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The Kaz Windness Blog

Children's Book Art, Writing, Books, and Advice

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Kaz Windness is a published author and illustrator specializing in cute and creepy characters and spooky humor for kids of all ages. Portfolio website: www.WindnessBooks.com

Goofy Gargoyle

A new little guy, based loosely on my Boston Terrier, Bijou. I made the sculpture from Celluclay and acrylic paint, wood eyeballs with rhinestones, and mounted to an altered plastic photo frame. My model:

Purple Pug

I've had this idea for a while of making 3-d trophy style heads of some crazy creatures. Since I've painted and drawn hundreds of pugs and still love them madly, I thought I'd start there. I'm using Celluclay here. It's... Continue Reading →

Polkadot LOVE dress

I've been jonesin' to make a polkadot dress painting, so when I saw red and white polkadot gift tissue on Christmas clearance, I knew it was time! I've been on a bit of a paper dress painting kick. Paper is... Continue Reading →

New Dress for the New Year

I've been working on a book project, but all write and no paint make Karen crazy, so I took a break and made this: This is collaged gift wrap on canvas with acrylic paint over top. I like this technique... Continue Reading →

Fairy Furniture

This was my 3-year old son, Max's idea. Remember those glass and glitter magnets? Glue on a cork instead of a magnet and you have sparkly mushroom chairs and tables for your fairies! Note: Glitter beads are made by brushing... Continue Reading →

Fairy Doors

My nieces love fairies, and I know they'd love a little portal to fairy land. I made these tiny doors for them from Sculpey and painted them with acrylic paint. I pressed the clay into a piece of wood to... Continue Reading →

Spiderweb craft

Here's a cute and very easy Halloween craft, and it makes an adorable decoration! My boys loved this Halloween party activity. All you need are 1. Small black paper plates 2. White yarn 3. Scissors 4. Plastic spiders (the rings... Continue Reading →

Gordie, 3-D model

I'm making a big push to get my Gordie book project out into the world. I thought a model would be helpful in creating illustrations. I made this little guy out of Sculpey over tinfoil and a vinyl paint your... Continue Reading →

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