Entries by johnmanders

As you like it

Paul Schifino hired me to create an image for the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It—to be part of the Pittsburgh Public Theater‘s season brochure. Much of the play takes place in the woods; the main character, Rosalind, disguises herself as a man; there is a jester, shepherds, nobles, peasants; romantic intrigue; a wrestling contest; […]

Come & see the show

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while.  In between assignments I’ve been getting artwork ready for an exhibit at Grove City College in the Pew Fine Arts Gallery.  It runs February 5 through 21. The reception’s Friday, February 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.  If you live around here, or are intrepid enough to assail […]

2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 53,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj […]

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Mid-century school kids

Here’s Ignatius Thistlewhite and his school chums from The Year Without a Santa Claus.  Phyllis McGinley wrote the story in the 1950s, so I liked the idea of keeping it set in that time. Most people, when they think of that era associate it with early rock ‘n’ roll, greasers, big cars with fins, malt […]

7-Imp 2010 roundup

One of my favorite kid-lit blogs, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, has a retrospective of all their posts for this year. You will be humbled and inspired.

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Warm light in a cool environment

Two scenes from The Year Without a Santa Claus—both show Santa in a neutral or cool-colored environment.  The bedroom is gray; the snowy night is gray and blue.  Close by Santa, however, is a warm orangey-yellow light source. This is an old trick.  If you look at classic Nativity paintings (you may have one handy […]