Mary Reaves Uhles https://www.maryuhles.com
Mary Reaves Uhles has illustrated Let’s Pop, Pop, Popcorn!; A Tuba Christmas; The Twelve Days of Christmas in Tennessee and The Little Kids’ Table. She has also illustrated the Choose Your Own Adventure Series, Beyond the Grave; and the poetry collection Kooky Crumbs by Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis. Twice awarded the Grand Prize for Illustration from the SCBWI Midsouth Conference and a finalist in the 2014 Bologna Book Fair Gallery in Bologna, Italy, Mary serves as Illustrator Coordinator for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee.
Contact Mary Reaves Uhles at mary@maryuhles.com
Sample Programs Offered
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From school visits to book festivals and conferences I love meeting readers and budding artists of every age. To get a general idea of my programs download a copy of my school visit brochure here. I’m also happy to build a program around your students and vision.
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Program Type: Arts Appreciation
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Kindergartners and first graders are already learning about the role the author and illustrator play in bringing a story to life. I tell kids about the two secret, invisible people who also shape a book – the editor and art director. I explain how I make decisions about creating an illustration with examples from my own books and how I work with the two secret helpers to do this. Finally the kids become the art directors! A few kids are chosen to give me a description of a monster and then I illustrate it for the whole group to see.
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Program Type: Arts Appreciation
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Early elementary grades are learning how to describe and explain a text by the clues in the illustrations. I show the kids an overview of my illustration process and explain how I choose certain details such as color, angle, and character expression to convey the story. At the end the students become illustrators! I give them each a piece of the story, and they illustrate the main idea using the details we discussed. Afterwards we look at their illustrations and discuss what aspects of color, angle, and expression they chose to include.
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Many middle and high school students dream of art as their path to college and career. Some may not think it’s possible. I tell my story of becoming an illustrator and show samples of typical work. We cover the important elements of illustration such as expression and visual narrative. Workshops can also choose to do a pre-assigned piece that we critique in class. At the end, I leave time for a Q&A session during which students can ask me anything about an illustration career or ask for my feedback on other pieces of art.
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