NYC sketchbook
The subway.
Coffee shops.
Madison Park.
Wherever.
Whenever.
The habit started years ago in art school….tcp
Woof!!!
Summer is here. What has she been doing?
She’s been making dummies for a book about me. Lots of them. This dummy is tiny.
It’s just 5 and 1/2 inches. What’s the big deal? Why does it take so long to make a picture book?
Somedays… she walks me to the library. She gets books. I get ear rubs and dog treats.
Happy Summer…WOOF!….from Wilbur
Families out and about….all shapes and sizes….for Easter Brunch…tcp
If you’re reading this, that means I was able…with help…to get my website out into the world and connect it with my blog.
Amazing….
…and Paige Kaleita, I couldn’t have done this without your help…
…And to all of those visiting this page.
I look forward to playing with my blog and being able to update my new website all by myself.
Thanks for visiting…stop back again…you never know what you might find!…tcp
…people watching…people drawing…
…waiting for lunch at Musée d’Orsay
…and playing on the iPad Pro
…random acts of sketching…tcp
Valentine Bob
Have fun making a Bob Valentine! Here’s a link to a downloadable image on my website.
http://www.traceycampbellpearson.com/pdf/Bob-valentine.pdf
Valentine Bob Coloring Page
Written and Illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson
Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2004
Softcover available Square Fish an imprint of Macmillan ISBN 978-0-374-40871-8
NCTE Notable Children’s Book in Language Arts
*School Library Journal, starred review
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book
Award Master List- Grades K-3
Oppenheim Gold Award
Visit my website to learn more about Bob. Get the inside story. Download more activities based on the book….enjoy!…Happy Valentine’s Day…tcp
http://www.traceycampbellpearson.com/books/bob.htm
Valentine Bob Winter
Valentine Bob Collage
Wilbur…waits…
“It’s 2017. I’m waiting for my book. She said she would write a book about me. Instead, she wrote a story about a penguin. I ate the manuscript. She wrote it again. She drew pictures and made a dummy. She sent it off before I got a chance to eat it. I’m hoping her editor doesn’t like it. Then she can get started on my book. For now, I keep looking at her. I think she’s feeling guilty, because she’s drawing lots of pictures of me. I’ll keep you posted”
Sincerely,
Wilbur
PS. At least she’s updated her blog.
The Awful Aardvarks in the cubbies! They’re ready for school….
Picture from:
THE AWFUL AARDVARKS GO TO SCHOOL
Written by Reeve Lindbergh
Illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson
Viking 1997
Hardcover ISBN 0-670-85920-6
Softcover ISBN 0-14-055488-2
Wilbur is on his way to puppy school…First lesson….sit.
Happy start to a new school year!…to kids…teachers…parents…and puppies…tcp
Wow…My mailbox is full of kids letters and art…and yesterday a little bit of jazz! …after another visit to another great elementary school in State College, PA.
They were busy at Easterly Parkway Elementary long before I arrived.
Easterly Parkway Elementary has lots of ideas about where Joe goes!
The kids were prepped and ready for an author visit.
Students prepping before an author visit..very cool!
These students and their librarian, Laura Alterio, were talking about me while I was still home in Vermont! I think I answered their questions in my presentation…but let’s go over these to be sure!…
My favorite art medium?…watercolor…pen and ink…pencil…
My favorite color?…..purple….
Where I live?….Vermont
My hidden talent?…I wonder what that is?….Along with writing and illustrating picture books there are lots of things I like to do…I like to swim..bike…cross country ski…hike….garden…eat…bake…listen to music…travel…draw while I travel…
I love to draw while I’m on subways…I draw fast…I can draw a person if they are on the subway for just one stop….could that be a hidden talent?… …maybe.
Riding the J train…NYC Subway
My first book?….I wrote a book about a blue bird in 2nd grade and gave it a red construction paper cover…self published… The first book that was published by a grown up publisher…We Wish You A Merry A Merry Christmas….1983 
Somehow this librarian managed to get pictures during my presentation…not an easy task…I do not stand still…Thank you, Laura!
…and what about the jazz?
I talk to students about working to music in my studio…the last two books Stan Getz and Miles Davis. A Dave McKenna CD just arrived in the mail from Nichol. She has connections to Dave and his family and thought I might enjoy listening to his music. I love it. I’m listening to Dave as I write this…and enjoying every minute…Thank you, Nichol!
Thanks to Laura and to everyone at Easterly Parkway Elementary…I enjoyed spending the day with fellow readers…writers and artists!…tcp