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This is the blog home of #kidlitart, a live Twitter chat Thursdays at 9:00 pm Eastern, for children's book illustrators, picture book authors, author/illustrators and friends. Check back weekly to read transcripts, comment on previous chats and suggest topics for upcoming chats.


Thursday, January 31, 2019

#KidLitArt Comics Challenge 2019!

Hey gang!

We just announced our new art challenge for the #kidlitart community for 2019! It kicks off March 1st and runs until May 31st.  The #KLACC19 is chance for everyone to play with that beloved form: comics!

Here are the guidelines (not rules! This is supposed to be fun. You can't mess this up!)

1) You create a new piece weekly. To make this process easy on yourself mentally, I recommend choosing a day, like Friday, to have your piece completed by (and post) so you have a week between pieces.

2) If you decide to share your new piece on social media, please tag it with #KLACC19 and #kidlitart so the community can see your progress and cheer you on!

3) The pieces created will have comics elements like dialogue bubbles, panels, and if you go full page, gutters.

4) We will have a few chats a month that focus on Comics101 information and resources. February 7th topic is: So You Want To Make A Comic. 😉

5) The goal here is to create something fun and play! Your weekly pieces can be single panel, a traditional three-panel strip, a full page with multiple panels, it's up to you!

6) The weekly pieces can all be independent of each other, or connected as part of a larger project. Again, up to you!

7) You may consider using your #kidlitart28 prompt response as a focus for your comics. Take those characters and situations and carry them over. Put them into situations and see what happens!

8) If straight comics aren't your thing, take the techniques we're going to be discussing and apply them to creating more picture book centric pieces. Up to you how you respond to the prompt.

9) We will have a Show&Tell chat so we can all share what we made throughout the challenge.

10) Remember, your pieces aren't expected to be perfect. This is a chance to explore and have fun!The whole point is to tell stories. Play with your characters and enjoy the process.

-D

Friday, January 25, 2019

#kidlitart28 2019

Hey everyone!

(I'm just posting a repeat of what was announced at our January 24th #kidlitart chat.)

Every year, we challenge our community to participate in a daily art challenge for the month of February. We call it #kidlitart28 (#KLA28) #kidlitart

This year we’re keeping it loose and easy for you. You draw as much or as little as you want on a daily basis-ink only, pencil only, full color finish-it’s up to you. The only parameter that you follow is the theme: WHAT YOU LOVE. You will be illustrating 28 days of things YOU love.

Your homework for the next week is to create a list of everything you love, narrow it down to a theme, and have that as your #kidlitart28 focus.

Also remember, whenever/wherever you post your images, to Twitter, FB,, Instgram, tag it with #kidlitart of course, but also tag it with #kidlitart28 (and if you choose #KLA28) so we can all see what you’re cooking up!

We have a three month art challenge coming, and what you do for #kidlitart28 could tie into it. We'll announce it at our next chat on January 31st!

STAY TUNED!

-D

Thursday, January 3, 2019

#kidlitart Holiday Recipe Swap: Emily Wayne


A few of the #kidlitart group got excited about sharing the yummy creations that are usually around during the holidays. We're posting some of them here. We're not claiming the creation or ownership of any of these, just passing along the favorite recipes of our community.



#kidlitart Holiday Swap: Dani Duck


A few of the #kidlitart group got excited about sharing the yummy creations that are usually around during the holidays. We're posting some of them here. We're not claiming the creation or ownership of any of these, just passing along the favorite recipes of our community.


#kidlitart Holiday Recipe Swap: Sara Vecchi


A few of the #kidlitart group got excited about sharing the yummy creations that are usually around during the holidays. We're posting some of them here. We're not claiming the creation or ownership of any of these, just passing along the favorite recipes of our community.


#kidlitart Holiday Recipe Swap: Anna Nelson


A few of the #kidlitart group got excited about sharing the yummy creations that are usually around during the holidays. We're posting some of them here. We're not claiming the creation or ownership of any of these, just passing along the favorite recipes of our community.


#kidlitart Holiday Recipe Swap: Donna Marie


A few of the #kidlitart group got excited about sharing the yummy creations that are usually around during the holidays. We're posting some of them here. We're not claiming the creation or ownership of any of these, just passing along the favorite recipes of our community.