March 2026 prompt: kaleidoscope #scbwidrawthis #scbwi #scbwiillustrators

#WritingCommunity #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #Halloween #Ballerina #Werewolf #BloodMoon #FullMoon #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #AmWriting #Acrylic #AcrylicPainting

#Werewolf #Ballerina #BloodMoon #FullMoon #Halloween #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators

Sometimes all you need is sunshine and a paintbrush 🎨🖌️ #Paintbrush #Paint #Acrylic #AcrylicPainting #Outdoors #Outside #Sunshine

And just think of all the wonders we must pass every day without even noticing. #Spider #Frog #PrayingMantis #Forest #Woods #Outside #Outdoors #Nature

Hello Blossoms Hello Sun Hello Trees Hello Colors Hello Spring 🌸 #Spring #Springtime #Trees #Outside #Outdoors #Nature

I am curious what is your favorite PB? A few of mine are DU IZ TAK? by Carson Ellis, THE NIGHT WALK by Marie Dorleans, STICKLER LOVES THE WORLD by Lane Smith, THE BEAR AND THE PIANO by David Litchfield, and THE ARTIST by Ed Vere. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #PictureBook #KidLit #SCBWI

Just keep drawing, just keep drawing, what do we do? we draw! #traditionalart #sketchbook #kidlitart #flowers #nature

Post your work to Bluesky, Instagram, and in your SCBWI Illustrator Gallery with the hashtag #SCBWIDrawThis. Deadline for the monthly Draw This! is the last day of each month. Share your work with us! Share it online and in your member profile page on www.scbwi.org/galleries.

Hosting a #DTIYS over on Instagram. Draw your inner weirdo,and tag me. It needn't look the same as mine! #DtiysInnerWeirdo

#SeaCreature #Halloween #Ballerina #Acrylic #Painting #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #kidlit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration

#SeaCreature #Halloween #Ballerina #Acrylic #Painting #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #kidlit

We can't wait to welcome everyone today for Karin Mear's Watercolour Tips, Techniques and Textures Workshop! Tickets are also now available for her next Watercolour Workshop here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/pontypridd-a...

Worth remembering. #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

#kidlit star Yas Imamura is an awesome illustrator. There is something so vintage about her images and yet they feel so today. Her method of color selection plays such an important part in the work, as well. @yasimamura.bsky.social @authorlauragehl.bsky.social @maggietokudahall.bsky.social

"Khoa Le’s illustrations are so luminous, the entire book glows! And so do I when I read it!" — @jilanne.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/03/hear...

Draw every day #Alcoholmarker #AcrylicMarker #Pencil #ColoredPencil #Doodle #Draw #Sketch #Ink #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Love #Family

What makes you feel better? Is it a box of paint, a journal with scribbles and words you have read over and over trying to get them right, buttons you hand-carved, or an old instrument played by people long ago? What do you create to make yourself and the world better? Whatever it is, keep doing it!

The best cure for writer's block is a walk in the garden. #Flowers #Dancer #Colors

Colors bursting from the Earth #Flowers #Paint #Yellow #Nature #Outside #Outdoors

I guess she’s ready for Halloween. #Vampire #Bat #Ballerina #Spooky #Halloween #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidIllustration #picturebook #Amwriting #WritingCommunity 🧡💙🦇🎃

Here's my #50preciouswords entry, "Nestled" 🐤

✨FREE ONLINE WRITING CONFERENCE!✨Mark your calendar for the Writer’s Workout Conference! The WW team has lined up some amazing speakers. And I’m honored to be one of them this year! My presentation will be on “Balancing Your Voice & Market Needs in the #Kidlit Journey"😄👇👇 Link in the comments below!

#Spooky #Halloween #Ballerina #Vampire #Bat #KidLit #KidLitArt #KidIllustrator #KidIllustration #PictureBook #AmWriting #WritingCommunity Painting Halloween decorations in March 💙🧡🧛‍♀️🦇

#AcrylicMarker #AlcoholMarker #ColoredPencil #Watercolor Who knew cutting out tiny plants and pots would be so therapeutic

February 2026 prompt: tough topic #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis #AcrylicMarker #AlcoholMarker #Watercolor #Gouache #coloredpencil

#scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis February 2026 prompt: tough topic Death Loss Grief

#12x12PB member Heather Stigall shares: “12 x 12 helped both directly and indirectly in my agent search and in the development of my craft… 12 x 12 has been a source of many of the ‘ingredients’ I needed to get to this point in my career.”

FEBUARY 2026 prompt: TOUGH TOPIC HOMELESSNESS #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis #MixedMedia #Pencil #ColoredPencil #AlcoholMarker #AcrylicMarker #gouache #watercolor

FEBUARY 2026 prompt: TOUGH TOPIC #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis #MixedMedia #Pencil #ColoredPencil #AlcoholMarker #AcrylicMarker

#KidLit #kidlitillustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #Monster #forest #Whimsy #Whimsical #Light #Trees #Plants #Green #scbwi

It's #KidLitArt chat week! This Thursday - set your reminders and tell friends! #kidlit

This year, Children's Book Week will take place from May 4-10. It's sponsored by Every Child a Reader and The Children's Book Council. The extraordinary poster for this year's celebration was created by Grace Lin. For the story behind it, check out this link: everychildareader.net/cbw/poster-2...

#Spooky #Scary #Skeleton #Bathtub #BubbleBath #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #Halloween #Lavender

#KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #Zombie #Ballerina #Skeleton #Spooky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Doodle #Pencil #Sketch

#scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis #kidlit #picturebook #amwriting #writingcommunity FEBRUARY 2026 prompt: TOUGH TOPIC I added a wall with watercolor, pencil, and colored pencils. Acrylic markers and alcohol markers were also used in this piece.

Done and Next 😊♥️📚📖 #Read #Books #MiddleGrade #WritingCommunity #amwriting #kidlit

Standing in line at the craft store with your eyes closed, hugging $100 worth of paint you are about to purchase, that is happiness. ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🎨🖌️

#Winter #Bud #February

#scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis #kidlit #picturebook #amwriting #writingcommunity FEBRUARY 2026 prompt: TOUGH TOPIC

#KidLit #AmWriting #Acrylic #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #Halloween #Spooky #Ghost #Ballerina There’s a new girl in dance class.

Once there was a girl who lost someone she loved very much. And even though she could not see them anymore, they were not really gone because all the things they taught her lived on through the girl. #scbwi #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators FEBRUARY 2026 prompt: TOUGH TOPIC

FEBRUARY 2026 prompt: TOUGH TOPIC #scbwi #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #rainbow #grave #oilpastel

#Snow #SnowDay #Ice #SnowPlay #Outside #Outdoors #snowyday #snowangel

#scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis #dream #writingcommunity #kidlit DECEMBER 2025 AND JANUARY 2026 prompt: DREAM

New podcast alert! Join Julie Hedlund & our first-ever podcast guest agent Adria Goetz of KT Literary discuss what editors want right now, how to make your work stand out, & SO much more. Listen now: 12x12challenge.com/p... #amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #12x12pb #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast

#Halloween #Skeleton #Ghost #KidLitIllustration #KidLitIllustrator #PictureBook #spooky #Boo #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #amwriting #WritingCommunity

The artist spends forty hours trying to capture something beautiful so that you can experience it for only a few seconds, to remind you that there IS beauty in the world and that it is worth paying attention to. ♥️🎨🖌️🧑‍🎨🎹🎸🎭🩰✍️📝📖📚

Pretty obsessed with zombie ballerinas right now. #KidLit #PictureBook #Zombie #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #Spooky #Halloween #PencilSketch #Pencil #Sketch #Draw #Doodle #writingcommunity #amwriting #Ballerina #Dance

2023 versus 2025 #scbwi #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #kidlitillustration #picturebook