Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! A spooky cat for October. Lauren-e-tregenza.com #kidlit #childrensbookillustration

Kensington Market sketch meetup. It was so fun to reconnect with familiar faces and a few new ones! The Sunday vibes were feeling just right 😊 @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #urbandrawing #outdoorsketching

#folktaleweek day 4 - #TRAIL “Tree Fairy wandered on and then noticed a trail of seeds. She followed them all the way to the bottom of a large tree…” #kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweektrail #folktaleweek2024 #childrensbooks #picturebookillustration

This wintry snap is continuing here in the UK… #snowghost, written by #to Mitton, published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #illustration #kidlit #picturebooks #illustrator

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard, it's been a while! I'm Angela, illustrator and author. This is one of my favorite spreads from my graphic novel, LU AND REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY. I want to draw your covers and interior illustrations! www.angela-hsieh.com Rep'd by @jenazantian.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Evie, an author and illustrator living in Madison, WI. I am looking for agent representation and am open to picture books, black and white interiors, and covers! #kidlit #kidlitart

Messy sketches, figuring out potential new composition ideas. Kids are excited to go back to school, but there is so much newness - new friends, new lessons. Sometimes they seem quite lost. It's amazing to watch confidence grow and to be a support in that growth. #journal #kidlitart #teacher

I’ve tried jelly gouache for the first time!! It’s fun but I need more practice 😂

Another fun paper cut! 🤭 #papercutart

Another #kidlitartpostcard 🌻 This little scene was sitting in my sketchbook for ages. Painting animal characters is so fun! I am excited to get into some autumn themed illustrations throughout the month. #kidlitart #dogwalker

She was watching birds!! 🐦‍⬛ #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I am an illustrator working in traditional watercolour and gouache. I love painting subjects inspired by moments and memories outdoors. 🖌️ Seeking representation 🖌️ Available for work Lauren-e-tregenza.com [email protected] #kidlitart #storybook #rabbits

Big discoveries for #KidLitArtPostcard day! Hi, I’m Chris a picture book illustrator. If you are curious you can dig into thornockstudios.com or contact my agent: Lori Steel – steelworksliterary.com #illustrator #kidlitart #dinosaurs #fossildig

Seeing all the posts by people at the Urban Sketching Symposium gave me a little FOMO. A day in Rotterdam with my artsy friend Zeynep, with good talks, tasty food, and sketching together, cured me of it. What can you do this week to spark creative connections close to home?

How magical is this glowing rabbit by Rae Ritchie (rep'd by Jennifer Nelson Artists)? 🤩 Check out this artist's #portfolio 👉 childrensillustrators.com/RaeRitchie/p... #kidlitart

Children must grow up to respect the natural world!

This was such a fun exercise to loosen up with character/ shape creation. Minimal and confident marks - it's interesting how little detail you have to add to bring a shape to life. #kidlitart #studies

Sketching under the watchful eye of a Cormorant. He kept diving, floating towards me, drying his wings and then swimming again. This bird knew how to relax! #urbansketching @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social

Making more blobs to cope with my partner leaving for 2 weeks 😭. Kinda love making these right now. #kidlitart #gouache #emotionalcopingblobs

Playing with shapes.. and colour. I might add in details, but leaving them blank somehow feels more exciting because there are more open possibilities? What should these blobs be? What do you see? #gouache #illustration #sketchbook #practice #kidlitart #wip

WIP. having such a good time with this piece. The gouache is really behaving so well 😍 #kidlitart #wip #storybook #illustration #fairytale

Lights ✨

Wave Chaser

All 30 of my 5 min. thumbnails from PleinAirpril!✨ I really enjoyed the experience, and I'm working on a video to share my thoughts about it! I definitely recommend this little mini challenge 😊💞

Concept art by Kazuo Oga for Pom Poko (1994), dir. Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli

Gouache and coloured pencil landscape practice... I love the colours. Sometimes doodles surprise you. #sketchbook #backgroundart #kidlitart

Quick little plein air gouache with funky colours. #kidlitart #background #landscapeart #urbandrawing #outdoorsketch

Family visits and sketches on the grass. The cicadas were singing and Anne told me stories about family. #urbandrawing #housesketch #architecture #kidlitart @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social

Family visits and sketching under the shade of a huge maple tree. Marco and dad changed the brakes on his car. I love sketching these little moments. #urbandrawing #kidlitart @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social

Koloa Maoli 🪶 #avianaugust #birdart

A sketch from last weekend, it was nice to slow down and capture detail. #urbandrawing #architecture @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social

Cafe sketch on my lunch break ♥️🐞 one day bicycles won't be like drawing horses to me 🥲 #urbandrawing @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #urbansketching #outdoorsketchbook #penandink

Art Gallery sketch. #uskgws #urbansketchers

Quick sketch session using quickposes.com I just noticed that they have timed references for urban, landscape and animals now! Such a great resource when you don't know what to draw. #sketchbook #kidlitart #gesturedrawing #figuredrawing

From axolotl to whale shark, I have made a LOT of drawing sheets. I make a new one each month for my author newsletter: ginaperry.beehiiv.com What should I make for August? #kidlit #printables

Went for a little bike ride to Woodbine Beach! There was a volleyball tournament happening... Which suddenly ended and then there were hundreds of people walking at me. I packed up and scittered away. #urbandrawing #sketchbookpractice @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #kidlitart

Sketches from a canoe trip along the French River! I took lots of pictures on film too, I hope they turn out. I love to sketch outdoors, and the hope is that it filters into my children's book illustration work. #naturesketch #watercolour #sketchbook #outdoordrawing #landscapeart #kidlitart

A survey of urban sketching styles: youtu.be/OxqhZJulriI?...

Had a lovely canoe camping trip with some friends of ours along the French River. They have two young children, and it was amazing to see how capable they are ♥️. I managed to sneak in some quick and simple sketches. #watercoloursketch #naturesketch #outdoordrawing #landscapesketch #kidlitart

Sketched another park scene, decided to focus on the little garden arrangement. #urbandrawing #naturesketch @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #kidlitart

Feeling like today I'm in the mood for a thread on Flemish artist Jan van Kessel the Elder, who specialized in meticulous, detailed studies of insects. Van Kessel was from an artistic family; his grandfather was Jan Brueghel the Elder & he received instruction from his uncle Jan Brueghel the Younger

Sketch in the park to beat the heat! Trying to find little moments that tell a story. Hoping that these summer sketches can inform book illustration projects in the future. #urbandrawing #kidlitart @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social

Facts.

Had a lovely weekend, my niece turned two and fit in a little sketch by the beach. @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #urbandrawing #sketchbook #illustratedjournal #kidlitart

Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish! You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪

Looking at some of Yoshifumi Kondo-sensei's art online and they're so lively and wonderful (this is the head character designer for studio ghibli.)

Preview of something I have since Feb-March I just want people to love more bugs 🥹

Lunch break house sketches! Completed the second side... I had more time for the second one, and tried out more delicate and slow lines... I still prefer the first one I think! @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #penandink #sketchbook #urbandrawing

Hey! #kidlitartpostcard ! My name is Katie Risor and I’m a #kidlit illustrator and author rep’d by Janna Morishima at jannaco.com Hire me to illustrate your next whimsical picture book, book cover, or chapter book! #kidlitart #middlegrade #picturebook