I am a closet illustrator. I admire illustrators’ ability to capture a moment, a feeling, a thought, an action in a single illustration. I even went to Zachariah OHora’s Illustrator Session (I’ll talk about that session another time) in hopes that I could glean some of his creative genius. I was so inspired I decided to create a post through pictures.
So here goes…
The Pocono Retreat 2016 was all about character and we kicked off the weekend Friday night with a costume party…
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Willowdean, Bellatrix and Max Quacks, Ducktective
AKA Alison, Kim, and Donna (Dedicated SCBWIEPA Regional Advisor Team) |
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Opal from Because of Winn-Dixie
AKA Susan North |
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Belle AKA Phoebe AKA Author Isabel Bandeira
and Val Jones, Author of Who Wants Broccoli |
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Dana Kramaroff |
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Sophie from Sophie’s Squash
AKA Virginia Law Manning |
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Strider from Lord of the Rings
AKA Wes Loder |
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Sophie from Sophie’s Masterpiece
AKA Chrissa Pederson |
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Harold’s Purple Crayon
AKA Andree Santini |
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Another Harold’s Purple Crayon
AKA Erik Ammon |
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Harriet the Spy
AKA Meg Medina |
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Effie Trinket
AKA Lindsay Bandy |
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Horrible Bear!!
AKA Ame Dyckman |
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Buzzing around with Julia Rix |
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Erszi Deak as Dog |
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Oh, there’s that Belle again or is it Phoebe dressed as Belle?
Author Isabel Bandeira |
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Bellatrix and Effie find compromise
(Wow, Bellatrix is a camera hog) |
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Bellatrix and Sophie |
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Max Quacks, Ducktective ready to Quack your case!! |
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Willowdean, Max Quacks, and Bellatrix (AGAIN) |