Sun and Sand
by Anni Matsick
Anni Matsick is a freelance illustrator with over 30 years of experience in creating art for children’s publications. This drawing was done for a page in a coloring book for Montefiore Healing Arts.
Anni is represented in children’s art by Merial Cornell, Cornell & Company. More of her work can be seen on her website at www.annimatsick.com.
SUMMER STARTERS: Looking for new writing/illustrating ideas? Is the weather hot, but your mind cool? If so, then check out these prompts from award-winning children’s author (and EPA-SCBWI member) Tony Fredericks. Ready! Set! Go!
- Peter and his grandmother go to the cemetery to visit the grave of his grandfather. Peter learns something he never knew before.
- Danica and her mother visit the concentration camp where her grandfather was kept prisoner.
- A rainstorm brings a wonderful profusion of color to the desert.
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Love this! What a neat castle the kids are building. You’ve added so much detail, even the footsteps of the girl from the water to the castle, the dog’s prints and the sand. Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful piece Anni so full of activity and just begs the child in me to get my crayons out.