sharon vargo

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T08:14:00.000-08:00

New Highlights Cover Art

2011-11-16T12:59:00.000-08:00

The December Highlights for Children is out!
The original art, titled Season's Greetings, is posted here for you to enjoy.
It's great fun for me to feature real pets in my Illustrations. Bailey Thomas, a happy, tail-wagging West Highland White Terrier is one of two real pet friends drawn in this piece.
The cat in the window, (who gets covered up with the banner) was inspired by the real life Mac Vargo.
Thanks for stopping by to see my new December Highlights cover!

2011-11-11T05:05:00.000-08:00

November is Picture Book Month, encouraging everyone to celebrate literacy with picture
books. (Click on the logo) Every day this month, there will be a new post from a picture book champion explaining why he/she thinks picture books are important.

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T13:02:00.000-07:00

Shhh... lets tiptoe inside the spooky old house...
~Terry Webb Harshman

New Digital Art

2011-05-02T08:41:00.000-07:00

Throughout my career as a children’s book illustrator, I have worked in a traditional style with acrylics on Strathmore Bristol Board. Over the last five years I’ve been mixing mediums by enhancing traditionally painted art with Photoshop techniques. Recently I completed a number of projects that were painted entirely in Photoshop.

After reading about a great digital painting class on Marion Eldridge’s blog NEW ART NEWS, I signed up to take an online class that would help me with a new sketch for Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

In the spring, I took Will Terry’s Digital Painting and Photoshop Course. After completing his class I was able to get more of my traditional painting style into digital artwork . Will demonstrates his process for painting with layers and the use of textured brushes you create. I learned how to use layers and much more from Will’s series. Below is the first illustration I finished after the class. The possibilities with digital media are endless!

Regardless of the painting technique, my creative process has remained the same and my first step is to begin with thumbnail sketches. Thumbnail sketches are reduced versions of the images. I use these little 'chicken-scratches' to work out everything from composition, character, colors and even text placement.
From the thumbnails, I selected the two spreads to illustrate and then move to a full size sketches.

I scanned the drawing and painted it in Photoshop using a Wacom Cintiq. The Cintiq is a tablet/screen that allows me to draw directly on the display surface.

On this spread Goldilocks is testing the hot porridge in Papa's bowl and tasting the cold porridge in Mama bears bowl. With Photoshop the art is still workable in the final stages. I added a larger chair and Papa bears glasses (not in the sketch) to illustrate the difference in size between Papa bear and Goldilocks. I connected the two single page illustrations by showing the table from the same vantage point. This perspective also allows me to feature the difference in size from Papa and Mama bear's chairs.

Here is pages 30 and 31 ... Goldilocks ran down the stairs, opened the door, and ran away into the forest.

I'm starting sketches for another project today and will post more of my adventures in
Photoshop soon!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-02T19:36:00.000-08:00

It is always a treat to collaborate with my author/poet friend, Rebecca Kai Dotlich.
Almost 20 years ago I moved to Indiana and met Rebecca in a small critique group. We only live a few blocks apart and have been good friends since our first meeting. Her poem Mom's Lunchbox Love, was originally published in the Lee Bennett Hopkins anthology Valentine Hearts Holiday Poetry. Take a look at her website, RebeccaKaiDotlich.com, I know you, too, will fall in love with her poems and books!

Happy Holidays

2010-12-23T14:06:00.000-08:00

MAY THE JOY OF THE SEASON BE YOURS!

Here's my holiday promo postcard. Wishing everyone a Happy Holiday!

Highlights Cover Art

2010-12-07T14:12:00.000-08:00

Here it is ....

Highlights Cover Art

2010-11-13T16:27:00.000-08:00

Here's a few close-up images from the cover art I did for the December issue of Highlights Magazine!
This part of the art is covered up by the blurb banner...and the full image, Popcorn Tree!

New Art!

2010-11-03T07:20:00.000-07:00

Here's an illustration of my logo character, Art Hen, working in the studio. This art is on my new note cards and also sends THANKS to everyone for visiting the blog!

Illustrators' Party 2010!

2010-10-24T18:16:00.000-07:00

A BIG highlight of my year is the Highlights Illustrators' Party. It takes place over a Fall weekend in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Each year has a surprise theme that is introduced on the invitations. This years theme was, 'That's Silly' based on the That's Silly pages in Highlights High Five magazine.
The weekend takes a tremendous amount of planning by the Highlights staff. They truly stand behind their brand of wholesome family fun sponsoring such a wonderful party for illustrators and their families! The party started on a Friday evening with a barbecue at the Highlights founders home where the magazine was born. The event continues with a Saturday morning breakfast, speakers, portfolio sharing, and lunch. The annual costume party was held later in the afternoon at the Highlights editorial offices.
In keeping with the theme of the party, I went as a can of Silly String!
My cans of silly string were a hit with the kids.
Can you find me in the sea of wonderful costumes?
The picture book gals got together for a cover shot too!
The costume party was followed by dinner and square dancing in Beach Lake fire house. A mural of a 'That's Silly' page by illustrator Chuck Dillon was displayed at the front of the room. We had silly napkins and silly favors on the tables to add to the fun!
The weekend ends with a country brunch on Sunday morning at the Founders' home, nature walks, hayrides, and lots of time reminiscing about past Illustrators' weekends. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet the great staff at Highlights and reconnect with fellow illustrators. Thank You Highlights for your time and generous hospitality!

Goodbye Summer, Hello NEW Fall Art

2010-09-22T19:11:00.000-07:00

I did character studies and interior sketches for a new book project this summer. My contract has a no-show clause, so I can not post the art till I get the 'OK' from the publisher, Little School House Books. Promotion for the first book should begin in the early part of 2011. Plans for DVDs of the character's adventure have begun too!

Each season we change the art images on the Picture Book Artists' website. For my fall post, I worked up a new image for an ABC book I'm writing. I don't have a title yet ... it's a book in progress. This is a sample of the 'A' page, showing a family on the Puffing Billy train. This is a historic steam train still running daily on its original mountain track near Melbourne, Australia. Now, I think I am going to redo this art... it REALLY is a book in progress.. ; )
The sketch was stitched together and colored on the Cintiq in Photoshop.
Another project underway in the studio is my costume for the annual Highlights Illustrators' Party. I am honored to be an invited guest again! Look for SILLY pictures to come...

Thanks for visiting, News from the Studio and Happy Fall!

OBX Watercolors

2010-08-27T07:34:00.000-07:00

I spent last week at the OBX with my family (and pugs.) We had a great time together and the weather was wonderful. Here's a great photo of Duck, NC by my son, Ryan.
With my trusty traveling watercolor kit I painted every day and had a little gallery display on the windowsill of our beach house. Most of the watercolors were small quick studies, postcard or trading card size.

Here I captured the pugs on the beach. Many family members became inspired to picked up a brush and have a hand at watercolors too. Great fun! Until next year ... I have these little studies to remember our week at the beach! Now back to illustration work.

New illustration featured in PW article, The Elephant in the Room by Elizabeth Bluemle

2010-06-10T08:38:00.001-07:00

It was great to create art for Elizabeth Bluemle's article,
The Elephant in the Room on PW Shelf Talker.

I worked digitally for this illustration. I drew each elephant separately,
then placed them into the circle composition. I used Elizabeth's writing and collaged it into each

elephant's body for texture, value, and as an element to support the subject-matter of her article.

Then I added color in Photoshop.

June Workshop!

2010-05-18T05:41:00.000-07:00

Join us for two sessions: Children's Picture Books:
When Text Meets Art
Monday, June 14 & Thursday June 17 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The Writers' Center of Indiana!
Instructors: Rebecca Kai Dotlich & Sharon Vargo

When text meets art, it creates a new world on the page—an expressive balance where each complements the other. Join poet/author Rebecca Kai Dotlich, and illustrator Sharon Vargo for a hands-on workshop in which participants will experience writing from an illustration, and sketching an illustration from a poem or prose quick-write. This is a great workshop for both writers and illustrators. No previous drawing experience is needed.

Hello Baby Goose

2010-03-20T16:09:00.000-07:00

Back in 1996 a parent from Open Fields School, a small non-graded private school in Thetford Hill, Vermont, offered the school 100+ blown goose eggs. She thought the children could use the eggs for projects. But the late Trina Schart Hyman, (April 8, 1939–November 19, 2004), an American Illustrator of children's books and friend of the school, suggested that the eggs be used for a fundraiser instead. Her idea hatched a bi-annual fundraiser where artists decorate the eggs and send them back to the school for an online auction.

Various types of eggs – goose, quail, hen and emu – are sent to artists all over the world. They return transformed with paint, ink, pencil, gilded, sculpted, cut, collaged and otherwise incredible eggs. Trina's "eggstraordinary" art event has become the school’s biggest fundraiser - The Great Goose Egg Auction.

Despite skepticism at first, the eggs returned were great "Egg Art", and raised over $5,000 that first year. Since then, the school has held the auction every other year, and has raised as much
as $21,500 (2006 auction, honoring Trina's memory). Over the years, the eggs have been donated by a dozen Caldecott Medal & honor recipients and four Macarthur Fellows. Other contributions have come from alumni of the school, local artists, and volunteers from around the world.

I am excited to be a part of this great fundraiser that Trina Schart Hyman began. My goose egg arrived, neatly bubble wrapped in a brown box, back in November 2009. I unwrapped it and left it positioned on my drawing table for inspiration. It didn't take long and an image came right to mind of a baby goose sleeping. I did a sketch with a baby goose in a stroller. I pictured the baby goose on either side of the egg, in a night and day version. By night, sleeping. By day strolling

Here is a step-by- step diary of how I painted, "Hello Baby Goose".

Please visit my egg on the Great Goose Egg Auction Site!

Smiles & Friends - line art to a finished painting

2010-03-12T13:18:00.000-08:00

There are two stages in my art process - line art and full color painting.

Line art is done first and sent to the client.

Once the Line Art is approved, I can begin painting.
Currently I'm working in a traditional manner and also on a Cintiq.

I use the Photoshop software on the Cintiq. I may do a little color testing in pencil, but I usually have the colors in mind before I begin painting. I'm hoping to load Corel Painter soon and start using (learning) that progam also. Here's a closer look at the art...
SMILE!

"Hopping" to another example of a work in progress. Here shows
the line art and painting on the same piece.

Baby Bear on the Cintiq

2010-02-15T20:21:00.000-08:00

It's cold and snowy outside ... but warm and cuddly
in the studio creating new sketches using the Cintiq!

#@! Take Me To Your New Art Page !@#

2010-01-26T17:08:00.000-08:00

I'm redoing parts of my website.
I've updated my art page and I'm now working
on the book page. I found a robot I illustrated in
1999 for Make Yourself A Monster
A Book of Creepy Crafts written by Kathy Ross.
The original robot is holding the craft supplies
needed to make the Alien Necklace and the
other illustration was transported into
the future with a little Photoshop.

The New Year Starts With A Workshop

2010-01-04T09:44:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Twenty ten is the year of the tiger and things are starting
with a roaring workshop at the ...

The Writers' Center of Indian a!

Children's Picture Books:

When Text Meets Art
Instructors:

Rebecca Kai Dotlich & Sharon Vargo

2 Wednesdays:

January 20 & 27
6:30-9:30 p.m.

When text meets art, it creates a new world on the page-an expressive balance where each complements the other. Join poet/author Rebecca Kai Dotlich, and illustrator Sharon Vargo for a hands-on workshop in which participants will experience writing from an illustration, and sketching an illustration from a poem or prose quick-write. This is a great workshop for both writers and illustrators. No previous drawing experience is needed. Please bring your own art supplies.

Hope you can join us!
All the best for 2010!

New Logo

2009-12-07T12:29:00.000-08:00

I've been busy with holiday
promo art and a NEW logo!
Will it be Art Hen...
#1,#2,#3,or #4?
Thanks for your help
Abby !xxx

Fast Forward

2009-11-09T17:21:00.000-08:00

Life's been busy for months with graduations, a wedding, moving kids, traveling, the Highlights Illustrators Party, a book signing and our IN-SCBWI conference! I'll fast-forward to November with a few posts & photos!

November IN -SCBWI news to come soon!

In October, I had a fun fall weekend at the Highlight's Illustrators Party!! This years theme was 'Pick a Day." Any DAY in the year that inspired you to create a costume for the party. I was Lost Sock Day (who knew there was such a day?) My costume was a laundry basket/skirt with every lost sock I could find. Thank you, friends and neighbors for all your contributions! My get-up was sort of a tribute to the game, Sock Hunt, I created/illustrated for Highlight's High Five Magazine.
Pictured below, left to right are a group of PBAA gals, Rebecca Thornburgh, Emilie Boon Sheila Bailey, Sharon Lane Holm and me!

The Beach Lake fire hall is where the dinner and big shindig/square dancing takes place.In September, I was one of many authors and illustrators at the Reach out and Read -Indiana, fundraiser. We spent the evening reading and singing books in the Indianapolis Children's Museum atrium.
I did an animal drawing lesson and had some great artists participate!
The kids loved the book cake!

Hope Card Clip!

2009-07-17T17:58:00.000-07:00

We have completed our contribution to the global "Hope Card" effort to support those effected by the Australian fires and flooding this past February!

If you are interested, here are the specifications of our card.
Illustrators and authors create ONE HOPE card
a.. with drawings from your illustrators
b.. words and/or signature by your authors
c.. to the Australian KIDS and FAMILIES
d.. sending love and hope

We received 17 submissions from IN SCBWI and I have found a great way to display ALL 17 in a single card. Please take 17 seconds and watch this clip. You will see a demonstration of the "map book" card which I have come up with to make this a fun thing to read.

By taking an 18X18 piece of colored paper, I was able to get 9 individual 6X6 squares totally 18 individual mounting sides. I added a cover with a title, Hope Card from Indiana USA SCBWI. When folded, just right, you have a single 6X6 hope card - tied with a bow!

Although it took a while to come up with a suitable way to include everyone's effort, I think we will have done it! Thanks to all that took the time to help make the IN SCBWI Hope Card a success!

Hope Card Art

2009-07-07T09:43:00.000-07:00

Back in February, Australia was hit very hard with devastating fires and flooding. In response to this tragedy, chapters from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) have made donations and are still in the process of creating Hope Cards. Many chapters from around the world will feature their local artists and authors on their cards. Our Indiana chapter asked me to create art for our card. I based my illustration on an anonymous quote:

"Dreams are like stars …you may never touch them, but if you follow
them they will lead you to your destiny."

I hope those affected by the fires will find comfort from our cards and begin the process of rebuilding their lives, homes, and communities. I used acrylics and some colored pencil to create this ‘starry' illustration. Hopefully it will give those in Australia a positive outlook for the future!

New art on the PBAA Promo Poster! !

2009-03-31T17:04:00.000-07:00

I'm a member of Picture Book Artist Association (PBAA)
and our Spring Promotional Poster is on our blog-
The Dust of Everyday Life!

Please visit PicturBook Artists Online Store see the wonderful
poster created by our PBAA Promo Committee (and more!)

Can you spy my Green-House art in the poster? GO-GO GREEN!

Happy Spring!

2009-03-20T05:05:00.001-07:00

The weather outside is still cold and wintery!
But spring has officially arrived in the studio with
this new painting (just completed) for a custom invitation.
Please respect the © Thanks! Happy Spring!

Flakes, Friends & (Upcoming) FUN!

2009-01-28T10:15:00.000-08:00

As the last of the snowflakes were falling ... dumping more than a foot of snow on Indianapolis, (marking the city's biggest snowfall in 13 years) I was chatting on the phone with my friend, poet and author (and neighbor)Rebecca Kai Dotlich. We caught up on news and discussed plans for a Bella & Bean Valentine's Day Party - and Book Sale at the Simply Sweet Shoppe in Carmel, Indiana.

Our beautiful, turn-of-the-century neighborhood candy store has every type of confections one could imagine. The Valentine's Day Party will take place February 14 from 2:00-4:30 pm on the second floor of the shoppe, which is the home to the Second story Playhouse, a performing and visual arts studio for young people.

There will be a book signing by "Bella & Bean", author Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Valentine cookie decorating, and Valentine card craft with the help of Rebecca and myself. Bella and Bean is illustrated by Aileen Leijten who has a wonderful sneak-peek website with links to the characters, activities, and reviews!

I hope you can join us in this magical place, for a Valentine's Day filled with friends, FUN, and hopefully NO snowFLAKES!

A portion of the proceeds from this book sale on February 14 will go to Best Buddies Indiana.

The theme of Flakes, Friends, and Fun inspired me to post an illustration I did for one of Rebecca's poems titled, What Is A Snowman Made Of?

Holiday Postcards

2008-12-24T04:54:00.000-08:00

The holiday promo cards are in the mail! If I missed you, please shoot me an email or a text - NO, just kidding on the text, I do NOT have text messaging on my cell phone. Text messaging is the theme of this year's holiday card. Texting has become a common form of communication... especially for kids!
This year's card illustrates how technically savvy today's
kids are ... why, even Santa can't surprise them on Christmas Eve.!
At the first sight of St. Nick, a text is sent ...

Wishing all my blog friends a Happy Holiday and Best Wishes to all for 2009!
PS -I've had a LOT of trouble with people taking art off the blog and using it on their sites. Please respect the © Thanks!

Thanksgiving SNOW!

2008-12-07T09:21:00.000-08:00

With a blast of cold air and just the right conditions we got SNOW in Indiana.
Not just any snow ... the perfect packing snow needed to build a Snowy Bird Feeder, a craft I wrote & illustrated in this month's (December) issue of Highlights For Children Magazine. Check it out on page 38 and build a holiday feast for your feathered friends!

PS - All our pie tins were filled with (pumpkin, apple & cherry) pie so I improvised by using aluminum foil to line the feeder- keeping the bird seed dry and safe.

Highlights Illustrators' Party 2008

2008-10-09T12:06:00.000-07:00

I was honored to once again to be invited to the Highlights Illustrators' Party 2008! This year's theme was the Enchanted Forest. Here is the invitation with a stunning illustration by John Sandford.

It's a weekend filled with face-to-face fun with Highlights folks and illustrator friends. Here's a group posing for pre-party photos: Phyllis Harris(fairy princess), Judith Moffatt (Queen Malificent), and me (mushroom-Ms Shroom), also Emilie Boone (bumble bee), Sharon Holm (mother nature), front, Lily Gucfa-Flanigan as Dorothy.

The costume party
takes place in the
Highlights offices
with an art show
featuring all the
illustrator's in
attendance.
The Beach Lake fire hall is where the dinner and big shindig/square dancing takes place.
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We DO-SI-DOed
the night away!

The staff does a remarkable job making sure we have a fun filled time with emphasis on each and every detail - like this coaster (I'm sure from the enchanted forest : ) for each guest!

The weekend was truly a HIGHLIGHT in the beautiful Pennsylvania mountains at the height of the fall colors!
We ended with a group photo of PBAA'ers!

Left: Emilie Boon, me, Sharon Holm, Jennifer Emery, Anni Matsick, Layne Johnson, Laura Jacobsen, Judith Moffatt, and Phyllis Harris.
Thanks to everyone who worked so hard on this event!

For those requesting more mushroom shots - here you go ....

New Book Magic

2008-07-10T09:39:00.000-07:00

It's magical to me when a book I illustrated arrives in the mail!
After months of sketching, revising, painting and packing up the art ... it arrives back transformed into a BOOK. The process itself is not at all magical, it takes lots of hard work by lots of people. Yet the moment I hold it and read it, I find myself, each time, marveling at the results.

This time the package that arrived in the mail is an anthology, and it has brought a NEW kind of magic ... because I'm one of the AUTHORS! Now MY WORDS have been transformed --and for the first time illustrated by another artist.

Hamsters, Shells and Spelling Bees: School Poems, edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins, with pictures by Sachiko Yoshikawa.

I love the art and I am thrilled to be rubbing pages with such great poets!
If you pick it up be sure to check out pages 22 and 23! ; )

I've been GNOMED!

2008-04-22T16:58:00.000-07:00

Yes, the target of a family prank, known collectively as GNOMING!
One misty morning I gazed out the kitchen window and was startled by this little mythical creature on my deck. I've heard tales of this mysterious girl gnome who is secretly passed amongst our family. The mystery to me is HOW they did it ... because she weighs a TON! (She's rock solid and didn't move an inch from our Indiana earthquake!)
It seems gnomes where created long ago as a way for people to continue sharing stories of these invisible night-time gardeners. She's been here for a few weeks now and I'm waiting for her do her earthly magic in my yard. She can clean up the flower beds, mulch and maybe even plant my vegetable garden.
Many Gnome websites said they are fond of jewelry - then jewelry it is! As you can see I did a little make-over on her ... hopefully the bling will lure her pointy-hat friends into my yard! I don't want to be a fairy tale skeptic if these invisible little creatures can spruce up my gardens!
I think she needs a name too... any suggestions?

Spring Cleaning

2008-03-12T18:02:00.000-07:00

We post new art each season to the picturebookartists.com website.
For spring I'm posting an illustration from one of my 'working' manuscripts titled, BIG TOP BIRTHDAY. I pulled the art out of hiding and dusted it off for the blog. I guess even book projects undergo a little spring cleaning!

New Years Promo

2008-01-02T18:07:00.000-08:00

Welcome and Happy New Year!

Here's my NEW illustration
for the NEW Year's promo postcard!

It is based on the Chinese calendar, where each year is named after an animal in a twelve-year cycle.

How did "animals" get selected to
represent years in the Chinese calendar?

One legend tells the story about a Jade Emperor who created a Chinese calendar to tell time. On his birthday, he proposed the animals compete in a swimming race across a fast-flowing river.

The first twelve animals to cross the river would be awarded a year to their name. First was rat, followed by ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. To this day, the Chinese calendar has followed this cycle of years named after these twelve animals.

2008 begins the cycle with the
year of the Rat. Here is a sketch
of Rat from the original painting.

To find out which animal year you were born in, you can visit Topmarks site
and type in your birthday for the answer!

I'm a monkey.

I use this art in my email signature.

Thanks for visiting my blog ... best wishes for 2008!

Studio Makeover

2008-01-02T11:07:00.000-08:00

The studio got a makeover at the end of 2007.

I painted, organized, and added new magnetic strips from IKEA.
These handy strips make displaying art a snap.
New on display below
(center) is my holiday promo art.

It's painted in acrylics on Arches Watercolor buff paper.
The original measures 14" X 21". Even with the larger size, the last animals on parade were challenging to paint!

Here's a closer look at the last three animals,
each is only one inch tall on the original art.
Good thing they make tiny paintbrushes!

To the left of my holiday promo art is my
Picturebook Artist's winter art post. Let's zoom in...

Thanks!

2007-11-11T09:17:00.000-08:00

On Oct 22, 2007 - Finding Wonderland: The Writing YA Weblog featured my Robert's Snow flakes! Have a LOOK!

Buckaroo Bash - Bessie's Bed Cowboy Hat!

2007-08-15T12:34:00.000-07:00

Hey, Amigos! I was selected as one of the artists for the 2007 Buckaroo Bash, an Adobe Society fundraiser for educational outreach programs being held at the Eiteljorg Museum.

The Eiteljorg Museum is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. It opened in 1989 and was founded by Harrison Eiteljorg. The museum showcases Western and Native American art and cultural objects. The museum's design is inspired by the land, people, and architecture of the American Southwest.

Here are some rootin'-tootin' facts on this years Bessie's Bed cowboy hat!
Bessie's Bed is a children's book that I illustrated about a bathrobe-clad woman who shares her warm, dry bed with several animals that have been washed out of their homes one stormy night. The author of this fun beginning reader, Terry Webb Harshman, is an ace-high gal from right here in Indiana, too! I am honored to have the opportunity to create a hat for the 2007 Buckaroo Bash!

It's Snowing!

2007-07-24T11:32:00.001-07:00

I'm excited again to be part of
Robert's Snow : For Cancer's Cure!

Robert's Snow is an online auction that benefits the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
200 children's book illustrators will create art on individual snowflake-shaped wooden templates. They will auction these snowflake creations on eBay with 100% of the proceeds to benefit Sarcoma Research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/The Jimmy Fund.

This year's snowflake adorns an original poem contributed
by Rebecca Kai Dotlich. I am honored to have the opportunity to
illustrate her beautiful words for the
2007 Robert's Snow Snowflake: For Cancer's Cure.
AND can you tell? ... I LOVE poetry!
Visit Rebecca's website at http://www.rebeccakaidotlich.com

limited edition prints

2007-05-09T18:23:00.001-07:00

Published by
Child at Heart Art Gallery
in historic downtown Newburyport, MA ...
I'm selling limited edition prints!!
The art is bordered by Terry Webb Harshman's poem, "STARS."
The 13 X 19 giclee's are printed on Arches Infinity Smooth paper. Each print is numbered, signed, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Please contact me if you are interested in a print!

Book Reviews

2007-04-30T18:42:00.000-07:00

A Wild and Woolly Night
Author: Lorraine Lynch Geiger
Illustrated by Sharon Vargo

A Wild and Woolly Night is a children’s picture book for children ages 4 to 12. A hardback edition with a cover that is beautifully illustrated with a boy in his bed surrounded by a variety of animals...
By Terry South - BookPleasures.com

Once in a great while a book comes across my desk that I can hardly wait to tell the Bookworm readers about. And this has happened. Florida author, Lorraine Lynch Geiger and Indiana illustrator, Sharon Vargo, have teamed together for a deliciously different book for children of all ages, "A Wild and Woolly Night"....
by VELMA S. DANIELS - BOOKWORM

Just off the press is the colorful hardback "Wild and Woolly Night". This fast moving story revealing a mysterious parade of animals may be read at a galloping pace for older children and promotes parent/child bonding as it creates suspense on every page....
The book is a well-written fantasy, in verse and humor, about a small boy trying to fall asleep. He is kept awake by an assortment of cuddly critters moving about on his stash of bedspreads. It is designed for ages four through twelve. Sharon Vargo, an author and illustrator, has added magic to the cover and pages with her friendly little critter images.
By Elizabeth Walker - Sebring News-Sun

2007-04-26T14:41:00.000-07:00

Barnyard Idol is a new art sample created in acrylics
on Strathmore Bristol. The original art is 9 x 12.

sharon vargo

Happy New Year!

New Highlights Cover Art

Happy Halloween!

New Digital Art

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Holidays

Highlights Cover Art

Highlights Cover Art

New Art!

Illustrators' Party 2010!

Goodbye Summer, Hello NEW Fall Art

OBX Watercolors

New illustration featured in PW article, The Elephant in the Room by Elizabeth Bluemle

June Workshop!

Hello Baby Goose

Smiles & Friends - line art to a finished painting

Baby Bear on the Cintiq

**#@! Take Me To Your New Art Page !@#**

The New Year Starts With A Workshop

Children's Picture Books:

When Text Meets ArtInstructors:

Rebecca Kai Dotlich & Sharon Vargo

2 Wednesdays:

January 20 & 276:30-9:30 p.m.

New Logo

Fast Forward

Hope Card Clip!

Hope Card Art

New art on the PBAA Promo Poster! !

Happy Spring!

Flakes, Friends & (Upcoming) FUN!

Holiday Postcards

Thanksgiving SNOW!

Highlights Illustrators' Party 2008

New Book Magic

I've been GNOMED!

Spring Cleaning

New Years Promo

Studio Makeover

Thanks!

Buckaroo Bash - Bessie's Bed Cowboy Hat!

***It's Snowing!***

limited edition prints

Book Reviews

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