This morning I was browsing Pandas and Such, Renata Liwska's amazing blog, and was excited to see a post about The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse Auction. This is a charity auction to support arts education in elementary schools across the country. Artists and celebrities have created artwork inspired by Eric Carle's new book to be auctioned off on eBay and all the proceeds will go to the NEA Foundation. Click here for details on the auction.
If Kelly and I were able to bid on behalf of our Children's Room we would most certainly pick Renata's The Blue Horse Who Sewed a Red Thread shown above. How sweet it would be to have that hanging on our wall for us to admire......sigh. Her artwork is drawn with pencil and then colored digitally, resulting in very soft yet tactile images. Not to mention, all her animal characters are very endearing (they are now available in plush!)....check out the books she has illustrated:
Little Panda
The Loud Book
A Puppy is for Loving
The Quiet Book
Red Wagon
Skylar
