The cure for the summertime blues? More BLUE. Posting will be sporadic for a while, as I splash lots of it around.
Study for Blue Chicken, Fall 2011, Viking Children’s Books
The Illustration Friday topic for January 14, 2011 is CHICKEN!
writes with pictures
author + illustrator Deborah Freedman
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MY BOOKS
THIS HOUSE, ONCE
"Tender, comforting, and complex...."
SHY
"An exquisit treasure..."
BY MOUSE & FROG
"An elegant, exuberant portrayal of stylistic differences and child-writer passion."
THE STORY OF FISH & SNAIL, Viking
"meta for beginners..."
BLUE CHICKEN, Viking
move over, Little Red Hen...
SCRIBBLE, Knopf
a story of two sisters
and their scribbling rivalry-
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15 July 2010 at 10:47 pm
Oh Debbie, how I love your art. It’s so…liquid. And real. And vibrant.
16 July 2010 at 8:28 am
Thanks, Amber! I’m slowing down on the blog so that I can get more art done… before SCBWI!
16 July 2010 at 10:57 pm
*Love* that chicken!
18 July 2010 at 10:12 pm
Cluck. Cluck.
20 July 2010 at 11:32 pm
Deborah- I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! That chicken *needs* a story- I hope he has one… 🙂
21 July 2010 at 8:31 am
She does indeed have one. Poor chicken.
This is a study for the cover of my next book, BLUE CHICKEN, which I’m painting now. I just have to keep the chicken away from my desk!
21 July 2010 at 12:01 pm
This looks super! Can’t wait to see more — Enjoy painting!
23 July 2010 at 2:14 pm
DEB!
The Blue Chicken splash is BRILLIANT!
I’m inspired
23 July 2010 at 3:11 pm
so much depends
upon
a BLUE
CHICKEN!
Yay!
23 July 2010 at 6:26 pm
Hey Z, Martha, thanks!
Leslie. So much depends on finishing this artwork!
6 October 2010 at 5:54 pm
Hi, Deborah! Everyone at the art party on Tuesday was talking about a blue chicken–now I get it! Can’t wait to see it all finished. Nancy
15 January 2011 at 3:53 pm
I absolutely love this illustration! The watercolor really makes it come to life.
15 January 2011 at 6:44 pm
Thanks, Kristin!
15 January 2011 at 3:56 pm
You know Debbie, that illustration would make a great T-shirt
15 January 2011 at 11:51 pm
Love love love the blue color and its convincing fluidity!
18 January 2011 at 6:12 pm
Thanks, Debbie!
Martha, that’s a good idea – I’ll have to find out if I’m allowed.
19 January 2011 at 4:16 pm
Love the way the white space contrasts with the blue! Poor chicken. I hope everything works out for him. 🙂
19 January 2011 at 5:13 pm
Thanks, Michelle. I don’t think it would be giving away too much to say that things do work out for the chicken – after all, most picture books have happy endings!
20 January 2011 at 12:28 pm
Wow this is suuuuuuuper! Blue Chicken is making quite the splash! Good luck with your book 🙂
20 January 2011 at 4:23 pm
Hi Roshini, I like that – “making a splash!”