6XPsPlgCQGYPSpiNToDGTxHdBPw5F-W4CDuUxFa_7GHSEpRAVzvV4zY/s1600/img599.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRWIBflSaCi0JVOi1w_tVO81_hNB3wdETFrh-EqwBVzEfVgUzP-2XW9cwne8r7bJXusVKWwGk4EsEBwR4ipSW6XPsPlgCQGYPSpiNToDGTxHdBPw5F-W4CDuUxFa_7GHSEpRAVzvV4zY/s400/img599.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675258841390741058" /></a><br /><br />Photo Credits: Melanie Hope Greenberg Copyright 2011 and Diana Mackenzie/Eric Carle Museum Copyright 2011melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-86584536460878896092011-10-03T16:46:00.017-04:002011-10-04T22:20:46.418-04:00School Visits: *Authors and More* in Austin, Dallas and Houston, Texas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvZMhbn_h_InyEq1bnCnZam5S2B2WVoLutKs29ih_taHHUYZFIlOBLGauKjm3hhFfh5eQOBwmFHDz6in5NUhfxtO8mQ56uY_B9aSkeKB7_jqvts9QuTIJWk93nsC3-2Gp-QfNUU1xRfc/s1600/logo_name_color_sm%25283%2529.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvZMhbn_h_InyEq1bnCnZam5S2B2WVoLutKs29ih_taHHUYZFIlOBLGauKjm3hhFfh5eQOBwmFHDz6in5NUhfxtO8mQ56uY_B9aSkeKB7_jqvts9QuTIJWk93nsC3-2Gp-QfNUU1xRfc/s400/logo_name_color_sm%25283%2529.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659370481406771858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2Bc7LcG2DXxo2XCRrxawotZlZXRsMVtLkSnR0vx0HfEOVMJi-DtfmakO5NwQedxhyUDKmDArdB7ilYqu2Q7p8EcCX-gibbtn05ymTHoe3ZlmN0lPBg1mGtbQHfVvGCpKHS5dEfC4_GI/s1600/IMG_4105.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2Bc7LcG2DXxo2XCRrxawotZlZXRsMVtLkSnR0vx0HfEOVMJi-DtfmakO5NwQedxhyUDKmDArdB7ilYqu2Q7p8EcCX-gibbtn05ymTHoe3ZlmN0lPBg1mGtbQHfVvGCpKHS5dEfC4_GI/s400/IMG_4105.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659373441390738914" /></a><br />Hi Texans! It was a great honor to be selected as the artist for the 2011 Texas Library Association's <a href="http://www.txla.org/gallery">Disaster Relief Fund Raffle</a>. I got to meet so many great librarians at the TLA Conference in the Austin Convention Center. I was even interviewed on the Austin based <a href="http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2011/03/author-illustrator-interview-melanie.html">Cynsations</a> blog.<br /> <br />Thrilled to announce that I am now represented by <a href="http://www.authorsandmore.com/Home.html">Authors and More</a>. Click the link to get to their website. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Authors and More</span> will represent my author and illustrator visits in the Austin, Dallas and Houston areas in Texas. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Authors and More</span> is a full service company providing authors, storytellers, illustrators, and musicians for schools and library programs.<br /><br />I even have <a href="http://www.authorsandmore.com/Blog/Entries/2011/9/22_Melanie_Hope_Greenberg.html">my own page on the Authors and More Blog</a>. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">I'd love to present at your school or via Skype. <br /></span> My interactive workshops share simple step-by-step visual formulas for picture book creation, writing, art and structure. From idea to published book, bridge art with literacy. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Grades K-5.</span> Reading, Drawing, Q&A. <br /><br />For honorarium and workshop details contact:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Carole Weitzel </span>carole@authorsandmore.com <br />(512) 914-2596 <br />Click on the links to get to the <br /><a href="http://www.authorsandmore.com">Authors and More Website</a><br /><a href="http://www.authorsandmore.com/Blog/Blog.html">Authors and More Blog</a><br /><br />My donated original picture book art from "Supermarket" on the Jumbotron in the Austin Convention Center at the 2011 Texas Library Association Conference. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xfFK7eVCST1VjOganA5AE_MWy2oUz2Sl6Eeh-9vw6eATHR_GYUUCkMG7fDyqfKN0hhEey3Lgl5UrDX7HgcuIcVHqNX6yzTmobzxpAufujFbydeLH1-_K9HQdB94MhIiN0l1xHh1YyGQ/s1600/+jumbotron.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xfFK7eVCST1VjOganA5AE_MWy2oUz2Sl6Eeh-9vw6eATHR_GYUUCkMG7fDyqfKN0hhEey3Lgl5UrDX7HgcuIcVHqNX6yzTmobzxpAufujFbydeLH1-_K9HQdB94MhIiN0l1xHh1YyGQ/s400/+jumbotron.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659425656970380802" /></a><br />Photo credits: Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg and Jeanette Larsonmelanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-81070887809233846642011-09-15T21:39:00.018-04:002011-09-19T22:02:30.985-04:00How I Create an Illustration 3 - SCIENCEIf you are my Facebook Friend then you might have seen my Profile Pic for September 2011. What, you are not a FBF? <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Melanie-Hope-Greenberg/570832823">Please join me on Facebook</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SiE8qXRA3RWphSXUxKJNTqFJeGkvsXeuIsan11K0_V5Wo1G2G2QHuViY5Wqy11yozQ8RVG8zX74N5YcGrLEyiONNYE-NIOPZdabyiGHbHJj0CZoK_xWK3gwBEMGkNUJKnVWdxJtjazw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-15+at+9.52.35+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SiE8qXRA3RWphSXUxKJNTqFJeGkvsXeuIsan11K0_V5Wo1G2G2QHuViY5Wqy11yozQ8RVG8zX74N5YcGrLEyiONNYE-NIOPZdabyiGHbHJj0CZoK_xWK3gwBEMGkNUJKnVWdxJtjazw/s400/Screen+shot+2011-09-15+at+9.52.35+PM.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652769753963296914" /></a> The "S" was from an illustration I created for Young Children Magazine. It was one of the letters that spelled S-C-I-E-N-C-E.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_-_HVFoXYK6YKMPtSdhd5pL2HcaSRZ6UFR8dydwoC5eY1NUlgfY4qG42dSQWFBFhyjF836XEmUDlkZ41f6GPrfhJzTJWsbMuqvOqpV_0kfs2LwDX45DXsKg4AnoA-jpQAlrtQx1JPvA/s1600/DSCN0801.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd_-_HVFoXYK6YKMPtSdhd5pL2HcaSRZ6UFR8dydwoC5eY1NUlgfY4qG42dSQWFBFhyjF836XEmUDlkZ41f6GPrfhJzTJWsbMuqvOqpV_0kfs2LwDX45DXsKg4AnoA-jpQAlrtQx1JPvA/s400/DSCN0801.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652767762078890322" /></a> On my desk is displayed the different elements I used to create the letters and the art to go along with them. First, I traced letters from a template. Then, I measured and placed each letter in the middle of a box.<br /><br />For the illustrations I widened each letter. My job is to capture images or a mood from the magazine articles. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgAJtX2BOAuz72gb39CmHleBNQpxK4fGZdAkej0XnbVDCW91cee3qdDMQ_JpkcyuFIrYjpkVjb5d8ir71Gu2NqgIUn_ExSrFXy8sHMm27J1HXcnXEFxONm5vQM-lZoEQIG0S_8A7p67w/s1600/DSCN0804.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgAJtX2BOAuz72gb39CmHleBNQpxK4fGZdAkej0XnbVDCW91cee3qdDMQ_JpkcyuFIrYjpkVjb5d8ir71Gu2NqgIUn_ExSrFXy8sHMm27J1HXcnXEFxONm5vQM-lZoEQIG0S_8A7p67w/s400/DSCN0804.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652766739910652386" /></a><br />The last step was to figure out the color scheme. I had to be very sensitive about how the letters worked all together <span style="font-style:italic;">and</span> if they worked side by side.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKfMGNlhPaAuwur2EaajvyeH8pz3LmLcrNVF8wDt5bUFSEsktk5CBWr0ugW5iWinFnCgLRIjevyOoA_0Mk8AdqHLCPhoHKariMdkpPeK93BVux_WfmZXq_yPu3hvG_5ttWFqXC4J_KJY/s1600/+yc.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwKfMGNlhPaAuwur2EaajvyeH8pz3LmLcrNVF8wDt5bUFSEsktk5CBWr0ugW5iWinFnCgLRIjevyOoA_0Mk8AdqHLCPhoHKariMdkpPeK93BVux_WfmZXq_yPu3hvG_5ttWFqXC4J_KJY/s400/+yc.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652766458310143746" /></a> I can always tell I'm done when I feel a sense of balance in my body.<br /><br />Then the letters were published. 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Click to Enlarge and Print.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuqUQwDXn31T_G2fv0nMHE67u064SFgO3KXYejYzmsPeH-y1TH_XU5qfqeBhO26u-EKBA6GB0xBnRH9zTIRTtAkHbtsFFtN3qjOGf5TDlpAejeDLGT9EaMKqoHm9leT0Jfx0C0hEtAFA/s1600/img559.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcuqUQwDXn31T_G2fv0nMHE67u064SFgO3KXYejYzmsPeH-y1TH_XU5qfqeBhO26u-EKBA6GB0xBnRH9zTIRTtAkHbtsFFtN3qjOGf5TDlpAejeDLGT9EaMKqoHm9leT0Jfx0C0hEtAFA/s400/img559.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653014967246225986" /></a><br /><br />All Designs and Illustrations Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg 2011melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-49346969727277658362011-07-31T21:42:00.017-04:002011-11-15T10:57:28.322-05:00Second Visit to the Eric Carle MuseumMy second visit to the gorgeous <a href="http://www.carlemuseum.org/">Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art</a> was much busier than <a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2009/08/events-presentation-at-eric-carle.html">my first visit</a>. Not only did I present a Story Time in the museum's library and sign bunches of books, I also presented a literary craft workshop with young students in the Art Room. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdVnnx3EtMhl3uiMPzHZkpBnASsTytE8FxT_GkWumcR-VYrWUwdPjVBGvAshBOvYpHnp7Iv9qkXPaVJodV1cSiYfLTy5KREfq-jiJCT10Pdlm4QWcyhzkJicCkyRfmYCj8FIsXKkyaRY/s1600/DSCN1974.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdVnnx3EtMhl3uiMPzHZkpBnASsTytE8FxT_GkWumcR-VYrWUwdPjVBGvAshBOvYpHnp7Iv9qkXPaVJodV1cSiYfLTy5KREfq-jiJCT10Pdlm4QWcyhzkJicCkyRfmYCj8FIsXKkyaRY/s400/DSCN1974.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635697420926573538" /></a> <br />They jumped right into getting their hands busy. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSc8FV9wdummG6mrTyQKde7MBnfbRHGxpzNgaHIEg09ukZjWuRuH7cr7nF9fDxXpopXGDyPFkOJ_Yzbb3XmIdFKFKZA5TR5ZoY-EMv-P6bPQmVqCtlnExQJd-8auCx-IBcRfQ72BqTO8/s1600/DSCN1959.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSc8FV9wdummG6mrTyQKde7MBnfbRHGxpzNgaHIEg09ukZjWuRuH7cr7nF9fDxXpopXGDyPFkOJ_Yzbb3XmIdFKFKZA5TR5ZoY-EMv-P6bPQmVqCtlnExQJd-8auCx-IBcRfQ72BqTO8/s400/DSCN1959.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635699497784188242" /></a><br />Here are the beautiful 3D collages they created. Some were literal. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczYpumXe8glm7NXUjNHWqMAAgKiV5AqvGNK7nusLPZH5pKZnOoJ0A8ykJ-XBJEE2DZkBxs00_22wHEAui17EVTRJ3JuQoIIgDZ68SE30_6_x6OAbG4VC7EvADOQV2tpUzkycDtG1YELo/s1600/DSCN1966.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczYpumXe8glm7NXUjNHWqMAAgKiV5AqvGNK7nusLPZH5pKZnOoJ0A8ykJ-XBJEE2DZkBxs00_22wHEAui17EVTRJ3JuQoIIgDZ68SE30_6_x6OAbG4VC7EvADOQV2tpUzkycDtG1YELo/s400/DSCN1966.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635700178178202386" /></a> <br />Others not so much. This boy told me the psychedelic strip of paper he glued to the top was the second Sun in the composition. I love that!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbY7Wm0I_cJWetD6MexhqQ0Vkmq4JYfGRllYIcKOWRPGvb7xPIP4bnuQk_x2OABwjnt5GfIeHd_5QcgWFmYC47PE-9ujl_zvl8vqiL3Wz9U-Xl8QQ0Tx9gBeWHLdA849oZEUa4bTvfPwM/s1600/DSCN1962.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbY7Wm0I_cJWetD6MexhqQ0Vkmq4JYfGRllYIcKOWRPGvb7xPIP4bnuQk_x2OABwjnt5GfIeHd_5QcgWFmYC47PE-9ujl_zvl8vqiL3Wz9U-Xl8QQ0Tx9gBeWHLdA849oZEUa4bTvfPwM/s400/DSCN1962.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635700713816561666" /></a> <br />This young artist followed her own spirit. Love that, too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXWEhlhkoHabr_BWVPA75JvUJcKNy7br7uXz7Lsh3OLHoi4uBEKqA5J6YzfkSVfPDtXrhIRa0VYSXvqB8XAi-D7iZzJMe7SsQHHrV2j4OdEFYvl-FJeL0TdeqNYoDROUplxHcBgyiewc/s1600/DSCN1964.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXWEhlhkoHabr_BWVPA75JvUJcKNy7br7uXz7Lsh3OLHoi4uBEKqA5J6YzfkSVfPDtXrhIRa0VYSXvqB8XAi-D7iZzJMe7SsQHHrV2j4OdEFYvl-FJeL0TdeqNYoDROUplxHcBgyiewc/s400/DSCN1964.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635702434370253026" /></a> <br />This boy mixed the media using markers. So creative.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr529AA0PlPScMXX6BcaVN3CA6rWFDJc3qz2XfsuegfmYJMPUYNP6rczeg5VC4Q36Vau_eXxHPyGYUoQN6EUp0s9OirXx2Fg0UKl7bcIxsaxvU7dqWJznrRFq_Ad3o3pNMasc8D5Skx0A/s1600/DSCN1967.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr529AA0PlPScMXX6BcaVN3CA6rWFDJc3qz2XfsuegfmYJMPUYNP6rczeg5VC4Q36Vau_eXxHPyGYUoQN6EUp0s9OirXx2Fg0UKl7bcIxsaxvU7dqWJznrRFq_Ad3o3pNMasc8D5Skx0A/s400/DSCN1967.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635703078304112770" /></a> <br />After my programs I had some time to hang out with <a href="http://www.yippeeskippy.com/rebelbookseller/wordpress/">Rebel Bookseller, Andy Laties</a>, the manager of the <a href="http://www.carlemuseum.org/Shop_Home">museum's bookshop</a>. I was very fortunate that Andy provided my car lifts to and from the Springfield Amtrak station. Talking shop with Andy is always enlightening and appreciated.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinolc8BlP__PX-m6sdsG1JLySXcC-IjOBD2mB6Ax9iDDuXqwq2TioZnA3Or1PH41kfO-najxEZGwDpMw9qDO8zEBlw7BnzuhYBTo-7xfYFGL0FQVCNM-NhxdWDq_z9mGGaEXoouZkSsSI/s1600/DSCN1955.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinolc8BlP__PX-m6sdsG1JLySXcC-IjOBD2mB6Ax9iDDuXqwq2TioZnA3Or1PH41kfO-najxEZGwDpMw9qDO8zEBlw7BnzuhYBTo-7xfYFGL0FQVCNM-NhxdWDq_z9mGGaEXoouZkSsSI/s400/DSCN1955.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635707158924596994" /></a> With the museum's librarian and bookshop manager.<br /> <br />The shop is stocked with Eric Carle everything. But it's also creatively stocked with everything else. For book lovers, there's a vast array of children's books, graphic novels, and kid-lit related cross over to adult books. Greeting cards, toys, and plush dolls are colorfully displayed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRid7yE0Fw_cRCegiqK5jlXqD7nrsj3tyRV6CencokQtcSPI23YLCjmU6yj2YoGbz5lkQa0vt_qNWr5IUJ_Tr_Ch0-Q-itS0vawRCBX56f0Tm0BY_JTxKd-vIadBJ5eEHuTL3tqm-BgYw/s1600/DSCN1970.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRid7yE0Fw_cRCegiqK5jlXqD7nrsj3tyRV6CencokQtcSPI23YLCjmU6yj2YoGbz5lkQa0vt_qNWr5IUJ_Tr_Ch0-Q-itS0vawRCBX56f0Tm0BY_JTxKd-vIadBJ5eEHuTL3tqm-BgYw/s400/DSCN1970.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635708927395938626" /></a><br />Thank You Eric Carle Museum for <a href="http://www.carlemuseum.org/Shop/Books_DVDs/Autographed_Books/Melanie_Hope_Greenberg/">selling my books in your shop and on your website</a>! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5gjXwRJZQ_mv54VrLieokCSJmQJSyiMXLBdRmbn_hYglbPYoeVvWTjsmhQGJuT31lVSCpf4UjRBZyATgRBxCm_eHvPHu6gbyXqQakvwEcTqB88W8dX6F_T2qOvc97rr-_BbgvAqLlRs/s1600/DSCN1973.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5gjXwRJZQ_mv54VrLieokCSJmQJSyiMXLBdRmbn_hYglbPYoeVvWTjsmhQGJuT31lVSCpf4UjRBZyATgRBxCm_eHvPHu6gbyXqQakvwEcTqB88W8dX6F_T2qOvc97rr-_BbgvAqLlRs/s400/DSCN1973.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635709870760039906" /></a><br />For art lovers there are signed prints and limited edition lithographs and fun minimalist sculptures. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-qD6KqwoewMDXQGWvlDIqgDE8sD1nPf5G7tyW4Z8TSOIPgDlYxo__eWFpz40BW_1Mh9JGvD-LYXDHxKyjTIeHmY-MjDq5TtwOGPyfmj2tVARE15txsMQiHgSHpo254jRFrQ3XMKdXMs/s1600/DSCN1972.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV-qD6KqwoewMDXQGWvlDIqgDE8sD1nPf5G7tyW4Z8TSOIPgDlYxo__eWFpz40BW_1Mh9JGvD-LYXDHxKyjTIeHmY-MjDq5TtwOGPyfmj2tVARE15txsMQiHgSHpo254jRFrQ3XMKdXMs/s400/DSCN1972.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635711486499424338" /></a><br />Who? <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeOfPwdX2cyEQ6Hi1bk52EMUum9s_VA0qdkh1dlrG53WkWj39Tom-PFSwhHX0PqxTjB3CNEqrg-WGmtDR3xU0wDup6ReOCPOfxkuE5iH5gc_jUSfG3u2FTZOhFE67SITxtdW1gQQ4qw0/s1600/DSCN1971.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeOfPwdX2cyEQ6Hi1bk52EMUum9s_VA0qdkh1dlrG53WkWj39Tom-PFSwhHX0PqxTjB3CNEqrg-WGmtDR3xU0wDup6ReOCPOfxkuE5iH5gc_jUSfG3u2FTZOhFE67SITxtdW1gQQ4qw0/s400/DSCN1971.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635712013639892706" /></a><br />You! <br />Visit the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art!<br /><br />All Photos Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg 2011melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-1443205687993131872011-05-22T20:44:00.009-04:002016-05-21T16:01:32.683-04:00PS 250 Brooklyn Asks QuestionsOn May 20, 2011 I gave presentations to second graders at PS 250 in Brooklyn. Ms Steinlauf's class had adorable hand drawn mermaid bookmarks which cleverly had some questions written on them as well. There was not enough time to answer all the questions before the program was over. So I promised to answer their questions on my blog. Thanks PS 250!!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJwL0KNXtJQKdsYuSeSscHeLFvyZzzKAU6unGxbtdTJCT_YkNAUQqOZmlD_4NgXRzNlavbeEC24M-5vvfIoX6VNpPNMl5iP-Iyk1UTVTv9jEcKxz_f0bfrflN47mz49_iu3-ZlSgdM58/s1600/img511.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609706269132064434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJwL0KNXtJQKdsYuSeSscHeLFvyZzzKAU6unGxbtdTJCT_YkNAUQqOZmlD_4NgXRzNlavbeEC24M-5vvfIoX6VNpPNMl5iP-Iyk1UTVTv9jEcKxz_f0bfrflN47mz49_iu3-ZlSgdM58/s400/img511.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 398px;" /></a> Q: How do these ideas pop in to you? <br />
MHG: Many times I get ideas from <a href="http://www.melaniehopegreenberg.com/art.html">what I see or take part of</a> in my own community. My books are about places to eat, or to do laundry, visiting the beach, and even celebrating holidays and traditions.<br />
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Q: How do you picture the Book?<br />
MHG: Read and see the process of how I create picture books <a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2009/05/writing-and-illustrating-dummies-are.html">here</a>.<br />
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Q: Have you ever written a song book? <br />
MHG: No, because I have never written any songs. I enjoy making up stories.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQ48xwNPDfJixD8YyZPyeu4c95DMhERQny1ZoA3HLMFcW24bPjWZ8LbhmX94lcDDDrBBh-2RnkvHDDdkSfDVVuJgxsy8UmPEOlU3giiK2a0DlK-YjPZ_bQK6-H3Yr6YiyyI0TRAZsApw/s1600/img512.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609707688565780930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsQ48xwNPDfJixD8YyZPyeu4c95DMhERQny1ZoA3HLMFcW24bPjWZ8LbhmX94lcDDDrBBh-2RnkvHDDdkSfDVVuJgxsy8UmPEOlU3giiK2a0DlK-YjPZ_bQK6-H3Yr6YiyyI0TRAZsApw/s400/img512.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Q: Do you write books? How many books did you write?<br />
MHG: I've written 6 of the 16 books I've illustrated that have been published. <a href="http://www.melaniehopegreenberg.com/books.html">See all my books here</a>.<br />
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Q: Are the things you write are ture (true)?<br />
MHG: Yes! Many of my books are based on what I see or have experienced in real life. Even when illustrating for other authors I paint what I see around me. For example, I marched in a <a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2009/11/collect-melanies-art-and-books.html">Mermaid Parade</a>. Real New York City views are displayed in <a href="http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com/2009/11/collect-melanies-art-and-books.html">A CITY IS</a>. I shop at the supermarket in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Supermarket-Kathleen-Krull/dp/0823415465/ref=sr_1_13/104-0331144-4056703?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192462153&sr=8-13">SUPERMARKET</a>. I've been riding the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Down-Subway-Miriam-Cohen/dp/1932065245/ref=sr_1_3/104-0331144-4056703?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192462153&sr=8-3">subway</a> since I was a little girl. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Street-Growing-Tree/dp/0694012580/ref=sr_1_11/104-0331144-4056703?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192462153&sr=8-11">ON MY STREET</a> is based on Brooklyn Heights.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivz7ae4h1Xld21fqWPYBQzUpwtT6OVUgrI8m6uSHXf3Qz0inQCtbuZyUrA9ba-KZzgicBmb9ZMH_KLGb9FY0BJIcLAXU8fl9pwS1ajaVU0kHATCvrV-KTEkANwZ35cltI_SntcsXo4qQE/s1600/img513.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609709398981737154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivz7ae4h1Xld21fqWPYBQzUpwtT6OVUgrI8m6uSHXf3Qz0inQCtbuZyUrA9ba-KZzgicBmb9ZMH_KLGb9FY0BJIcLAXU8fl9pwS1ajaVU0kHATCvrV-KTEkANwZ35cltI_SntcsXo4qQE/s400/img513.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 371px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
Q: What class were you in as a little girl?<br />
MHG: I went to PS 93, PS 119, Jr High School 125, then graduated from James Monroe High School. All the schools were in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx">the Bronx</a>. I skipped the 3rd grade, the last semester of High School and graduated at 16 years old.<br />
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Q: Have you ever wrote a book about the bronx?<br />
MHG: I wrote and illustrated a book about my true story of my father's luncheonette in the Bronx. It is called, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fathers-Luncheonette-Melanie-Hope-Greenberg/dp/0525447253/ref=sr_1_2/104-0331144-4056703?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192462153&sr=8-2">MY FATHER'S LUNCHEONETTE</a>.melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-69558514470518081592011-03-13T22:35:00.016-04:002011-03-17T21:56:52.024-04:00How I Create an Illustration 2<a href="http://calendar.madison.com/77/index.php?com=detail&eID=80806">Muriel Feldshuh</a> was kind enough to invite me to participate, for a second time, in her traveling children's picture book artist quilt project. She sent a kit containing a lovely note, a blank square of muslin, packing, and a self addressed, stamped return envelope. How could I refuse?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq06EXyXm_4cnW4Ld29Gc488EeBKNdN9A0jSGqesoeKB2LCtBmXehkuZERXJTX0F7Un1fQUXebs3ruuX1UmB8yPqHa0tVZRv92d-_RwZtSzZ-l-NDJiPxvILdGrzbnzHkBxR26LglNqUQ/s1600/+quilt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq06EXyXm_4cnW4Ld29Gc488EeBKNdN9A0jSGqesoeKB2LCtBmXehkuZERXJTX0F7Un1fQUXebs3ruuX1UmB8yPqHa0tVZRv92d-_RwZtSzZ-l-NDJiPxvILdGrzbnzHkBxR26LglNqUQ/s400/+quilt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584382846742043954" /></a> The first muslin square I painted is in the red quilt above. Feldshuh's quilts <a href="http://www.jewishaz.com/issues/story.mv?081114+retired">exhibit in galleries throughout the United States</a>. <br /><br />For the new quilt, consisting of Brooklyn based illustrators, I chose an icon that both represents Brooklyn and my picture books. This is a sketch of a book cover test for MERMAIDS ON PARADE. The publisher thought it was "too old" for the age level of my book. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMB3FuokiQbS22cvrOGqLroQ3Zac84o_HliFLx8gG7zjSumn5EYhCah7E2riIeGTb6vEiJh98PDC9NGxfuMi-BxjJaYfEu-oKVh8YbKrS5iPD-htjmfN31EeZUM9D_NPrPYl8diSLSCo/s1600/img423.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBMB3FuokiQbS22cvrOGqLroQ3Zac84o_HliFLx8gG7zjSumn5EYhCah7E2riIeGTb6vEiJh98PDC9NGxfuMi-BxjJaYfEu-oKVh8YbKrS5iPD-htjmfN31EeZUM9D_NPrPYl8diSLSCo/s400/img423.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583759509759665042" /></a> I still love this sketch and I've wanted to use it somewhere else. So, I did. <br /><br />I work with a copy machine. I cut out extras and fixed some lines. Then copied again. There's my outline.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii55IFuI877XrYgBGclq0G91PzhX0xvnNRUMta99VoqMu5RfoB-yYPEr9oaJHate8f8Vpow9YW9fM9ehWF8wLy9LO64LvekrkRBYOn5JVFa_jij2-Ximud63ovydHfsPbfHUgONLXmRvc/s1600/img421.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii55IFuI877XrYgBGclq0G91PzhX0xvnNRUMta99VoqMu5RfoB-yYPEr9oaJHate8f8Vpow9YW9fM9ehWF8wLy9LO64LvekrkRBYOn5JVFa_jij2-Ximud63ovydHfsPbfHUgONLXmRvc/s400/img421.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583759639456383810" /></a><br />I copy once more, and experiment with paint on the paper first. I discovered my glitter nail polish made a quick drying sparkle over the paint. Yippie, no glitter mess.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiK5AOybp7THwvEZkQlYMqO7BN1mPjRV2Fzaehbydjsc6Lq0giyHxnTpT13arhVBdAgwO_EfmfzQI4Tmk-oyEHa1WAiwG_NN1CMc3lxJQQ3fS8nSafzvBnhVPFWUBPxax_PaJjaO2QBk/s1600/img422.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 374px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiK5AOybp7THwvEZkQlYMqO7BN1mPjRV2Fzaehbydjsc6Lq0giyHxnTpT13arhVBdAgwO_EfmfzQI4Tmk-oyEHa1WAiwG_NN1CMc3lxJQQ3fS8nSafzvBnhVPFWUBPxax_PaJjaO2QBk/s400/img422.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583760169695728610" /></a> Using a <a href="http://www.monstersteel.com/product_info.php?products_id=701395">lightbox</a>, I trace the mermaid's outline onto the muslin square with pencil. I lay down shapes of pure colors. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdB1Rhk7_OROcI0zuPbRSbPF4miO5pEwyffDbjW-DI5H4KgUz4_46akQKYt-8VshnlQdoevZrVIY8vjGSgIL8oNmxE7kqfcgNdyjrhUB8gStUWtvwUz06rQesoH_MNhX38CnEeicPL9Y/s1600/DSCN1598.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdB1Rhk7_OROcI0zuPbRSbPF4miO5pEwyffDbjW-DI5H4KgUz4_46akQKYt-8VshnlQdoevZrVIY8vjGSgIL8oNmxE7kqfcgNdyjrhUB8gStUWtvwUz06rQesoH_MNhX38CnEeicPL9Y/s400/DSCN1598.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583760482443623602" /></a><br />Now I add some details to the under layers of paint. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZsYkMsjsazJNc8c5KbHn6vgdyioj1zRP_QPfZa78xFSz_Sr7qnNCsY2VuFX6fywNTbfPap7Ix-k6eFcMQIc2iuhWwQ08JsNAp69S75bZcSeMjzWpoOPmuUG9cGQMuBBEWh1oUmQEAkY/s1600/DSCN1600.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZsYkMsjsazJNc8c5KbHn6vgdyioj1zRP_QPfZa78xFSz_Sr7qnNCsY2VuFX6fywNTbfPap7Ix-k6eFcMQIc2iuhWwQ08JsNAp69S75bZcSeMjzWpoOPmuUG9cGQMuBBEWh1oUmQEAkY/s400/DSCN1600.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583760870779742354" /></a><br />I add purple pen out line and carefully brush in the glitter. I do not want paint or glitter to spill onto the muslin outside the mermaid outline. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzzWJhoIymlBc0UUTSm_6c1EsFNC7PwEHPzV6YGQGdll3nHayGLGFh3pFBtfRQZiIMOlMisdjngdZfKraAVsFNkWWcckhcj4EzFzIJ3XYuBgkSUqXqPg0it0AQ9RdGwvSn7rFvaCrd3E/s1600/DSCN1601.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzzWJhoIymlBc0UUTSm_6c1EsFNC7PwEHPzV6YGQGdll3nHayGLGFh3pFBtfRQZiIMOlMisdjngdZfKraAVsFNkWWcckhcj4EzFzIJ3XYuBgkSUqXqPg0it0AQ9RdGwvSn7rFvaCrd3E/s400/DSCN1601.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583761244693427202" /></a><br />Remember to always ventilate while using the nail polish in large areas. I painted by an open window.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGNYvXuVZr6iuzi8ZYxvQOCQf6pbZN-U1Ch1h7b3away_PTxU4Et9uTW0zjsqY5ymDzrbrmebLgmXGxGnkbH_hwRd4-WTq0HnitVwZ_z7We2OkmFrI4BbadJ3AranvXuMHvOwwwrggwI/s1600/DSCN1604.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGNYvXuVZr6iuzi8ZYxvQOCQf6pbZN-U1Ch1h7b3away_PTxU4Et9uTW0zjsqY5ymDzrbrmebLgmXGxGnkbH_hwRd4-WTq0HnitVwZ_z7We2OkmFrI4BbadJ3AranvXuMHvOwwwrggwI/s400/DSCN1604.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583764206376763618" /></a><br />Finished art.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK100arfwIQ2Gk4ph2SXzdEuOGNAsh2wkxYN86_DxhycEwzDy8uBQYrKTdr4Zpfrp0i-U1cvU9HgG37MjfzaXKMZ4RsmZPYvYfQIb8R0FUSZswZPMFZx8nkleFlR3qsmAnt-kckmFc9pE/s1600/img420.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 383px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK100arfwIQ2Gk4ph2SXzdEuOGNAsh2wkxYN86_DxhycEwzDy8uBQYrKTdr4Zpfrp0i-U1cvU9HgG37MjfzaXKMZ4RsmZPYvYfQIb8R0FUSZswZPMFZx8nkleFlR3qsmAnt-kckmFc9pE/s400/img420.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583764658510219458" /></a><br /><br />Mermaid Art : Copyright Melanie Hope Greenbergmelanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-73234267972968998942011-03-11T20:22:00.013-05:002011-04-03T11:57:02.188-04:00Artists in My Book / *Sue Schmitt* InterviewWriter <a href="http://www.evensuperheroes.com">Sue Schmitt</a> and I both attended the SCBWI National Conference in August 2005. It was my first time at this conference in Los Angeles and I was there on faculty. When I spotted Sue she was in a mermaid costume for the Saturday night Beach Bash party. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0H82ZzUVrbRcHvMeU8w-G-3u_qtFdTNKJav_wpDpAf3IjmJRS1yT4XVdiCPNDG-cCIOe9_TlIy9D4cwXeFOii4UPcPLRcFxStpLg6IwDFIprqIJZgeGHoAEFbFn9Mvg9u61rT7iWBlE/s1600/img398.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0H82ZzUVrbRcHvMeU8w-G-3u_qtFdTNKJav_wpDpAf3IjmJRS1yT4XVdiCPNDG-cCIOe9_TlIy9D4cwXeFOii4UPcPLRcFxStpLg6IwDFIprqIJZgeGHoAEFbFn9Mvg9u61rT7iWBlE/s400/img398.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582998852159355778" /></a><br />I had a picture book project idea brewing about the Coney Island Mermaid Parade. We took this photo for reference.<br /><br />When I sold the book, Sue became the Mom character and appears in almost every scene.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEIroQdEFQK2ol3NqrG49t-590h9kYhMSdqt1fBWiheDHVykIupKZVa5Ph9fd8PHN0rgZl3TRkKI5iKdzWy4C0HySBD1R6-Rtd4-ogr-d123LRKH7wnp4lVaPEPBFnKM94xQdnTGiNF0/s1600/img430.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigEIroQdEFQK2ol3NqrG49t-590h9kYhMSdqt1fBWiheDHVykIupKZVa5Ph9fd8PHN0rgZl3TRkKI5iKdzWy4C0HySBD1R6-Rtd4-ogr-d123LRKH7wnp4lVaPEPBFnKM94xQdnTGiNF0/s400/img430.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583011743756951506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWy7_Eh39_yX1PKq5uEM41-ciceM-ZJyCHBP0ZmsBMJMGfDWsQ26lt-H3IqrLwdbhpTdooR6kJDD4RgPh4MklJn7axBnvoi4_sGAreG4UkEk__ChM21A_-nAhgoquvP3BDB9iHdT11-E/s1600/img036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWy7_Eh39_yX1PKq5uEM41-ciceM-ZJyCHBP0ZmsBMJMGfDWsQ26lt-H3IqrLwdbhpTdooR6kJDD4RgPh4MklJn7axBnvoi4_sGAreG4UkEk__ChM21A_-nAhgoquvP3BDB9iHdT11-E/s400/img036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583004057025436642" /></a><br /> Sue Schmitt is also a mother, children's musical theater producer, and philanthropist - she's passionate about helping children and families globally. Co-founder of an <a href="http://www.kayangel.org">AIDS orphanage</a> in Haiti, she has also traveled to China helping medically challenged orphans, and set up a <a href="http://www.mfci.net">birthing clinic</a> in rural India. Sue's writing is inspired by local children with medical issues. Schmitt's first book, "Even Superheroes Get Diabetes" was created when a 3 year old neighbor was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. <br /><br />Sue kindly answered a few questions for the blog.<br /><br />Q: If you had a mermaid name what would it be? <br />SS: It would be Waverly Lumens.<br /><br />Q: What do mermaids mean to you? <br />SS: Mermaids, fairies, flying pigs, and happy endings inspire me, as do all things that seem impossible, fantastical, and magical. I have tackled that which seems personally improbable if not impossible, such as singing in RENT on Broadway (I'm not much of a singer), running the LA Marathon (I'd never run more than a few miles), writing books (a childhood dream that always felt out of reach), and finding my own Prince Charming (despite quite a few frogs). <br /><br />Q: Why did you dress up as a mermaid at the SCBWI party? <br />SS: The SCBWI party was a beach party theme. Mermaids are such beautiful and mythical creatures, and I thought that a children's book conference filled with authors who create such beings certainly needed one at the party. Plus, how often does one get the chance to be a mermaid? Not enough in my opinion!<br /><br />Q: What are you currently working on?<br />SS: I am finishing work on my second book, "The Princess and the Peanut". It's a royally allergic fairytale, that grew out of compassion toward a friend's kindergartner with a severe peanut allergy. My newest project is "Even Pirates Get Leukemia". This book evolved after my daughter's playmate battled and won a fight against leukemia.<br /><br />Thanks, Sue!<br /><br />Art and Photo: Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg 2005 and 2008melanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918746609174539672.post-14724018241968106032011-02-21T17:37:00.012-05:002011-02-23T18:23:16.126-05:00TLA, Cybils, New School and FREE Coloring PagesYeeha! I've got great news to share!<br />I'm the selected artist for the Texas Library Association's 2011 Disaster Relief Fund raffle.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuY236p189jRgbjVMEGmNO0SUKQLeJPN-LRjQq03gax24qdfDNWkTV-ZXWTz9PhYTFsu-RKmWoHD1D-e8pdQageXi5G95lcwJeAXitFgY13JWozfgjf75YW_DRDz_upfxrNK3N5NrmsU/s1600/memberfuse_logo.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 122px; height: 80px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuY236p189jRgbjVMEGmNO0SUKQLeJPN-LRjQq03gax24qdfDNWkTV-ZXWTz9PhYTFsu-RKmWoHD1D-e8pdQageXi5G95lcwJeAXitFgY13JWozfgjf75YW_DRDz_upfxrNK3N5NrmsU/s400/memberfuse_logo.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576275787249151746" /></a> I've donated my original gouache illustration called <span style="font-style:italic;">"Space Age"</span>, 8.5" x 11.5", from the picture book SUPERMARKET by Kathleen Krull (Holiday House, 2001). <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Supermarket-Kathleen-Krull/dp/0823415465/ref=sr_1_13/104-0331144-4056703?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192462153&sr=8-13">SUPERMARKET</a> is now celebrating its 10th year in print!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cIE_J5nSHKWpwzZ-nOIPoLQLIKtnnSlLmqRcVYwGHReFvfDPQoD5AmiKGoMdqEnBtXfm97RXTDkg0zQ1vfencHrlYFKOux4lIimU5t2FBlVl0nAglObBLmtwVVdFP1nA6Tmus5rdTo0/s1600/space-age-pre.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2cIE_J5nSHKWpwzZ-nOIPoLQLIKtnnSlLmqRcVYwGHReFvfDPQoD5AmiKGoMdqEnBtXfm97RXTDkg0zQ1vfencHrlYFKOux4lIimU5t2FBlVl0nAglObBLmtwVVdFP1nA6Tmus5rdTo0/s400/space-age-pre.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576275895227047442" /></a> For a $5.00 raffle ticket or 5 tickets for $20.00 you can own original picture book art worth hundreds of dollars, and help libraries at the same time. <a href="http://www.txla.org/gallery">See the Art, Get a Raffle Ticket and Learn about the TLA Disaster Relief Fund here</a>.<br />The raffle will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2011 during the TLA Annual Conference in Austin. You need not be a librarian or at the conference in person to win.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwmX57ClnN7shoirAI-ME2fPO3APk9WgfwdC1S84p8mp7YMTGZQkiY4n_C4sso1-tau8W1d9IHoXjWVRxcE7frPsu3dmiZZZRvJ5BGDJMW8u3a5TzXgLIbE4GyUn6isyf_0xwMCQ7Eiw/s1600/cybils-2010-large.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwmX57ClnN7shoirAI-ME2fPO3APk9WgfwdC1S84p8mp7YMTGZQkiY4n_C4sso1-tau8W1d9IHoXjWVRxcE7frPsu3dmiZZZRvJ5BGDJMW8u3a5TzXgLIbE4GyUn6isyf_0xwMCQ7Eiw/s200/cybils-2010-large.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576279141356790706" /></a> My other great news is that I lucked out and was selected to judge the <a href="http://www.cybils.com">2010 Cybils Awards</a> in the <a href="http://www.cybils.com/2010/09/2010-fiction-picture-books-panel.html">Fiction Picture Book Category</a>. And the winner is...<span style="font-style:italic;">"Interrupting Chicken"</span> by David Ezra Stein! Congratulations!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DTcn3OyfisS9wq-FIAbUE-6Eh8MKRkH9tfCjraMhAy2Ni6SENhyphenhyphen2_xCsP7MCViDgwiUw9i_QRQu30iaawqoTpzmDLa72YFG6kBETfi9CAec7YXXP6Z-yxCPHsWZ5H5e9ty81TTFqXG8/s1600/61IwC70Uw2L._BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%252CTopRight%252C35%252C-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DTcn3OyfisS9wq-FIAbUE-6Eh8MKRkH9tfCjraMhAy2Ni6SENhyphenhyphen2_xCsP7MCViDgwiUw9i_QRQu30iaawqoTpzmDLa72YFG6kBETfi9CAec7YXXP6Z-yxCPHsWZ5H5e9ty81TTFqXG8/s200/61IwC70Uw2L._BO2%252C204%252C203%252C200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click%252CTopRight%252C35%252C-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576297870933461634" /></a><br />The Cybils awards are given each year by bloggers for the year's best children's and young adult titles. The panel organizer was the Mother Reader herself, <a href=" http://www.motherreader.com/">Pam Coughlan</a>! And my fellow blogging judges panel consisted of <a href="http://inthepages.blogspot.com/">Becky Bilby</a>, <a href="http://www.katiedavisblog.com/">Katie Davis</a>, Danielle Smith and <a href="http://latibookblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/2010-cybils-awards.html">Tess Hafner Goldwasser</a>, who also wrote the winning book's <a href="http://latibookblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/interrupting-chicken.html">official review</a>.<br /><a href="http://100scopenotes.com/2010/09/21/morning-notes-cat-people-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=morning-notes-cat-people-edition">Many other bloggers</a> spread the word <a href="http://blog.mawbooks.com/2010/09/21/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-2010-cybils-awards/">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.morninglightmama.com/2011/01/my-work-here-is-done.html">there</a>.<br /><br />Last but not least I presented a Power Point program at the New School's <a href="http://www.newschool.edu/eventdetail.aspx?id=58199">Writing for Children Forum</a> moderated by <a href="http://www.deborahbrodie.com">Deborah Brodie</a>.<br /><br />I want to keep the February Valentine Love going by offering some FREE Coloring Pages that feature hearts. Click on the images to enlarge, print and color! Enjoy! Love, Melanie xox<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtQhD1AOShaQTfILW-SQOxAfDYMEgbFSU8OnkStLQlPmsOGkV1pfWyEjBb-TPeq_7bJ65BV2kIL_TW08CMUin6ovEZ2ln-Px7UqCs8R3OhWd6cAFenUCe4OxRQ6AeP8KPIdwNuDlcsXM/s1600/img427.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtQhD1AOShaQTfILW-SQOxAfDYMEgbFSU8OnkStLQlPmsOGkV1pfWyEjBb-TPeq_7bJ65BV2kIL_TW08CMUin6ovEZ2ln-Px7UqCs8R3OhWd6cAFenUCe4OxRQ6AeP8KPIdwNuDlcsXM/s320/img427.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576281111048190050" /></a> Heart Balloons<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZ3f5X8aUAe2QO6ZJ77p-bRWBHwSYHJF1t-Rw0YPk7POD4qpVOyO8Fq879tqjrpPBXXMB3Hve-5JnYcfyQCzxFTxqMAz1kat9GP6V24ibUJBkuYnS6sDeFToWNgxRF6kgEeN8zr070Do/s1600/img425.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZ3f5X8aUAe2QO6ZJ77p-bRWBHwSYHJF1t-Rw0YPk7POD4qpVOyO8Fq879tqjrpPBXXMB3Hve-5JnYcfyQCzxFTxqMAz1kat9GP6V24ibUJBkuYnS6sDeFToWNgxRF6kgEeN8zr070Do/s320/img425.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576280707475716530" /></a> Heart Peacocks<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt04e7Cp1Szb8tkmi9Vdld8dUxBbZr7s8fn8cygiAdO-2pEbzNeh0u7m8BqmP1-_IqsAf77J3lfTJeVy3hU2gq5CxI56joyR4XOqjO0eptzVry3X0s3mXae89VetzLt6m6u0iHN9t788/s1600/img426.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt04e7Cp1Szb8tkmi9Vdld8dUxBbZr7s8fn8cygiAdO-2pEbzNeh0u7m8BqmP1-_IqsAf77J3lfTJeVy3hU2gq5CxI56joyR4XOqjO0eptzVry3X0s3mXae89VetzLt6m6u0iHN9t788/s320/img426.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576281536279643586" /></a> Heart Garden<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0k69_24vTpuyEqz6k228VjyZGOAqpPPbCN7TvEljBr_QcnjLaRczSK-Az5SoZRueXmfe9mNSvkARzc-kmbxYhbwAWO6rEuG6B7Tg0oH7du6i0v1CfqwUBuDSwx2Dqv96eLMKl5-aSUg/s1600/img424.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0k69_24vTpuyEqz6k228VjyZGOAqpPPbCN7TvEljBr_QcnjLaRczSK-Az5SoZRueXmfe9mNSvkARzc-kmbxYhbwAWO6rEuG6B7Tg0oH7du6i0v1CfqwUBuDSwx2Dqv96eLMKl5-aSUg/s320/img424.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576281966039398274" /></a> Heart Ice Cream Cones<br /><br />Color and Black & White Art: Copyright Melanie Hope Greenbergmelanie hope greenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136146444814331783noreply@blogger.com1