CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

Congratulations to the cover winners of the 2018 Illustration Directories! Click on the covers to see BIGGER. http://cbig-nyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018CBIG-BWDir-LR.pdf Yuko Torii , Kimberly Rose Batti , Nancy Armo , Stephen Ingram http://cbig-nyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/2018CBIG-Col-Dir-LR.pdf Sharon Lane Holm , Diana Ting Delosh , Lorraine Dey , Nancy Armo Check out out both directories in the sidebar. Click to view all the pages. 2018 COLOR Illustration Directory 2018 BLACK & WHITE Illustration Directories or download from our website at  cbig-nyc.com We will be featuring the individual Illustrator promo pages in the upcoming posts.

© Lisa Cinelli We're happy to announce that CBIG member  Lisa Cinelli is the First Place winner of the 2016 SCBWI Tomie dePaola Illustration Award ! The illustration prompt for the contest was a passage from Little Red Riding Hood. There were over 400 entries for this year's SCBWI illustration contest. Way to go Lisa!

Little Red © Diana Ting Delosh brush pen, ink, watercolor My illustration of the scene where Little Red meets the Wolf. For more info on my illustration process please visit my Little Red blog post  over at my personal blog. Please visit my portfolio at: dianadelosh.com

©LauraGoetz   www.LauraGoetzIllustration.com

:) Thought I'd share some new work. Hope everyone is having a nice week. :)

" A Day at the Beach " All Rights Reserved © Laura Goetz www.LauraGoetzIllustration.com www.lauraspencil.blogspot.com

The book I spent the last two years illustrating: Seasons, Rhymes in Time arrived from the printer. I like the way they printed the spot UV on the cover, it makes the leaves shiny and the white part matte. I wrote a blog post about my illustration process, the blog post address is: http://sara-kahn.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-next-big-thing-global-blog-tour.html

I chose these three Mother Goose Rhymes to illustrate, because they are about Robins, one of my favorite birds. These illustrations are watercolors on 300lbs Arches watercolor paper. They are all 24"x 30"framed Title: Kindness: Illustration for the Mother Goose Rhyme: The little robin grieves When the snow is on the ground,For the trees have no leaves, And no berries can be found. The air is cold, the worms are hid; For robin here what can be done? Let's strow around some crumbs of bread, And then he'll live till snow is gone.  Mother Goose Illustration: Kindness © SaraKahn 2012 Title: Rhythm: Illustration for Mother Goose Rhyme: Little Robin Red-breast Sat upon a rail, Needle, naddle, went his head, Wiggle, waggle, went his tail.  Mother Goose Illustration: Rhythm © SaraKahn 2012 Title: Hide and Seek: Illustration for the Mother Goose Rhyme: PIT, pat, well-a-day, Little Robin flew away; Where can ...

 New Illustration Website! -   deborahcuneoillustration.com  I'm very excited to announce the launching of my new website! I hope you'll check it out and let me know what you think, either in the contact form on the site or here on the blog in the comment section. To join my mailing list, just use the contact form on the website. Looking forward hearing from you!!

Marley's Ghost ©Donna Miskend 2012   Scrooge sees his old partner Marley's ghost in the door knocker. Here Lies Ebenezer Scrooge ©Donna Miskend 2012  I chose to focus attention on the moment when Scrooge sees his name on the tombstone in a neglected cemetery, destined to be forgotten if he doesn't change his ways. Both illustrations are from Dickens'  A Christmas Carol. My web site: www.DonnaMiskend.com  or click here blog: www.DonnaMiskend.blogspot.com or click here new blog, conversations with people in the arts: click here  theater, art, literature

I too chose The Old Curiosity Shop , since I like the idea of old curiosities. The first image shows 14-year-old Little Nell in the center, with her grandfather leading the way through the shop where the two live. The man in back has just helped Nell find her way home.  Nell and her grandfather are forced to leave their home because he has lost all their money gambling. Nell goes to work for a traveling wax-works show. Image 2 shows her nervously sharing a room with the wax-works.  The last image shows the evil Quilp horrifying his wife (in back) and mother-in-law as he gobbles down breakfast in a most uncivilized manner, bending the silver and even eating shrimp and eggs with their shells on. You can see more of my work at  illustracious.blogspot.com   and   doodlesoop.com .

I  have a page of sketches from 7th grade of characters from Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities .  I show it as part of my school visit presentation.  Our literature text book had no pictures.  My illustration-deprived classmates were excited by my drawings of Madame De Farge and others in the story. That reaction was one of my motivators to become an illustrator.   I googled "underrated Dickens novels".   The Old Curiosity Shop is an early novel, written serially.  Dickens' early characters were black and white, not as nuanced as in his later books.  It's the story of Nell, on the edge of maturity, whose grandfather is a gambling addict.  Nell gets Grandfather out of town to flee the clutches of the evil money lender Daniel Quilp.  Nell is the angel of the story. I've suggested a halo with her bonnet.   Daniel Quilp, who has no redeeming qualities, appears in his wharf shack surrounded by smoke from a faulty chimne...

A Ghost of a Wedding Cake © Diana Ting Delosh Black Medium Point Bic® Pen   This illustration is inspired by the Charles Dickens novel,   Great Expectations .  Miss Havisham's wedding cake has been standing as it was the day she was jilted. Over the years the frosting has hardened and now the cake is inhabited by spiders, centipedes, noseeums, rats, ants and is festooned in cobwebs and dead roses. A ghost of a wedding cake for a ghost of  bride. The above illo is part of the  CBIG Illustration Exhibit, A Celebration of Dickens in Pictures at the Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery . The show will run from August 25th to October 31st, 2012.  The artists reception will be on September 13th. For a complete schedule of events for this show please visit  cbig-nycexhibits.blogspot.com/  . To see Diana's portfolio please visit her website: dianadelosh.com To find out more about her process, please visit her blog: dtdelosh.blogspot.com  ...

Earlier this past summer CBIG Officers: Donna Miskend, Diana Ting Delosh, Vicky Rubin, H. Ruth Karpes and Madonna Davidoff were panelists at the New York Public Library speaking about what they love, illustration and CBIG. Please read all about it in this lovely article. Children's Literary Salon in Retrospect: Illustration on June 2, 2012 | The New York Public Library

c 2012 Laura Goetz"Please sir, may I have some more?" Like many fans of Oliver Twist, I remember the famous request, "Please Sir I want some more?" Oliver an orphan is in a workhouse with desperately hungry boys, asks Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle for another portion of gruel. I chose to illustrate the poor and less fortunate children in this scene, because unfortunately, hunger is still a reality in today's society. See more of my art at http://lauraspencil.blogspot.com I am honored my pastel illustration was selected for the front of the postcard invitation.  The back of the postcard has more CBIG exhibition/ event news and info for the Yonkers Riverfront Library . A link to view info BIG. Please visit: cbig-nycexhibits.blogspot.com

Sara Kahn's illustrations based upon a short story by Charles Dickens What I like about this short story from Dickens, is the way he establishes an emotional rhythm. Later, I found out that a literary critic:  Brander Matthews  thought that this is one of Dickens' best short stories. He thought that it was closest to Dickens' heart since it was written two years after Dickens' sister died.  http://www.bartleby.com/195/1012.html In my researches for Dickens, I also found two other interesting websites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unKuZ2wlNdw   http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/Resources/app/Dickens_webpage/index.html Here are my three illustrations for this story: They are 24"x 30" framed, I made them with watercolor pencils, gouache and acrylic paints. Illustration for  Charles Dickens' Short story: "A Child's Dream of a Star" © Sara Kahn Illustration for  Charles Dickens' Short story: "A Child's Dream of a...

THE CROW, THE FOX AND THE CHEESE © ROBERTA M. RIVERA Coffee, Watercolor, Gouache, Ink and Photoshop (scanning, cutting and pasting) http://roberta-rmriveraillustrator.blogspot.com/ http://www.rmrivera.com/Hal.html www.rmrivera.com The above is a page from the CBIG AESOP'S FABLES Illustration Catalog. The PDF may now be downloaded from our website,   www.cbig-nyc.com or click HERE to go directly to the page. All 26 participating member illustrations will be posted on this blog during the months of September and October 2011  in the order that they appear in the catalog.

THE LION AND THE MOUSE © Donna Miskend Gouache/digital The mouse repays the lion for sparing his life by helping to set him free. Donna Miskend is a multi-disciplined artist based in New York. She is currently working on writing and illustrating books for children. She loves food, travel, animals and a good story. Donna's fine art and photography is exhibited throughout the U.S., and her textile designs are produced by major apparel companies. Professional memberships include SCBWI and CBIG as an author /illustrator. www.donnamiskend.com http://donnamiskend.blogspot.com

Snake Runner © Diana Ting Delosh Ink Be wary of your daydreams and fantasies lest they become real. See more art at dianadelosh.com or view her blog .

Christmas Polar Bears & Wreath © Diana Ting Delosh Ink & Watercolor Mama Polar Bear and Baby Bear wish all - Happy Holidays! dianadelosh.com dtdelosh.blogspot.com