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Online Gallery features:
Lea Lyon
March 2005
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As a child I wanted to be a children's book illustrator when I grew up.
Then I grew up (chronologically, anyway) and forgot all about my dream.
I even stopped painting after college, except for a life drawing class
every 10 years or so. My creative outlet while I was raising a family
was making puppets, humorous dolls and soft sculpture mannequins, all
of which I sold to stores. Not able to make a living at that, I began
to work for various companies in the greeting card and other businesses.
Eventually I went back to school to get an MBA. I started working in
the high tech field. But I decided, after so much night school, that if
I ever took a class again, it would be painting. So, in 1991 I began painting
in watercolors (as a child I had been painting in oils.) I took from several
different teachers and workshops and really got back into painting.
Then I saw a listing in the UC Berkeley extension catalogue for a class
in "Illustrating Children's Books." I suddenly remembered my forgotten
dream, and took the class. I took several more such classes and joined
SCBWI. My portfolio won awards twice at the SCBWI LA conference and I
learned so much.
Last year I illustrated my first picture book. It is "Say Something",
by Peggy Moss from Tilbury House Publishers. The book has won a Teachers'
Choice Award from Learning Magazine and has been named a Notable Social
Studies Book for 2005. I am now finishing the illustrations for a second
book from Tilbury. I also am represented by Tugeau 2 illustrators' reps.
My dream has come true.
Read more about
Lea Lyon
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