<![CDATA[Carol Heyer Author/Illustrator

<![CDATA[Carol Heyer Author/Illustrator - News Blog]]>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:55:30 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Mother Earth's Lullaby Board Book]]>Sun, 25 May 2025 19:42:25 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/mother-earths-lullaby-board-bookI was excited to hear that my hardcover book Mother Earth's Lullaby was recently released as a board book. Written by the talented Terry Pierce and illustrated by me it was a book I really enjoyed working on. I love animals and I love to paint them so I was really happy to work on this endangered species book.

Here are a couple of interior illustrations.

Click on the picture above to order books from Amazon.

]]><![CDATA[Member of the Week Society of Illustrators LA]]>Fri, 23 May 2025 18:58:40 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/member-of-the-week-society-of-illustrators-laThe Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles has reposted a member of the week article that came out in May 2024. It's so great to have my work spotlighted again in May 2025.

Below are a few of my paintings that are featured. You can click on the SILA logo at the bottom of this post to read the entire article and see more art.

Click on the SILA logo above to go to the site so you can see the rest of the featured art and read the full article.

]]><![CDATA[Mother Earth's Lullaby]]>Fri, 23 May 2025 18:43:47 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/mother-earths-lullaby A book I illustrated titled Mother Earth's Lullaby and written by the fantastic Terry Pierce, was one of the books featured on Tillbury House Publisher's Instagram page for Earth Day. Click on the picture below to see the feathred books.

]]><![CDATA[Heaven And Earth Designs HAED]]>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:54:13 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/heaven-and-earth-designs-haedSeveral of my paintings have been turned into cross stitch patterns and are available for purchase at Heaven And Earth Designs HAED. Below is the first completed project I've seen.

This work was done by Elisabeth Mulli and posted on the Official Heaven and Earth Designs Group Facebook page. Elisabeth worked on this piece titled "Angel Signs" from May 29, 2019 until October 5, 2021. Incredible! Such dedication and talent! I'm honored she liked my art enough to work two years stitching it.

Below is her finished needlework. Amazing. It looks exactly like my painting. Check out the image at the bottom of the post with stats and my original art.

Below is a copy of the information from the HEAD site. This angel was commissioned by Doreen Virtue, Charles Virtue at Hay House Publishing for a deck titled Indigo Angel Oracle Cards.

]]><![CDATA[RUSTY Cover of Val Hobbs' latest book]]>Wed, 13 Oct 2021 02:48:02 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/rusty-cover-of-val-hobbs-latest-bookI recently painted the cover, also did a sketch for the title page of Val Hobbs' latest book Rusty. The adventures of a coyote Border collie mix. A Coydog.

Siri Weber Feeney did an amazing job on the design work for this fun book.

I really love this heartwarming story written by the amazing author Val Hobbs. This is the third book in her brilliant sheep dog trilogy, SHEEP, WOLF and now RUSTY. A coydog who isn't sure whether to herd his flock or eat them! Being a coydog has a lot of challenges.

I enjoyed working on this project and painting my first Coydog, Rusty.

Available on Amazon

]]><![CDATA[Represented by Jane Frank at Worlds of Wonder]]>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:43:07 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/represented-by-jane-frank-at-worlds-of-wonderI want to announce that once again my art is being represented by Jane Frank at Worlds of Wonder! This time Worlds of Wonder is not only representing my fantasy/Sci-Fi art but a few of my children's art pieces and mystery covers as well! A little bit of everything!

You can go directly to my page by clicking on my name below:

CAROL HEYER COLLECTION

I'm excited to represented by Jane Frank at Worlds of Wonder and to be included among an amazing group of talented artists.

]]><![CDATA[Organizing Files and Remembering Assignments]]>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:16:49 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/organizing-files-and-remembering-assignments
In my never ending attempt to get my studio and files organized, I came across reference photos I had stored away for “The Zippity Zinger”. One of ten Hank Zipzer book covers I illustrated for Penguin Young Readers Group, Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver.

My assignment for the series was to show the antics of the main character but with a twist, I couldn’t reveal his face or expressions! ( My favorite thing to paint! ) So body language and action had to convey what was happening. The character couldn't be recognizable so I needed to create an angle that disguised his features, which meant I usually had to sketch Hank from the back.

It was a fun challenge!

I always started my assignments by doing a series of thumbnails/small drawings of possible character poses. Then I looked for my model. On this series I used my nephew/godson Chase as a stand in for Hank Zipzer. Chase was always a good sport and managed to get close to the ideas/sketches that I showed him. He always came to the shoots with a true acting spirit!

I took a series of photos for reference and from there did several sketches. The publisher picked the sketch they liked the best then adjusted the setting, ( I did another sketch with a city view, see the finished cover above ) and started to paint.

I love doing portraits. Though that didn’t happen for this series it did for many of my other covers, picture books and assignments.

For instance, Robin Hood was my pizza delivery guy! In the same picture book King Richard was a man that worked in the local post office. I’ve painted a box boy, a grocery clerk, students, delivery people, lots of acquaintances, friends, family etc. etc. etc.! Wherever I see a wonderful face I'll stop and ask if they would be interested in posing for a book! It's one of my favorite things!!!

]]><![CDATA[The First Christmas a Wonderful Program]]>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 02:52:57 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/the-first-christmas-a-wonderful-programThis is a really lovely presentation by the children of Glen Avon Presbyterian Church! Every bit of it is creative and so sweet. I'm sure you'll love it! Thanks to everyone involved!

Here is a note to me from Erin one of the developers of the Christmas program.

I took far too long searching for the perfect book for this project. Yours stood out above the rest! I was looking for a book to tell the traditional story with Mary and Joseph and angels and shepherds that would resonate with all ages. I was also looking for diversity in the character's illustrations -and oh, your illustrations are beautiful. I'm. so glad to own a copy!

A letter to the congregation:

As we began to think about what a Christmas program could look like in a global pandemic we were sad because we have so many fond (and sometimes funny) memories of the Christmas programs we’ve performed at Glen Avon Church. Those memories bring such warm feelings and even though they draw awareness to the absence of those feelings this year, we also realized that we had a rare opportunity to try something new. An idea was born, a brainstorming session happened, and many grown-ups rose to the challenge of putting together a new type of Christmas program! Step one was book selection. We chose The First Christmas, written and illustrated by Carol Heyer.

Next, we purchased and shipped a copy of the book to each of the families on our Sunday School roster between birth and grade 8. Each family was assigned a scene and given ideas for making a recording for us to string together into one reading of the story from beginning to end. We did not assign specific parts this year, each child could choose (if they wanted a costume, some did not) to be anyone or anything they wanted to be, knowing that could mean there was potential to end up with 27 donkeys and no Mary.
We would like to say thank you, first and foremost, to Carol Heyer. If you’re looking for a beautifully illustrated telling of Jesus’ birth, get a copy of her book for your collection! We are so happy that she gave us permission to use her words and art as our script and inspiration.
Second, thank you to the Sunday School youth at Glen Avon for being brave enough to try something new this year, you are truly the stars of the show! Third, a giant thank you to the grown-ups that prioritized their time to help their children find costumes, and sets, and props, and then record each scene (you know it took more than one take!).
Last, thank you to the CE Committee for the idea, the brainstorming, the willingness to tackle an extra project, and the desire to keep our families connected even when we can’t be together.
We wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest New Year!
Feel free to share with family and friends.

]]><![CDATA[St. Nicholas Reading Humphrey's First Christmas]]>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:48:58 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/st-nicholas-reading-humphreys-first-christmas
I posted the newspaper article about St. Nicholas reading Humphrey but I just found a YouTube video of the actual reading.

Below is a photo of St. Nicholas holding Humphrey's First Christmas and getting ready to read the story. Under that is the full video from the
Diocese of Greensburg

Here is the video! Enjoy!

]]><![CDATA[St. Nicholas and Humphrey!!!]]>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 17:59:31 GMThttp://www.carolheyer.com/news-blog/st-nicholas-and-humphreyA great article came out in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today about St. Nicholas reading Humphrey's First Christmas!

I enjoyed the part about Joe Puet, aka St. Nicholas! His mother used to tease him that he'd sign up for anything with a uniform! I loved that line.

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