Thank you to Debbie for sending this. (Very handy when considering a work in progress):

The Elevator Speech




Hi, I’m___________________________________________________________

(Name or Pseudonym)



I’m working on____________________________________________________

(Title or working title)



It’s a



____________________________________________for___________________

(Contemporary novel, historical romance,…) Genre Audience (Pre-schoolers, teens, adults)



about a…



______________________________________________,___________________

(12 year old girl, cat, troubled teen) Name-Protagonist hero



who wants to…



__________________________________________________________________

Story goal (Make new friends, stop the fighting, save the cat, whatever)



Because…



__________________________________________________________________

Motivation (Why is this so important to the hero/main character?)



But…



___________________________________________________________________

Conflict (What or who-nemesis- stands in the hero’s way?)



So he/she/it…



____________________________________________________________________

Rising action to climax (How does he/she/it try to solve this problem?)



And learns…



____________________________________________________________________



Theme (How does the hero change? What was learned?)

Illustration Friday - flying

SFG: Hats (drawn on Odosketch)

http://sketch.odopod.com/sketches/103416

(odosketch seems to be under the weather)

Free Online Portfolios

I've tried out 5. I'm still figuring out how to navigate http://www.behance.net/. It's complicated, but  then it's still in beta mode.

http://www.coroflot.com/fortenberry
http://www.behance.net/pictures
http://altpick.com/julie
http://parade.carbonmade.com/
http://www.creativeshake.com/juliefortenberry

Illustration Friday - infinite

the window washer

SFG - Jazz (What's Wrong with this Picture?)

I posted  this week's assignment from  Sugar Frosted Goodness. Then I noticed that my horn player's arm bent in 3 places. In the  picture book universe, where buildings lean in to hear the music, I'm always wondering how accurate I have to be. I guess I draw the line at one elbow per arm.

Illustration Friday -Welcome

The Babysitter (for http://www.illustrationfriday.com/)

What would Sempé do?

Today I learned how to make a simple animated gif . I added it to my website's home page, and now I'm tempted to animate everything in sight. This could be addictive, like getting tattooed. Next time you visit my homepage it might look like Pippa landed in Times Square.

Look inside a copy of PIPPA AT THE PARADE

Yay!

I'm now a proud member of the online illustrators' group

Sugar Frosted Goodness!

Thanks Jeff!

Illustration Friday- Wrapped

Bouquet

New Website!

www.juliefortenberry.com

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! Thanks to the The Voracious Reader!

Preschool Bookstore Event

Friday, July 3rd . 2:30 p.m.

Book Signing, Preschool Crafts, Refreshments, and a Parade
I’ll read about Pippa’s day at the parade and we’ll have our own parade down Palmer Ave.

The Voracious Reader
1997 Palmer Ave.

Larchmont, NY 10538
(914) 630 - 4581

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with and without shadow

Visit

The Reclining Graduate Gift Shop
(Where the mortarboard meets the hammock)

A Preschool Parade, June 23 & 25

at the StoryBook Cove

Merchants Row
2053 Washington St.
Hanover, MA 02339

Illustration from Pippa at the Parade

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This holiday picture book follows a toddler as she experiences the festive sights and sounds of a Fourth of July celebration. From a kid’s-eye view, the opening spread shows a toddler clinging to Dad’s trousers in a row of legs, waiting for the parade. Bursting with movement, the spirited and free-flowing watercolors capture cartwheeling gymnasts and marching scout troups; simple line strokes convey toes tapping and horns blaring. -- Booklist
(4th of July)

picture book illustration

detail from Pippa at the Parade
(4th of July)

picture book illustration

worry

7 Kicks!

Jules (Julie Danielson) at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast created a beautiful profile of my work. How fantastic to be in such great company. Thanks, Jules!

Going from color to black and white

Mr. James Preller interviews Ms. Karen Roosa.

PIPPA AT THE PARADE

Author: Roosa, Karen

Review Date: FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Publisher:Boyds Mills Pages: 32

Price (hardback): $16.95

Publication Date: 4/1/2009

ISBN: 978-1-59078-567-6

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-59078-567-6

Category: CHILDREN'S

This happy-go-lucky story provides the flavors, sounds and colors of a splendid day out while depicting a time-honored tradition. At a parade with her parents, Pippa, a grinning little girl, is barely tall enough to reach her daddy's knee, but luckily she has a front-row view. The marching band booms by and the onomatopoeic text enlivens the rhythm, "Clapping hands! / Clappity-clap. / Band is coming! / Tippity-tap." As each section of the parade passes by Pippa is enchanted by the many instruments, which include trumpets, trombones and drums. First the gymnasts flip past, then the ten-foot-tall man on stilts. All to the same clipped rhythm, the family goes on to share pizza, popcorn, candy apples and cotton candy. Fortenberry's rippling illustrations, at once serenely indistinct and lovingly detailed, combine misty, milky hues with thick, robust pastels, presenting a celebration of excitement and indulgence that can only be fully appreciated in childhood. (Picture book. 2-5)

This week I read Pippa at the Parade to a wonderful group of first graders at the Field Library. Thank you to all of the students and teachers for being so welcoming and on the ball. Your questions and answers were great!

A special thank you to the Field librarians and photographers, Sally Bentley, Jody Sitts, Cookie Stein, and the director Sibyl Canaan.

Photo by Jody Sitts

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Pre-K through Grade 6 and Library Presentations
(Presentations for older grades focus on the process of illustrating.)

One or Two 45 - 60 minute Presentations: $300.00
Three or Four 45 - 60 minute Presentations: $600.00

Outside the New York City Metro area:
Full day - $900.00 plus expenses for travel, lodging, and meals.

Contact: lucydog1@optonline.net

Dog and Fish

Migration

Illustrations for Baltimore's Child

Last week I made an illustrator’s visit to the New Castle Arts Center to read from Pippa at the Parade. Thank you to all of the inspirational artists who drew their own versions Pippa! And a special thank you to Rachel for creating this wonderful giant and man on stilts.

Thanks Boyds Mills!

My illustration on the spring Boyds Mills catalog
(4th of July)

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATION: Illustration Friday--

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATION: Illustration Friday--

MOM CAN GO

Carrot Soup

My family of bunnies is in the May High 5 (story by Radha HS). "They were about to start dinner when...The lights went out!"

children's illustration