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Given that here in Nashville we just beat our own record high temps—we got up to 110 degrees on Friday—I’m liking this opening image from Moira Swiatkowski. That girl is in a coat and scarf, by God! If only … <\/p>\n
(Moira actually tells me that Me and My Gang can come hang out with her in Cape Cod to cool off. A swim and some ice cream up there. I wish.)<\/p>\n
If Moira’s name is familiar to my dear Sunday kickers, it’s because she is one. She’s been “kicking” here on Sundays for a while now. Naturally, I ended up at her site—as I’m sure many of you have at some point—and decided I’d see if she’d like to come share some of her artwork. Lucky for us, she agreed. <\/p>\n
I’m going to turn it right over to Moira, who’s going to introduce herself, and I thank her for visiting today … <\/p>\n
Moira<\/font><\/strong>: “<\/strong><\/font>The short version of my story is that I am a painter transitioning into an illustrator.<\/p>\n I have spent the last couple of years learning. I have taught myself to use a tablet with Painter and Photoshop to create images. I have also learned to embrace the Internet rather than be afraid of it. <\/p>\n On my learning journey, I have discovered the wonderful world of children’s illustration, and I want to be a part of it.<\/p>\n I started to build my children’s illustration portfolio by creating characters in various situations.<\/p>\n More recently, I have been working on narrative images by having the same character moving forward in a storytelling way.<\/p>\n I am having fun sending my characters on little journeys.<\/p>\n Don’t forget to check out my website, moiraswiatkowski.com<\/a><\/strong> for more images, theater posters (my hobby), and pages from my sketchbook.“<\/strong><\/font> <\/p>\n Big thanks, once again, to Moira for visiting. I think she’s starting us all off this month in a good way with her vibrant artwork. Which one is your favorite? If you tell me yours, I’ll tell you mine. <\/p>\n All images used with permission of Moira Swiatkowski.<\/em><\/p>\n Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n 1)<\/strong><\/font> I’m going to keep Kick Number One short, ’cause I’m gettin’ sick of hearing my own self talk about my excessive fan-dom for Rufus Wainwright<\/a><\/strong>, and so I have no doubt others are even more weary of this. But I’m excited that he’ll be at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium<\/a><\/strong> in October. Tickets went on sale Friday, and DAMN SKIPPY I’VE GOT SOME!<\/font><\/strong><\/font> I might truly make a concert countdown calendar with posterboard and markers or something. (DUDE. October is so far AWAY.)<\/p>\n Here’s the song off his new CD that my girls love the best, and they like to adapt the lyrics to their own parents. (Their favorite part, incidentally, is “one day you will come to Montauk \/ and see your Dad trying to be evil.” This sends them into near hysterics.) <\/p>\n<\/a>
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