tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71037597841274631622024-03-13T14:54:11.921-07:00Studio NotesSally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-25387261135681633452016-09-26T13:16:00.003-07:002016-09-26T13:16:55.316-07:00It's been a while!<div style="text-align: center;">
Wow! It's been a while since I've posted on this blog!</div>
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Here's a post in honor of the first anniversary of </div>
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<u>I'll Take My Chances</u>, </div>
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To quote the Galveston County Daily News...</div>
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"This is the perfect picture book for parents to use </div>
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to encourage young readers to put themselves out there </div>
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and keep on keeping on."</div>
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Here's hoping you'll check it out!</div>
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Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-54926627200050493142014-06-04T10:36:00.000-07:002014-06-04T10:36:09.739-07:00"My First Hidden Picture" Illustration of the Year Award<div style="text-align: center;">
In late March, I was surprised to get a wonderful award </div>
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"The Hidden Pictures Illustration Award".</div>
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This Award was for the Hidden Picture</div>
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I illustrated for the May 2013 issue of <u>High Five</u>,</div>
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Thanks to Kathleen Hayes, Editor, Christine French Cully, Editor in Chier,</div>
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as well as Jody Taylor Brown, who got me started doing Hidden Pictures.</div>
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I am extremely grateful for their appreciation!</div>
Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-38167379783888678502014-06-04T10:20:00.001-07:002014-06-04T10:20:11.318-07:00Young Authors' Awards Ceremony 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These lovely flowers were a gift </div>
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from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie, FL</div>
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and my friend, Mrs. Peggy McBee,</div>
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the coordinator of the Young Authors program there.</div>
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This was my 3rd year to be a participant</div>
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in the awards ceremony for the very talented group </div>
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of young authors from grades K-5. </div>
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It was a delightful opportunity for me to witness their creative ways </div>
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of combining words and pictures into books.</div>
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Thank you, Morningside and Congratulations, Young Authors!!</div>
Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-75124502918380698502014-06-04T10:09:00.005-07:002014-06-04T10:09:54.208-07:00PBAA Flip Book App<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Check out all the Kooky Characters you can make</div>
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Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-75843131499150311372013-10-30T07:29:00.000-07:002013-10-30T07:29:49.769-07:00"...the little dog laughed..."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is the finished illustration. </div>
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As you can see, it has been through some alterations!</div>
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Now, the whole series needs to be unified.</div>
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This will mean some adjustments to the other illustrations.</div>
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Stay tuned!!</div>
Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-9813776370648795252013-09-12T07:01:00.003-07:002013-09-12T07:01:55.677-07:00Work in Progress "....the little dog laughed"<div style="text-align: center;">
Still unfinished, this post shows</div>
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the many adjustments that have been made to my current illustration. </div>
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The good thing is, by blogging about it, </div>
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I am seeing what I like and what I'd like to change.</div>
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How wonderful that the corrections are so easy to make</div>
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on the computer.</div>
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Here is the latest illustration with a head from a previous sketch. </div>
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The face seems a little more fun to me.</div>
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This is what I thought was a finished composition....</div>
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I really like the sketchy quality of the following preliminary drawing. </div>
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I will try to recreate the same feeling in the finished artwork.</div>
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And below are the color sketch and original idea.</div>
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Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-122430022910092352013-07-08T13:24:00.000-07:002013-07-08T13:24:55.043-07:00Hey, diddle, diddle......<div style="text-align: center;">
It seems that summer provides a chance for me to move on </div>
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with some digital painting. </div>
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Continuing the series on the nursery rhyme, "Hey, diddle, diddle",</div>
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here's a progression from "the cat and the fiddle",</div>
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an, as yet, unfinished digital illustration.</div>
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Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-66528653591071589162013-05-24T08:28:00.000-07:002013-05-24T08:28:51.252-07:00Young Authors Visit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last week, I was invited by Mrs. Peggy McBee, </div>
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to address the winners of the Young Authors Competition </div>
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What an incredibly talented group of students! </div>
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It was my pleasure to demonstrate some drawing </div>
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and hidden picture tips for them to use on their next project. </div>
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As a bonus, I got this lovely hydrangea!</div>
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Thank you, Mrs. McBee and Principal Mrs. Cortina Bell-Gray</div>
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and all the winners!</div>
Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-65740146630696067082013-01-03T11:51:00.003-08:002013-01-03T11:51:49.307-08:00PBAA Flip-book Character<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This recent digital painting is my character </div>
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for the Picture Book Artists Association Flip-book. All the artists are submitting a character </div>
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for this promotional work which will be an imaginative piece. </div>
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I can hardly wait to see them all together!</div>
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This year's Illustrators' Party at Highlights was the weekend of September 28-30. Pre-party the illustrators were asked to fill out a Sketchbook page which would be complied into a bound book. The results are amazing with some very clever ideas from some very talented illustrators.</div>
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Thanks to Kelley Cunningham for including me in this book and for sending it to me since I was unable to attend the party this year.</div>
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Here's to next year!</div>
Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-46184248566158049732012-10-01T07:24:00.000-07:002012-10-01T07:24:38.820-07:00Digital Progression help from Folio Academy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is the same piece from the last post with an added a background. </div>
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I did it all on the computer without my usual scanned sketch. </div>
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These experiments in digital illustration all started from two of </div>
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Will Terry's tutorials on the <a href="http://folioacademy.com/" target="_blank">Folio Academy</a>, </div>
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a source that I highly recommend. </div>
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There are lots of other tutorials on the site and they are all very reasonably priced. </div>
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Check it out!</div>
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Meanwhile, I have more to learn....</div>
Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-16520224704391270242012-08-28T12:10:00.004-07:002012-08-28T12:10:40.970-07:00More digital experimenting<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been experimenting with digital painting without outlines. It's a lot like painting, wonderful to see the shapes of things and how they relate to one another. The corrections were easy to make and I had a lot of corrections!</div>
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Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-51253643496936412252012-08-01T11:53:00.002-07:002012-08-01T12:15:52.616-07:00Update on "...and the dish ran away with the spoon"Last year I posted some preliminary work on this piece and happily moved on to other projects. When I got a chance to work on it again, the cd file was missing from my studio! Gremlins?!... or did I clean up the studio so well that I trashed it? Yes, .... trashed it from the computer. Oh well, it was a chance to look at it again, and make better decisions on the color.<br />
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<br />Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-72212642723780141302012-05-18T08:25:00.000-07:002012-05-18T08:25:37.676-07:00Visiting Young AuthorsYesterday afternoon, I had a delightful time with the winners of the young authors' contest from Morningside Elementary School. At the invitation of my friend and Morningside teacher, Mrs. Peggy McBee, I participated in the awards ceremony and gave a small presentation as the "celebrity artist" to the winners and their friends and families.<br />
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It was my great pleasure to celebrate these talented young children and receive this lovely bouquet of flowers with mementos from the school. What a fun afternoon! Thank you, Morningside!Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-45322780775554755842012-04-24T11:19:00.001-07:002012-04-24T11:19:43.065-07:00Recent Work - Color CorrectionsSo far this year, I have been fortunate to be working on a project that involves scanned line drawings, colored digitally. Since my Photoshop skills are limited, this "on the job" training has been great for applying what I know and learning more.<br />
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I chose a subtle palette, thinking it would be better for the biblical subject matter, however, for a young audience brighter colors were preferred. These corrections were easily made with Photoshop. What a time saver!</div>
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Here is the sign for rejoice. In a monthly feature for <u>The Little Lutheran</u> magazine, I illustrate signs to a song. Even though I have illustrated many signs for these pieces, I still don't know them all by memory. Practice is needed!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas!</div>Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-71637550248621412062011-12-20T06:16:00.000-08:002011-12-20T06:16:55.726-08:008 Days of Hanukkah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L6InSk5swI4/TvCX6uCbO6I/AAAAAAAAAH4/0Tkdy4Ii_D8/s1600/Hanukkah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L6InSk5swI4/TvCX6uCbO6I/AAAAAAAAAH4/0Tkdy4Ii_D8/s320/Hanukkah.jpg" width="317" /></a></div>Tonight begins the 8 days of Hanukkah.<br />
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To celebrate, I'm posting one of my illustrations from <u>Rainbow Candles, A Hanukkah Counting Book.</u><br />
Happy Hanukkah!Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-2532323688164854142011-12-19T08:59:00.000-08:002011-12-19T08:59:33.764-08:00A work in progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4z_9PkhOg8g/Tu9r9wFtG4I/AAAAAAAAAHo/riVHkH2oRmQ/s1600/WritingBlog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4z_9PkhOg8g/Tu9r9wFtG4I/AAAAAAAAAHo/riVHkH2oRmQ/s320/WritingBlog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I like to work backwards! Here is the little girl from an earlier post. I added some penciled atmosphere to the illustration and will do the fun coloring the next chance I have. Stay tuned!Sally Springerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107406831201109617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7103759784127463162.post-40887692126257665142011-12-04T12:33:00.000-08:002011-12-04T12:39:36.084-08:00Flamingo Christmas<div>Doesn't a flamingo says Florida? As a resident, that's what I wanted for my Christmas card this year. </div><div><br />
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The card and some products are now available in my Zazzle shop (a shameless plug!).<br />
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