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grad505jesspressnell · 2 years

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songbirdstew · 2 years

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Between family, work, and parenting, I spent a collective 14+ years reading out loud to the under-8s crowd. Here are a few books I read over and over and never got tired of:

Dragons Love Tacos and Secret Pizza Party, by Adam Rubin

Really all of Sandra Boynton, but especially Snuggle Puppy, Hippos Go Berserk!, Moo, Baa, La la la, and One, Two, Three!

Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

Horton Hears a Who and The Cat in the Hat, Dr Seuss

Go, Dog, Go!, PD Eastman

The Pigeon Books (and The Duckling book), Mo Willems

In a Dark Dark Room, Alvin Schwartz

Goodnight, Gorilla, Peggy Rathmann

These selections all meet the following criteria: repeatedly (R E P E A T E D L Y) requested by children, often multiple times a day; made me laugh out loud; enable the use of several silly voices or dynamic tones; kids looove to join in, and then will recite lines throughout the day, which is hilarious. These stand out because the kids loved them, and more importantly, I also loved them.

The first story which In A Dark Dark Room takes its name from is especially great if you can whip it out from memory. The kids get hypnotized watching your face and listening to you gradually get down to a barely audible whisper; if you slightly lean toward them as you get quiet, they’ll lean toward you; the payoff when you blurt out “A GHOST!” is gales of shrieks and then hysterical giggles and rolling around on the floor, and then, “DO IT AGAIN!”

Snuggle Puppy can be adapted to any and all musical styles. Curtis went with death metal; I favored a Paul McCartney “Oh Darling” style bellow. Sid loved BOTH and would ask us one after the other to read it.

Of all the many, many Seuss books out there, those two are the two that got requested time and time again. Our personal copy of Horton is falling apart, we read it so much, and I NEVER got bored of it. It’s fun to read, and it’s sweet and important. I personally love Green Eggs and Ham, but I found the kids kind of sense there’s ~a lesson~ in it and they resent it lol.

You may think there is some glaring oversight in here. “No Richard Scarry? What about Goodnight Moon? What about [favorite artsy book from the last ten years here]?” My fellow adults. Your favorite kids books are boring as fuck and everyone knows it. Get that Pat the Bunny shit outta here. Richard Scarry is super super great for kids who want to look at books on their own; I myself was fascinated by his illustrations as a youngster. But I do not recommend them for read alouds, because they are sooooooo loooonnnnnnnng, and because kids love them, they will ask for them Every. Damn. Day. You will have to spend an hour of your life every day reading about the Pig Family’s Misadventures, and I’m sorry to say, that shit gets old. If you DO get roped into it, I strongly suggest you start by skipping pages or paragraphs from the get go. It will be over sooner, and you can vary it every time you reread it, so it will be less tedious for you and you can avoid the “Ms Treva, you forgot a page!!!” a little longer.

There are also plenty of books that aren’t terrible, but also didn’t wind up our faves. They’re just, fine. A lot of Eric Carle and Jan Brett falls into this category. Approximately one million board books about trucks fall into this category.

If the kiddos in your world are between 3-8, they are also at the perfect age for comics, especially if they aren’t reading on their own yet. Calvin and Hobbes is what inspired baby Sid to teach himself to read, and is probably the top tier best choice for kids of all ages. The art is vibrant, the scenarios are highly varied, and Sid loved any comic that was about, quote, “a kid just like me.” They relate to Calvin even before they can read what he’s saying. At about 6-8, he got into Lumberjanes, Bad Machinery, Foxtrot, and Garfield.

Please pay attention to which books your kids actually like. If you insist on reading a book because your grandma read it to you, but kiddo never actually asks for it unprompted, that means they don’t like it. Respect that. And make peace with the fact that you will indeed end up rereading the same boring story every single day, because kids are dumb and they like dumb things. Don’t @ me, the Berenstain Bears suck.

#this post is almost as long as Cars and Trucks and Things That Go #OH THAT NAUGHTY DINGO #GO GET HIM FLOSSY

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wildspringday · 17 days

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misakomimoko · 3 years

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📚🧸 As a big fan of vintage children books, I added some paper cuts to Nina’s Doll Kit.🤗 🧺✂️You’ll find a print with a cute basket, some vintage children book covers and vintage spring greeting cards, for you to cut and assemble. I included detailed instructions. It's so easy to make doll books... 🎀Nina loves them! 🤓Which are your favourite spring readings? Golden Books are my favs, specially Richard Scarry Happy tuesday! 🌿🐥🧸 ★ Remember! Available only for Pre-Orders until Thursday 12th of March. I’ll order the printed patterns and start preparing booklets, instructions, and all the materials included. Once received the printed patterns I’ll SHIP orders kit the next to last week of March.✨🌸 🐥Prices for the kits vary from 28,5€, 35€ to 40,5€ depending of the materials included 🥕Links to product in Bio! .. #papercuts #easterpapercuts #paperdollcuts #goldenbooks #easterchildrenbooks #springchildrenbooks #dollreading #vintageeastercards #retrohandmadedoll #bunnydoll #easterbunnydoll #handmadebunnydoll #vintagechildrenbooks #dollretroyellowdress #retrodoll #daisiesdress #eastergift #eastergiftforkids #collectible #easterdiyproject #easterdiykit #bigeyesdoll #craftaddict #dollkit #handmadedollkit #artdoll #bunnydollkit https://www.instagram.com/p/CMNPhbzhKMM/?igshid=ijh9i4idbk07

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katyasthwooorp · 4 years

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9, 14, 15, 20!

AAAAH YAY! Thank you so much you’re an absolute angel for sending these!!! <3333

21 lighthearted questions

9 - Favourite fruit?

oh my gosh there are so many fruits and I usually only eat the basics like banana, apple, orange etc. I do think my favourite is strawberry though! that or peach! A peach is always good! What’s yours? :P

14 - What’s a movie you feel deserves more love?

As a film student (and drama) I should be able to answer this but omg this is just so damn HARD. There are so many films out there and just too many that probably deserves much more love than they get.

If we are going down the Disney route probably the Hunchback of Notre dame. If we are talking other films probably a bunch of Audrey Hepburn ones such as pretty in pink, breakfast at Tiffany’s etc. Also I’m no angel cause hello... MAE WEST IS PHENOMENAL IN THAT FILM. How about gentlemen prefer blondes with Marilyn?? (although Lorelei and Dorothy totally should have dumped those guys and married each other) I am a sucker for old films if you can’t tell already? Also Carol? I will have to make a full list one day hahah sorry, I have rambled enough.

15 - What’s a song you need people to hear at least once?

oh gosh, again too many to choose. Uhm Waterloo? hahah or landslide or rhiannon, gypsy, seven wonders? Every single Trixie Mattel song? xD

20 - Favourite childhood TV show?

Probably some weird Swedish show or pokèmon and sailor moon, also I LOVED busy world of Richard Scarry.

Katya dancing around a confused Trixie gif for you, cause this must be you with these answers.

#AHHH THANK YOU YOU ANGEL #WHY DID I DO THIS I CLEARLY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO ANSWER PROPERLY #I AM SO SORRY!!#CONGRATS IF YOU READ THAT WHOLE MESS!#trixs

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rufusdayglo · 4 years

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Thank you to my buddy @willy_geek for the wonderful Tinker and Tanker books by Richard Scarry!!! Scarry's art and stories are some of my absolute favourites and these ones in particular! You made my day!!! #richardscarrybooks #richardscarry #tinkerandtanker #busytown #rufusdayglo #childrensbooks #books #bandedessinee #comics #Illustration #illustratorsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B-y-uhOoxV1-7NzKlImitKVPCxFgdbdU1GUgG40/?igshid=1s1mwp7nb7oim

#richardscarrybooks #richardscarry #tinkerandtanker #busytown #rufusdayglo #childrensbooks #books #bandedessinee #comics #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram

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houseofvans · 6 years

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ART SCHOOL | Q&A with DETH P. SUN

Influenced by the works of Richard Scarry, Charles Schultz, and the likes of Tove Jannson, artist Deth P. Sun’s interest in art and zines started early on–from drawing everything in an encyclopedia to creating his first zine in high school. From that point on, Deth has been a prolific painter, zine maker, and doodler, focused on making his art on his own terms. With his central hero– a genderless cat – Deth explores various natural and strange worlds through a subtle narrative, created by his brushwork, ambiguity, and color palettes.

Find out more about Deth’s art, his wordless storytelling, and what inspires him by taking the leap below.

Photographs courtesy of the artist.

Introduce yourself? �� My name is Deth P. Sun, I’m an artist living in a tiny coastal town in Northern California, but most of my adult life was spent in the Bay Area, primarily in Oakland and Berkeley. I tell people I’m Cambodian, which is mostly true.

When did you begin having an interest in art and painting? How or why do you think you gravitated towards this profession? I’ve always enjoyed drawing, I think I kind of like getting better at it and learning about new things that are centered around that. It’s one of the cheaper hobbies to get started in as a kid. It’s not really a thing I think about too much these days. Mostly I wonder how my life was set by my 17 year old self.

How do you describe your work to people who maybe unfamiliar with it? Until I moved to this town I live in now, I kind of never had to. Mostly because I don’t meet new people outside of my circle. I just tell people I’m a graphic artist. If they want more info I just stare at them blankly because I think it’s kind of rude to ask strangers what they do for a living.

There are various aspects to your paintings from being narrative and storytelling to those that feature various painted objects and natural things. Can you tell us a little bit about the narrative elements of your works and how that came about? Yeah, I just like suggesting that there’s a narrative with my work, which isn’t that hard as long as you don’t stray too much from your pallette or reuse images to find in each painting. I kind of like seeing a whole set of paintings, that’s when you sense that there is a story.

When did you protagonist character start to take shape? How did that evolve and come-about? I’ve just always drew a character like that. Probably in high school. It’s been so long I don’t really remember. It probably came from my sketchbook. Most of my sketchbooks are kind of boring because it was just me repeatedly drawing the same stuff until I got better at it. I think I was trying to draw a cat and I drew something else that I liked.

In some of your other works, you paint collections of items from food, mushrooms, crystals to swords and old style cell phones. How did these paintings originate for you? Were you finding yourself sketching certain things that you read about or were you just obsessed with a certain object that week? My parents taught themselves English using Richard Scarry books so they were the first books I had my hands on. It’s just pages and pages of him drawing things with words describing what they were underneath. When I was younger I had this project where I’d take an encyclopedia and try drawing everything in it. I think I only got to M. Also when I was kid while drawing in my sketchbook I would just run out of stuff to draw so I’d go room to room drawing everything in each room.

It was just a thing to kill time.

How has where you live and its landscape influenced the work you create? What’s your favorite thing about residing there? I guess it does a little, but I think I drew the stuff and then when I got here, I liked it a lot, so I ended up on this tiny coastal town on the bluffs. I started drawing weird epic landscapes after watching a bunch of Swedish films a few years ago.

What was your last adventure or walk through your neighborhood that showed up in one of your work, thematically or just visually? One time a friend invited me to a barbeque. They lived near the train tracks a couple of miles from me, so I walked up the tracks passed the cemetery and over a few tressel bridges. It was really nice walk. Met a turtle. They had to come down and get me because I didn’t know the path to their house, and it was getting dark.

What IS your favorite thing to draw or paint? Do you have an UNfavorite thing to draw or paint? I like drawing pineapples. I hate when strangers ask me to draw them. I want to punch them in the face.

When did you start picking up the paint brush and taking your works to the canvas? What do you enjoy about painting vs. drawing? The first time I painted was in my high school art class, I think like most other Americans. I was using tempera, so it sucked. But I started buying acrylic soon after. I think painting and drawing is kind of the same thing, or least I just paint like I’m drawing. I don’t think it was a strange transition.

What’s a typical day like for you at home and in the studio? What’s your process like? I fill out internet orders sometimes, or a wholesale order. Sometimes I draw. Mostly I get up and look at my email and go, “I have a lot of stuff to do and this is gonna suck”. I don’t really multitask, so it’s usually me filling out orders for 8 hours and trying to get to the post office before 4:30 while watching dumb shit on the internet, or me helping a friend screen print in my garage, or if I have a show just ignoring everything else in life and painting for two months.

A few years ago I kind of got burnt out of making a living with just painting. So I was like maybe I should make more t-shirts and prints. So I ended up moving to Fort Bragg and screenprinting more stuff and making more drawings toward that. But now my days are filled with me screen printing and filling out small orders or hanging out on my computer photoshopping all day. So now I’m in some other kind of hell.

What are your go-to art tools? A Pilot Hi-Tec C (They’re called G-Tec 4s in other places) pen. I use the .4, but should probably switch to .5. You have to have a light touch with them or else they’ll jam.

Right now I enjoy using Mitsubishi pencils, but the cheap Mirado Black Warrior pencil you can get at most stationary store is just as good.

Been filling a sketchbook using Opaque markers. Posca’s are pretty good, but the color choices are limited, so I started buying Molotow. The Molotow’s can be refilled so they might end up being a better value.

Lately I’ve been painting with cheap $2 craft paints mostly because I don’t like mixing colors. Just bought a few of the Martha Stewart’s at Michaels. I still buy Golden and Liquitex, but it’s nice to mix in other stuff.

Not only do you draw and paint, you are always printing and creating zines of your works. Do you remember your very first zine you made? Are you working on a new zine? The first zine I made was pretty horrible. It was staple at the top corner, and I gave it out to my friends when I was in high school. I put everything precious in a box before I left for college and when I came back my dad had threw it out. At the time I was pretty bummed, but now I’m glad I don’t have to deal with that. I’m always working on something. Sometimes things take a really long time. I drew everything I ate while in England and Scotland several years ago and just now getting it all together. I’ve gotten rejected from a bunch of zine fairs, so there really isn’t a urgency to get it finished. I’m thinking of making one for the tiny town I’m in, and other that’s like a newspaper, but filled with just my gibberish drawing of words.

Do you have a favorite zine maker out there you’d like to share with folks? I’m pretty excited to be tabling at Comics Art Brooklyn. Last year I sat nearby Evan Cohen (http://www.evanmcohen.com) who I had just bought zines online from a few weeks before so that was kind of unexpected. He makes rad work. There was a few other artists there whose work I enjoyed. I came home with a lot of nice prints which I never really get from strangers. Stuff from Natalie Andrewson, Tiny Splendor, most everything Peow Studios publishes, and Jen Tong. I like this zine called Terror House by Sammy Harkham that I’d buy a few to give out to friends and the zines my friend, Evah Fan makes.

What are you constantly inspired by? And who are some of your early and current art influences? I think what keeps me going is random problem solving with how I paint. Or maybe the natural world. I don’t really know if I’m being totally honest. I grew up reading Peanuts. It has it’s good moments. I think I became comfortable with not always having to be in the up. I really like Tove Jannson’s work.. I’m not a fan Tintin, but I like the way Hergé uses color and lines. I was lucky enough to come to the Bay Area while the Mission School was around and Yoshitoma Nara had a few shows, so it made it okay for me to make paintings the way I do.

What do you do when you are not painting, drawing or making zines? How do you find yourself unwinding? I watch a lot of dumb shit on youtube and take long walks. Each week I go to a game night where I do board games (Catan, Ticket to Ride, Dixit, Pirates Cove are in the usual rotation). I like to cook and have people over. I actually unwind by drawing and watching a lot of basketball while listening to basketball podcasts.

What advice would you offer to an aspiring artist who might wanna follow in your footsteps? Be nice to everyone you meet ever. Always try to learn. Don’t get caught up in what people think of you or your work. Know that if you keep on doing something you’ll get better at it. Pick up different hobbies. Make friends with other artists. Be open to all opportunities. Get used to rejection.

What’s your best Art School tip that you want to share with folks? Some random wisdom you learned through your personal journey or just while making art? You know I don’t know if I’m the best person to get advice from since I sort of carved out this weird existence. When you’re young, it’s easy to get caught up in weird things and maybe a person should just get caught up in those things. I do meet old school mates who have regrets about how their time in art school was spent, but I don’t think there’s a right or wrong way of doing it. I think there really isn’t any rush, and also if you feel like you “failed” you can always just get back up because no one is really paying attention.

I think I hear a lot from folks who worry that they’re too old to try painting or doing art for a living. And I’d hear this from someone who’s like 25 or 30. But there really isn’t a deadline to any of this stuff and also no one really knows how old anyone is. I think everyone’s trying to get to some sort of finish line, but really just existing and making work is all there is.

What do you think you’d be doing if you weren’t an artist? In an alternate universe, what career would Deth find himself doing? I’d probably be working in tech if I’m being honest with myself.

What’s a question you never get asked in an interview that you wanna ask yourself and answer? There really isn’t.

What are your favorite style of VANS? My favorite Vans were the slip ons with a grey herring bone pattern on them. I had 4 or 5 pairs, but I think they switched to a smaller pattern because I couldn’t find them again.

What’s coming up for you the rest of the year or into the next? Comic Arts Brooklyn (http://comicartsbrooklyn.com), a solo show in January at Spoke Art (https://spoke-art.com) in San Francisco. I’ll have stuff at a print fair in Oakland (https://www.oaklandprintfair.com), and an art book fair in Berlin (http://www.friendswithbooks.org/content/about) through Vanilla Studios (http://vanillastud.io).

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