Avengers for Mother’s Day, plus a coloring page

14. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration · Tags: , , , , , ,

Popcorn kitty by Wendy MartinSign up to receive alerts when a new coloring page is posted each week and/or click here to view more coloring pages!

This weekend was just glorious.

I feel only a tad guilty that I spent nearly all of it just puttering around and not creating more art, but there has to be some time in the schedule for recharging the creative juices.

Saturday was a seasonal sunny day. Husband and I spent the morning doing assorted chores.

I made a run to the bank after which I went to Main Street to check out a new health and vitamin store that recently opened in one of the vacant store fronts.

My intention was only to peek inside and see what they had. So much for intentions. They had fresh walnuts with no oils on them, and a huge bag of candied ginger root. I bought both. The shop keep was thrilled I’d stopped in and talked my ear off about everything under the sun.

When I finally made my escape, I headed south to the Quilt Shop. I’ve been meaning to do this since my birthday several weeks ago, but deadlines ate me alive and I just couldn’t get to the store. Lucky for me, they’d just received a shipment of the very item I was on the hunt for. I am now the proud owner of a freehand quilting foot. Maybe with the proper tools now, I will be able to finish the queen-sized “Stack and Whack” quilt I’ve been working on for the last 10 years. I’m making it for the master bedroom.

Sunday, was Mother’s Day. And The husband and kid took me to see the Avengers. It was quite enjoyable. If you haven’t seen it yet, you have to stay through ALL the credits. There is a scene at the very, very end that is worth a chuckle.

This week’s coloring page was inspired by the recent movie outing. A cat with a very generous tub of popcorn. (Our local theater uses paper bags now, instead of the iconic wax-coated tubs.)

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Goodbye Maurice Sendak, we’ll miss you.

09. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration, Thoughts

happy mother's day tribute to maurice sendak by wendy martinA picture book great passed away yesterday morning.

Maurice Sendak was best known for his story “Where the Wild Things Are.” While I enjoyed that story with the rest of the world, my all time favorite book by Mr. Sendak has got to be “In the Night Kitchen.” I remember thumbing through the pages for hours at a neighbor’s house soaking in the many mysteries embedded into the art. I don’t think I ever bothered to read the words.

Years later, when my daughter was born, I came across an old DVD with 4 of Mr. Sendak’s stories in stop motion images being sung by a female vocalist. One of the stories was “In the Night Kitchen.” Hearing the words sung and seeing the images brought the book alive for me all over again.

My daughter is grown now, but that video was picked out of her GoodWill donation box and saved with several other treasures she felt she’d outgrown, but I know I never will.

Sendak’s work was greatly influential in my path to being a children’s book illustrator. His words of wisdom along with his body of work will remain in a place of honor in this house for years to come.

Goodbye, Maurice. Hope the other side is as wild a rumpus as you would like.

I wonder, if Viking Warriors go to Valhalla when they die, do picture book illustrators go to a fully stocked art studio?

This week’s coloring page honors Maurice Sendak. A young boy in his wolf suit stops being a wild thing long enough to give his mom a card and some flowers. Of course, he was just wild enough to pull them from the neighbor’s garden. Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there.

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May already? Time flies.

02. May 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration · Tags: , , , , ,

May milk moon coloring page by Wendy MartinI cannot believe we’re already a third of the way through 2012. I have so many things I want to accomplish this year. Of course, knowing me, my list is impossibly long.

Still, I’ve been chipping away at projects all year-long and some of my long-term ones are nearing completion. It’s so hard working on things I’m proud of that I have to keep secret and not share with you. I hope I will be able to very soon.

The baby bunnies I mentioned in an earlier post didn’t make it. Although Mama Bunny did her best to hide the burrow, a predator found it and the wee ones didn’t survive. Mama Bunny is still around and kicking though. I saw her when I came home last night.

This week’s coloring page is a cow enjoying some cookies and milk. This month’s full moon is on May 6th. May’s full moon is called the Full Flower Moon, the Corn Planting Moon or the Milk Moon.

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April is drawing to a close. May day coloring page.

25. April 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration · Tags: , , ,

happy beltane by wendy martinSpring is in full swing with the close of April.

We’ve actually had the first veggies out of our garden this past weekend. The lettuce has been loving the warm days and the very chilly nights. We had a big mess ‘o greens for dinner on Sunday, along with roasted chicken. It was quite yummy. Nothing tastes like stuff fresh from the garden.

I’m mystified the bunnies haven’t been nibbling on our tender veggies, though. Happy, but surprised.

My husband was mowing the lawn Friday night and a bunny scampered away from the mower and sat a short distance away, shivering. Seems she had just given birth to a clutch of little ones. The three of them were crawling around the mouth of her den, still wet and eyes shut tight.

After the lawn was done, my husband went back to look at the hole in the ground but Mama Bunny had camouflaged it so well, even if you knew it was there, you couldn’t see the den. I expect we’ll see those babies emerging in a few weeks, all fluffy and full of energy.

This week’s coloring page is a cute and cuddly unicorn letting the birds use her horn to dance the Maypole. What are you doing to celebrate May Day?

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Earth Day is April 22 – here’s a coloring page for you

17. April 2012 · 1 comment · Categories: Free Coloring pages, Illustration, Thoughts · Tags: , , , ,

earth day 2012 coloring page by wendy martinI’ve been keeping myself entertained by listening to the various TED talks while I draw. Some of them are very good information, some are just fun and silly. Last week, I listened to one talk about the other “inconvenient truth.” (No, not global warming, although after this past winter and record-breaking warm March, I wonder how any one can still doubt that.) What’s that you say?

According to the speaker, Jonathan Foley, we are going to run out of food for the population of earth in a very short while. Possibly as soon as our children’s lifetimes, most assuredly by their children’s lifetimes. That’s a pretty scary thought. Jonathan Foley studies complex environmental systems and their effects on society. His computer models have shown the deep impact agriculture is having on our planet.

This week’s coloring page is a brave mouse holding up the world. What are you doing to support Mother Earth?

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I send out coloring pages to let people know about me, my art and my children’s books. Click on the covers to find out more.

Help support my efforts by spreading the word or buying any of my books. Please stop by any of my social networking sites to leave me a message (here is good too!) and let me know how you like the coloring pages. Remember, I provide these pages free of charge for your own personal use. Do not reproduce them or use them for any other purpose without my written permission.

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