Friday, January 1, 2016

Tomorrow's Winning Picture

What a great way to start out the year!  A new set of drawings for a new Fairy Tale.

Ever wonder what happened as Cinderella was living "happily ever after"?  It was just as magical and weird as ever - only with a growing family.

Here's a quick peek at one scene a girl illustrated without ever reading the first book in the Extra Wishes trilogy.  You'll see tomorrow that she did a pretty great job!

Book 1 Chapter 5

Gazing at the objects spread before her:  pillows, shoes and capes, she remembered there would be no servants to help her carry anything back to the palace. It was too bad she’d have to carry everything back herself. now that the wagon was gone.  Maybe Edward would help.  She walked back toward the place where Edward would be speaking with the ogre named Rock.
 “Help!” Edward said, working his mouth free from a cover as she entered the small clearing.
“Oh goodness me! Edward!” 
She switched from a walk to a run. When she reached him, she gasped in dismay.
Edward sat ramrod straight, tied to a tree with an enormous shoelace.
“What happened?” she cried.

“I gave the ogre my cape so he could have ‘a clo,’ and he went off to look in a lake to see if it’s big enough for him. He didn’t want me to run away. It seems he’s had problems with humans escaping from him before.”

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Awesome Artwork: Sierra Vista, AZ

Kids in Sierra Vista worked on illustrations for the book Humongous Adventures and came up with these glorious drawings!  So impressive.  If they turned in a survey sheet & permission, they'll be featured individually in August of 2016.  Looking forward to it.









Awesome Artwork: Kingman, AZ

This is an exciting project.  The book Good Neighbors has a young man who (literally) builds an entire kingdom by himself -- well, with the help of some powerful horses.  The kids in Kingman helped illustrate the book that shows how that empty kingdom got citizens.  Great work!

Anyone who sent in a survey sheet & permission is going to be featured individually in April of 2016.  Stay tuned!








Thursday, October 8, 2015

Awesome Artwork: Tempe, AZ

The kids made great drawings for the book Good Neighbors.  The youngest of the winners is 7 and the oldest is 16.  The rest are ages 10-12.  You'd never guess which is which.  (HINT:  the one on top wasn't from the oldest kid.)  For any of these artists who turned in their survey & permission form, they'll get a whole blog entry during May of 2016.  Stay tuned for more details!










Awesome Artwork: Phoenix

These pictures illustrate the book Big Help.  The artists are 11 and 12.  Each artist has the chance to be featured individually on this blog in January of 2016.  We can't wait!






Tuesday, August 18, 2015

And Now . . . All the Fun Begins

The art contest entries have started coming in!  They're so much fun.  Two books have now been decorated with illustrations by children in Arizona.  (Once parent permission forms are in, a few of those entries can be posted here.)

A huge THANKS to the kids who submitted drawings from:

PHOENIX, AZ
TEMPE, AZ

Groups of kids in Kingman, Sierra Vista, Chandler, Flagstaff and Henderson (Nevada) are going to be participating in art-fest days to submit their artwork as part of a "private" contest.  Can't wait to see!

Monday, January 26, 2015

Real Books for Sale!

It took a year of production, editing, designing, changing, modifying, tweaking, re-thinking, and figuring things out.  Well, a year and a bit.  Now, it's all worth it because the first twelve books have cleared production and are available online.  Click this link to take a look at the new FSFTshop.


Above is how they looked before --and now after.





Monday, December 30, 2013

Contest Winner



When you've got a good thing, you keep going!  Moranne C. already won a school contest with this painting, and has now won the final art contest of the year at Flip Side Fairy Tales.

This painting is notable for its lyrical style, the blending of archetypal and modern imagery, along with the vivid colors.  Painstaking care in details as small as the hummingbirds, the feathers of the wings, the shadows on the grass, and the castle masonry show impressive control and artistry.

Great job Moranne!