Polar bears, penguins, arctic foxes, snowshoe hares, snowy owls, ice fishing, and winter barns, are some of the subjects and scenes we've been drawing this January. These are my demonstration drawings for the kids' drawing class I teach at the Rockland Public Library. When I can, I'll put up some coloring pages too.

Winter Barn with logs after photo by Kosti Ruohomaa

Rainbow trout with polar bear!

Ice fishing shacks with dog sled and penguin.

Penguins landing on the ice.

Penguin family.

Emperor penguin.

Snowy owl and juncos.

Arctic fox, snowshoe hare and snowy owl.

Arctic fox and arctic hare.

Polar bears sparring.

Polar bears and a fish.

Polar bear frontal view.

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Posted by Catinka Knoth at 5:42 PM EST

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These are my demonstration drawings of bears, foxes, and racoons. References were from Aesop's Fables illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Ken Hultgren; Dover silhouette art; Little Bear, by Elsa Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak; and Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne, illustrated by Ernest Shepard.

And, have fun with my Bear Coloring Pages!

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 11:42 PM EST

Updated: Sunday, 23 December 2007 11:17 AM EST

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Here are my demonstration drawings from the kids' workshop on drawing owls and bats. Click the title links for enlargements to color and draw from.

Flying Bat and Hanging Bat coloring page, after Maurice Sendak, from The Bat Poet, by Randall Jarrell

Owl Looking at the Moon coloring page 

Inspired by Arnold Lobel's Owl at Home. I asked the kids what pictures they could remember from the book. The owl running up and down stairs, and the owl looking at the moon. Which did they want to try? The owl looking at the moon, but not dressed in a suit. I think they thought this would be easiest to draw.

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Posted by Catinka Knoth at 12:01 AM EDT

Updated: Thursday, 18 October 2007 11:33 PM EDT

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My demonstration drawings from a recent kids' drawing workshop - click the title links for coloring pages to draw or color. Some were drawn from old silhouette illustrations. There is a drawing after Beatrix Potter's Pig Robinson. Kippe Kuh is a Danish children's book that my grandmother Thyra Jakstein translated into German. It was read to me often - about a stubborn cow who wanders off the farm and into the city. I think she even rides a street car!

Old cow coloring page	"Kippe Kuh" coloring page
Old pig coloring page	Pigs, after Beatrix Potter, coloring page
Ram, Ewe, and lamb coloring page	Step-by-step drawing of ram (pdf)

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 12:35 AM EDT

Updated: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:45 AM EDT

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Here are my demonstrations from this week's kids' drawing lesson. For chickens, roosters, and duck coloring pages of the demonstrations click the links. Print them out and give a try at drawing them yourself or have fun coloring them. For references we used Chanticleer and the Fox, The Story about Ping, The Puddleducks after Beatrix Potter, and Putiput's Abenteuer, a German picture book I had as a three year old. Kids art from the workshop follows.

Rooster coloring page	Chanticleer coloring page
Mother Hen and chick (Putiput) coloring page	Ducks coloring page - Ping and the Puddleducks

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