Sunday, November 30, 2008

"Balloon" by Lily


"Balloon" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

This little penguin is using a balloon to visit some flying birds...

"Balloon" by Gracie


"Balloon" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 8

Assembled from pre-cut paper shapes...

"Balloon" by Isaac


"Balloon" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 10

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Here comes the bride...


Frankenstein's Monster and his Bride
by Lily, for Adam Rex

Monday, November 03, 2008

Bookie Woogie!



Today we are happy to announce an exiting new venture! We've launched Bookie Woogie, a blog where we review our favorite children's books. Today marks our first review!

Visit Bookie Woogie, and feel free to leave us a comment - let us know you're visiting, what you think of the books, what you think of the reviews... Our plan is to post a new review every Monday. Hope to see you there!

Lovely


Pink and Blue
by Gracie

Gracie was experimenting with limited palettes. She made a whole stack of drawings, for each picture using a different 2-color combo. Dad loved this pink and blue one...

Thar she blows...


Whale
by Elijah, age 3

Friday, October 31, 2008

"Vacant" by Lily


"Vacant" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

Doughnuts have a vacant spot right in their middle....

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

WooHoo!

2008 must be "Contest Year"!
We all did a happy screaming dance this morning when we saw that Lily won the Haiku contest over at Adam Rex's blog... 180 entries, two top prizes. Congrats Lily! Here's the piece of original art she's won, illustrating the haiku she wrote:



(Tickle Monsters must have been on the brain over here... Dad's got a board book coming out in February...)

Much thanks to Mr. Rex and the Judges!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

"This is Seewious..."


Wonder Pets
by Lily

...for Elijah's birthday

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Warning


Malfunction! Do Not Give Robots Ice Cream!
by Gracie

...out of pre-cut paper shapes

Buddies


Big Guy and Little Guy
by Elijah, age 2

Poem

a Monster Haiku by Gracie:

Fuzzy pink monster,
she dances for kids at night.
I want to see her.

Dark Side


General Grievous
by Isaac

Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Towering


Castle
by Gracie

...out of cut paper

Friday, October 03, 2008

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Packed

It's the 200th post on Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty! In keeping with tradition, I'll take this centennial post to share more cards from our Family Trading Card Packs. And boy are the packs packed now! Dad had to make bigger cases for everyone -- the old ones were splitting at the seams. Here are a few favorite cards, collected over the years...


by Lily


by Gracie


by Isaac


by Mom


by Dad

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Tweet



Isaac is taking his brand new Prismacolors for a spin!
Here are a couple of colorful fanciful birds Isaac made for some ladies at the nursing home...

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Star Wars


Yoda and a Jawa
by Lily, out of cut paper, for Isaac's birthday...

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

"Island" by Isaac


"Island" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

A treasure map, complete with burned edges, because, you know, treasure maps have to have burned edges, right? (You can click the image for a closer view...)

Monday, September 08, 2008

"Clutter" for Illustration Friday

What do you call too many butterflies?

Flutter Clutter!
by Gracie, age 8

What do you call too many nuts?

Nutter Clutter!
by Isaac, age 9

What do you call too many scissors?

Cutter Clutter!
by Lily, age 5

Saturday, August 23, 2008

"Routine" by Lily


"Routine" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

This ballerina practices over and over...

Monday, August 18, 2008

"Detach" by Gracie


"Detach" for Illustration Friday

by Gracie, age 8

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

"Sail" #4, by Isaac


"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

Mosaic made from our big box of cut magazine squares...

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Sunday, August 10, 2008

"Sail" #3, by Isaac


"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

Go ahead -- Guess what Isaac made this picture out of...
Paint? Nope.
Marker? Wrong again.
Give up?

Blueberries!

Yep -- Isaac made this by scrubbing blueberry skins across his paper!

(You've heard of the book Blueberries for Sal? Dad thinks we should call this Blueberries for "Sail"!)

Saturday, August 09, 2008

"Sail" #2, by Isaac


"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

Pulling a toy boat along a stream...

Friday, August 08, 2008

"Sail" by Lily


"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

A ship full of pirate mice! ( I like the one mopping the deck...)

"Sail" by Isaac


"Sail" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 9

Isaac tries his hand at collage...

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Skippin' Along


Little Red Riding Hood
by Gracie

Elijah Joins In

While the other kids were gone last week, two year old Elijah took off drawing. And for the first time he's making identifiable things. He gets really excited as he runs up to tells us what the pictures are. Here's his first batch!


Three Octopuses


Spider


Baby Jack Jack (from The Incredibles)

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Let's Boogie


Tutu the Dancing Dragon
by Gracie

UPDATE: Wow! Gracie and Isaac won another contest on Tony Diterlizzi's blog! Congrats guys! Check it out here...

Toot


Pistachio the Party Dragon
by Isaac

UPDATE: Wow! Gracie and Isaac won another contest on Tony Diterlizzi's blog! Congrats guys! Check it out here...

Saturday, July 05, 2008

"Sweet and Sour" by Gracie



"Sweet" and "Sour" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 7

"Sour" by Lily


"Sour" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 5

It's a Pickle Person!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Spiderwick

We love the "Field Guides" Tony DiTerlizzi created to go along with the Spiderwick books. Isaac references them often. Here's some Spiderwick fan art the kids have produced recently...

First, three pictures by Isaac:

Goblin
pencil


Wood Elf
colored pencil on black paper


Phoenix
cut paper

And here are some Sprites from Gracie:

Orchid Sprite
cut paper


Flower Head
colored pencil


Thicket Sprite
colored pencil

Be sure to visit Tony DiTerlizzi's website and blog!
UPDATE: Isaac was selected out of 70 entries from around the world to win a drawing contest on Tony's blog! Congrats Isaac! Check it out here...