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  • Happy Thanksgiving from Cathy Heck Studio

    We knew those extra Surtex mustaches would come in handy one day. Happy Thanksgiving to your family from ours. Hope you have a wonderful day full of friends, family and delicious food, which may or may not include a handsome turkey.  

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    Sketching Together: 7 Tips for Family Drawing

    I am in awe of Mica, the artist Ellen featured in her last blog post, who lets her four-year old finish her drawings for a wonderful collaborative result. When we had four-year olds, I’m not sure that I could have been quite so collaborative. I think I would have been sneaky and would have offered them my rejects to finish.

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  • The not-quite-so-blank slate

    I just ran across this sweet sketchbook collaboration between a mother and her four-year-old daughter.  The story is adorable, and the shared sketches fresh and fun – the magical fruit of a multi-generational partnership. I loved reading this because Cathy (my mom) and I (and now Julianna) get to do this every day – and it’s just as much fun

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