by EdKoehler | Jun 7, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
In my inaugural post I promised to explore the value of humorous art for children’s books, educational material and the like. The world in which I usually work, religious publishing, is a serious world. As well it should be, because the mission of my publishers...
by EdKoehler | May 31, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Welcome to Art and Whimsy This is the first post in my new blog on the type of art I know best, whimsical children’s art. I use whimsical in a rather broad way to describe children’s art. The illustrations that fill my career can be categorized as...
by EdKoehler | May 30, 2015 | Museums
On my FB page (and my FB business page: www.facebook.com/EdKoehlerIllustrator) I’m posting photos of museums that I’ve visited. Then I ask you try to identify the museum. It’s for fun, but it’s mostly to encourage visiting museums. I’m...
by EdKoehler | Nov 21, 2014 | Children's Books
This is a spread from a new book I illustrated for Concordia Publishing House. The book is about Samson and Delilah. This is the moment when Delilah gets Samson to reveal the source of his strength. Since the book is for children, I got to exercise freedom with...
by EdKoehler | Apr 14, 2014 | St. Louis
I’m pleased to announce that Happy Birthday, St. Louis!, my children’s book celebrating the 250th birthday of our fair city, is on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Publisher’s weekly Best Seller list for Children/Young Adult books. Author Carolyn Mueller...
by EdKoehler | Mar 31, 2014 | St. Louis
This year is the 250th birthday of St. Louis! Our city was founded in 1764 by Auguste Choteau and Pierre Laclede as a French fur trading post on the west bank of the mighty Mississippi River. St. Louis grew dramatically during the steamboat era and by 1900 we were the...
by EdKoehler | Feb 19, 2014 | Movie Still Sketchbook
From time to time I post a sketch from my “Movie Still Sketchbook”. This one is Gregory Peck as Ahab in Moby Dick. This was drawn on my MacBook Pro using my Bamboo tablet and Sketchbook Pro. My studio work is on the professional Wacom Intuos tablet using...
by EdKoehler | Nov 21, 2013 | Children's Books
My work for Christian publishing involves everything from full color children’s book illustrations, curriculum, to kid’s activity books. These activity books are fun, colorful, appropriately complex for specific ages. I may be assigned puzzles, games,...
by EdKoehler | Oct 30, 2013 | Miscellaneous
As a freelance illustrator I enjoy a variety of assignments. While the vast majority of my art is geared toward children’s books and products, one of my favorite things to do in particular are spot illustrations for magazines. Something about a colorful piece...
by EdKoehler | Jul 31, 2013 | Children's Books
I recently illustrated an activity book for Group Publishing, Kid’s Travel Guide to the Beatitudes. This a sample of the kind of vector work (Adobe Illustrator) I do for this kind of project. While most of my work is in color, these activity spots are almost...
