Article: Secrets to drawing realistic children.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: DEVELOPING EMPATHY THROUGH CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.
Education;  March 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... can assist children in making the transfer to real-life is through the use of realistic children's literature. Children's Literature Realistic children's literature, is ideally suited to provide a means to assist students in discussing ...

Article: Junk can be art as seen through teen's eyes
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  April 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... said. "I'd go to the store with my mom and I'd sit and draw the faces of the people who would walk past us. I like drawing realistic faces." Come fall, Whitcomb will pursue a degree in fine arts with an emphasis in art education or photography. "Someday ...

Article: Step by Step
Southwest Art;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... bent continued into his years at Cupertino High, though Nelson discovered in his junior year that he was also adept at drawing realistic pastel graduation portraits, a part-time business he conducted at $15 per commission. "I thought I'd made it ...

Article: Children's Books
New Pittsburgh Courier;  February 27, 1999 ;     514 words ... ... directness, giving a celebratory tone and child-centered focus. It's a gentle, catchy rhyme, with bright realistic children simply enjoying one another's company. `When I Was Little' By Toyomi Igus, illustrated by Higgins Bond ...

Article: A secure world of childhood: the artistry of Elizabeth Enright.
Hollins Critic;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Island." From this storehouse of keen memories and her gift of precise observation, she crafted two series of realistic children's books, fictional histories of two family groups, the Melendy family and the Blakes and Jarmans, that endure ...

Article: Finding spirit in the human figure
Arlington Heights Post (IL);  June 26, 2003 ;     600 words ...Bethany Gola originally planned to became a medical illustrator, but after drawing realistic pictures of the human anatomy in some college classes, she decided it wasn't for her. "I didn't want to draw things exactly ...

Article: Gingerbread houses feed outdoor friends
Dayton Daily News;  December 27, 2004 ;     655 words ... ... Greg Ramey, child psychologist at the Children's Medical Center of Dayton and DDN columnist. When setting goals, be realistic. Children will become discouraged if the goals are out of reach. Ramey suggests the following types of goals for both grade-school ...