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Nancy Carlson!

July 24, 2008 on 3:34 pm | In Uncategorized |

On Tuesday, July 22nd author/artist Nancy Carlson visited our stores in St. Paul, Maple Grove, and at the Galleria in Edina to teach an art class, read from her new book Henry’s Amazing Imagination, and sign copies of her famous titles!

Children were given blank pieces of drawing paper and Nancy showed them how to draw some of her animal friends, including Vinney the Frog! We even got to see some sketches in Nancy’s sketchbook– she especially loves drawing candy that comes alive!

Nancy offered some great advice to the aspiring artists: it’s important to carry around a spiral-bound sketchbook (spiral-bound sketchbooks are great because they open up wide). You never know when a great idea will come to you! As for drawing utensils, markers work great! Nancy uses colored pencils and technical pens and draws on 100% rag paper. The kids were able to come up with their own character and create a problem for that character to overcome while waiting to get their books signed.

It takes Nancy about six months to write and illustrate a book. Look for some exciting new titles in 2009!

Did you attend the event? Have pictures? Want to discuss Nancy Carlson titles? Leave a comment!