Circle Patterns

©Lesley Breen Withrow

I got re-inspired to create more patterns the other day while visiting a local sewing store with my mom. I loved seeing all the fabrics and patterns and COLORS! So fun and beautiful. Here's a fun pattern I recently made of some circles with different textures and patterns.

                                                                  

                                       

Snail Pattern

©Lesley Breen Withrow

Here's a snippet of a repeat pattern I created a little while ago containing these cute little snails, bugs, flowers and leaves. I have been getting back into sewing again, something I enjoyed to do as a kid. I would love to see these patterns as a kids fabric someday!

Illustrating Children's Picture Books Arrives!

Steve and I recently received our first advance copy of Illustrating Children's Picture Books from Roto Vision in the UK. It was great to finally see it in print and to hold it in our hands. It's a nice square shape and size and is well designed. It will be available in December but you can place pre-orders on Amazon.com already. Here a few sneek peaks!

        

R. Michelson Galleries - 20th Annual Children's Illustration Show

On Sunday, Steve and I went to the R. Michelson Galleries in Northhampton, MA for the 20th Annual Children's Illustration Show. The R. Michelson Galleries is a beautiful place and the show features incredible children's art from some of the top illustrators. We got to be in the same company of some wonderful people in the childrens book field. Jane Yolen, Norton Juster, Barry Moser, Leslea Newman, Mo Willems, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Mordicai Gerstien, Richard Michelson, Jane Dyer, and Anna Alter to name a few. They were also auctioning some original children's art for Reader to Reader, a public charity dedicated to bringing books, free of charge, to needy schools and public libraries across the United States. The Children's Illustration Show will be hanging until January 31, 2010 and it's definitely worth the trip! We got to explore downtown Northhampton a bit too. What a cool creative community it is there!

R. Michelson Galleries - Northhampton, MA

20th Annual Children's Illustration Show

Jane Yolen receiving the second annual Norton Juster Award

for service to the world of Children's Literature.

Illustrators and writers line up to take the annual picture!

Norton Juster and Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Mo Willems art in the exhibit

What a great day!

So long summer

©Lesley Breen Withrow

The leaves are now starting to fall and the weather is getting colder here in New England. The summer is now officially over, but here's some art that will help you remember those fun, warm summer days!