… May Flowers.
Picture Books about Gardens: The Curious Garden, by Peter Brown; The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone by Timothy B. Ering; My Garden, by Kevin Henkes; Whose Garden is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman and Jane Dyer; The Imaginary Garden, by Andrew Larsen and Irene Luxbacher.
The Illustration Friday topic for February 4, 2011 is REVERSE.
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4 May 2010 at 10:33 am
I love the topsy turvy painting. It’s clever and pretty!
4 May 2010 at 4:32 pm
Very cool. It feels that way around here this week, like the green is feeding directly on the wet for nourishment.
4 May 2010 at 6:27 pm
Thanks, Alice & Jacqui! It’s that weird weather time of year…
5 May 2010 at 2:23 am
Love this!
6 May 2010 at 11:14 pm
Wow – LOVE it!
7 May 2010 at 11:47 am
Thanks Laura and AZ. Glad you stopped by!
7 May 2010 at 8:44 pm
I think it could be a great concept for a book… a book that you hold sideways, and it opens up and down. Each side of the spread could have mirroring items… Hmmmm…
8 May 2010 at 1:17 pm
Yes, hmmm…
Should I do this book, or YOU?
Have you seen the new book MIRROR, MIRROR: A BOOK OF REVERSIBLE VERSE? It’s a lot of fun. And on my to-read list is MIRROR, by Suzy Lee.
8 May 2010 at 4:20 pm
YES! I have seen “Mirror, Mirror.” Actually, I saw it years ago when they were looking for an illustrator. It was the most excited I’ve ever been about a manuscript. I would have loved to illustrate it. Obviously, I didn’t get the job, but I’ve had my eye out for it ever since, waiting for it to finally be released. Josee Masse did a great job with the art.
I’m also excited for Suzy Lee’s “Mirror.” AND she’s got another one coming called “Shadow” which looks equally great.
14 May 2010 at 2:47 pm
Amazing picture…bet my daughter would love to try and replicate it.
14 May 2010 at 2:49 pm
Just showed the image to my daughter…she thought it looks like a rain cloud putting stars down. 🙂
14 May 2010 at 2:53 pm
What a wonderful image! I hope she tries it –
6 February 2011 at 1:47 pm
This is so lovely!
6 February 2011 at 2:00 pm
Beautiful. Good idea. congratulations!
6 February 2011 at 4:44 pm
That worked rather well! Nice job with the drips…and sprouts…
6 February 2011 at 5:49 pm
Thanks, poppylocke, roberto, brine blank – this was fun to do!
7 February 2011 at 1:03 pm
Love this!
7 February 2011 at 2:07 pm
This is so fantastic, really beautiful.
7 February 2011 at 3:28 pm
This is really super!
7 February 2011 at 8:28 pm
Wonderful concept and the lines are so natural!
8 February 2011 at 9:52 am
Beautifully done!
8 February 2011 at 10:00 am
Wow, thanks Linda, Jo, Sylvia, Charlotte, Laurel.
Love your Illustration Friday contributions too!
9 February 2011 at 3:55 am
I love how you have done this… so simple but very effective, and very “reverse”!
9 February 2011 at 10:18 am
This is my absolute favourite from the entries for this week’s topic…the idea, the simplicity of the illustration…it just blew me away the first time I saw it, and I’ve kept coming back to look 🙂 Great job Deborah! Love your work 🙂
10 February 2011 at 7:49 am
oh wow that is absolutely brilliant!!!
11 February 2011 at 4:50 am
Roshini is absolutely right, so simple and so cool. Great!
11 February 2011 at 11:35 am
Thank you so much, Sharon & Roshini, Lil Kim & Maike – it’s fun to see what you can come up with just by sitting down and playing with paint, isn’t it?