CBIG - Children's Book Illustrators Group

  2014 Color Illustration Directory PDF Finally the 2014 Color Illustration Directory featuring the art of 29 CBIG 2014 members.  As the  theme of our 2014 Color was the 4 seasons,  members were asked to submit 1 image for any 1 of the seasons for the cover. We then asked our members to vote on the illustrations that they felt were the best for the season.  The cover winners are for: Fall -   Allyn Howard , Winter - Melissa Iwai , Spring - Jason Kirschner , Summer -   Yuko Katakawa .  Many of the remaining cover submissions were used throughout the book as spot art on the table of contents and member index pages. Please click on the thumbnails of the  2014 Color Illustration Directory and/or the   2014 Black & White Illustration Directory  in the sidebar to flip through the PDF booklets.  Please go to   CBIG-NYC.com   to see more of our illustrators art. Upcoming posts will feature the 39 promo pages in the...

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 ...

It’s a tradition for my husband and I to go out to the beach on New Year’s Eve at midnight to welcome in the new year. I imagine these three sand-snowmen are celebrating the new year too: This image is actually a crop of a larger watercolor painting. The painting is being used as the December banner for the Watercolor Wednesdays site. The three sand-snowmen in the crop are my favorites. Here's the full image: Please visit my website, sruble.com , to learn more about my art and projects, or my blog to see more recent art.

©Ginger Nielson Just swept in to wish you a Winter of Warmth and Love

Daria the chicken took up snowboarding this winter. This is a new image from a picture book dummy and my portfolio . There are three new images up in  my CBIG portfolio , including this image, Daria the chicken taking up skydiving, and an elephant. Please visit  sruble.com  to learn more about my art and projects, or  my blog  to see more recent art.

http://www.juliefortenberry.com/ new prints at L'Affiche Moderne

Winter fArCiCaL fOlK aRt © donna pellegata Please visit Donna's website or blog !

SNOWMAN © Diana Ting Delosh Ink & Watercolor Please visit Diana's website or blog .