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Visiting Young Readers

April 27, 2013

On Friday I visited a 3rd grade class at a local school with author Jaimie M. Engle. We talked about Jaimie’s upcoming book, her writing, my illustration, and our collaboration process. So much fun, and the students were a delight!

greenmeadow42613I showed the class several of my preliminary drawings which led up to the final cover. I showed them the final cover watercolor as the final image in my series and they really enjoyed the Big Reveal.

After our presentation I showed them how to draw the faces of the two main characters in the book and they drew along as I did. They had such thoughtful questions and so much talent! I was as impressed with them as they seemed to be with Jaimie and me.

Special thanks to Jaimie Engle and Ms. Kane for inviting me!

Filed Under: watercolor Tagged With: children's book, Jaimie Engle, school visit, young readers

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Comments

  1. jaimiengle says

    April 27, 2013 at 10:39 pm

    Wonderful recap, Deb. I’ll be posting in a few days as well. So happy you were there, as were the kids. I wish I could have recorded their “oohs” on the Big Reveal!

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    • debbiejohnsonartist says

      April 28, 2013 at 2:37 pm

      Thank you for inviting me. It was so much fun to visit with those bright young minds!

      Reply
  2. Sheila Delgado says

    April 27, 2013 at 9:12 pm

    How wonderful for the two of you! And for all the eager young minds you influenced!

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    • debbiejohnsonartist says

      April 28, 2013 at 2:36 pm

      Thanks, Sheila!

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