Artwork created for an 826 Valencia field trip with first graders the other day.
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The cover of the Field Trip book for 826 Valencia.
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Well, it’s my turn to add to the absolutewrite.com blog chain again. Preceding me was Peggy at the Road Less Traveled blog who talked about Paying it Forward. She writes:
“I try to do my best, but I know I could do more to “pay it forward”. So that’s one of my goals for the year: […]

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Today I did another volunteer cartooning job at 826 Valencia writing center in San Francisco. Above is the cover for the book which I illustrated with the 4th graders of Cesar Chavez school. They were a great bunch of kids. It was fun.

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As an artist, it is important to give back to the community. I like to participate at the writing center, 826 Valencia, which was founded by author Dave Eggers. During the field trip I illustrate a story that is being written in real time.
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Here is the cover for the Book Making field trip Collaboration at 826 Valencia in which I did the art.
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I did some volunteering work at 826 Valencia to help kids with there Cartooning project that will be displayed at the Cartoon Art Museum. In the process of demonstrating inking with some sharpies I did these neat drawings.

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Here is the latest work I did with the kids of Ygnacio Valley School at the 826 Valencia writing center. As always I had to illustrate the book in real time as the kids wrote it as a group. And this time I tried to sneak in my own ending with the rest […]

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