Not my ideal pet, but great illo.

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate for kids. 🌟 Available for books + other kids-related projects 🌟 Portfolio - charlenechua.com#kidlitartpostcardRep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

A good tip to remember. Noted for future posts.

#KidLitArtPostcard Seeded some lawn 2day. Always must watch for Sneaky Snakes. #snakes #animatedanimals #illustrator When not doing lawn work, working on art. But I've always room for more projects. See more work here: theresaanackerwohlers.com

Love loose sketches.

#kidlit #kidlitart Not the first draft. From first doodle to a referenced sample, to returning to a freer interpretation, brings back a little more liveliness to the concept. Feels like the more you can free things up, the better the result. #illustrator #illustration #animalrenderings

Painting I started many years ago, but never got back to. #kidlit If you see this, post a dog,

Excellent advise.

#kidlit Robins getting fat. Soil so drenched worm's only refuge is escaping to sidewalks and driveways. More rain today. May as well play with sumi ink and watercolor washes. Quick fun during busy dummy making sched. So glad of intro to Chinese painting thru @pinghe.art #illustrator

Love this.

Any book would look good next to this stunner by Isabella Kung, but I think these are a good looking pair! Be sure to check out Nunu and the Sea, a gorgeous book about dealing with big feeling while going on an adventure with charming origami critters! 🌊 #kidlitart

#repostyourart #kidlit #kidlitart The harvesting of oats in fall was always just another chance for me to show off I was just as strong as my older brothers. Even tho truthfully the straw bales were much lighter than hay bales. #pastels

I finally had time to watch the @goodstory.bsky.social webinar on Writing an Irresistible Query. I especially liked the real-time query edit. Thanks Mary, for packing in so much good information before the big sleepover. Guess what just arrived at my door? Can’t wait to dive in.

The #NoMouse Challenge is a global effort to raise awareness about accessible web design. Try using your website without a mouse. Use the keyboard instead. Is it possible to access all features and operate all buttons, sliders, and other controls? nomouse.org

I’m gonna piggyback here and share that we’re going a poetry month one-line poem contest over @epistemiclit.bsky.social — wed loooove some #KidLit participation so please - you’re all invited to join in! We repost the prompt here - today is “binding” #KidLitChat

#kidlitchat I like the conversations on writing in rhyme shared here. I mostly write without rhyme, but sometimes when I'm writing out a PB idea it naturally goes into rhyme. Tho I try to rework without, it feels awkward. Do you think some stories are meant to be rhyme?

#artcommission Here are couple more samples. Some in gouache, color pencil, and oil. theresaanackerwohlers.com

#artcommission Here are couple more samples. Some in gouache, color pencil, and oil. theresaanackerwohlers.com

#KidLitArtPostcard time. Playing with some nursery rhyme spinoffs in both my writing and illustration. Sample of one starring one of the This Little Pigs. #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #scbwiillustrator Always looking to work on more projects. theresaanackerwohlers.com

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Cleaning my work space to work on some PB dummies. Updating and creating new ones. Keeps me busy while waiting for the results of #PBParty Thanks to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social and her group of helpers who run the show. Your efforts are appreciated.

#worldbearday Well all right then, let's celebrate! #kidlit #kidlitart

Besides working on my art, I always need to keep working on my writing as well. A good push in that direction are contests like this. While waiting results, back to drawing board.

Will check it out again.

Bubbles raced the river running the base of the curb to the sewer drain waterfall. In that rampage on this morning's walk, B saw abandoned wood boats, D saw umbrella bumper cars. I saw 24 more hours of rain. #weatherlore Bubbles in the puddles, myth or forecast?

#kidlitartpostcard day. Busy making art for two other projects, but thought this slightly older piece went well with my submis. for #50PreciousWords great contest put on by @viviankirkfield.bsky.social My pc is titled "A Mama's Love" it will as compl. feature animals, ending with a pc like this.

Empty egg cartons always cry out to be cut up and Frankensteined. Gave in to my impulse today and came up with THIS! After I took this short video, I tossed it into recycling. I love ephemeral art. #FoundObjectArt #EggCarton #Art #Uplift

Finished last quick sketch for a new dummy. YAY! On to finished pcs. Another big Yay! to Scholastic for donating lots of books for a library initiative. Saw it on the Today Show this morn. Yay #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrators #scbwiillustrators

To check out when I have a moment.

Hurray, I'M BUSY by @michaelianblack.bsky.social and me launches today from @simonkids.bsky.social! Educators: Help us celebrate & I'll record a special video msg just for your students. More: debbieohi.com/2026/02/imbu... #KidLit #BookBirthday #Edusky #LibrarySky

2026 #PBParty Prep Zoom info! Info to help prepare everything needed for the 2026 PBParty contest. #kidlit mindyalyseweiss.com/2026-pbparty...

It's weird how different neighborhoods are from one side of the country to the other. An evening snap of the neighborhood behind mine, on the edge of town. It's easy to think everyone's neighborhood is just like yours. 😕

#KidLitArtPostcard day. Sampling palettes for new Alphabet manuscript. Trying for identifiable yet fun. Many projects to work on but always looking to be involved in new ones. If you're looking for playful, expressive humans or animals, let me know #kidlit #illustrator theresaanackerwohlers.com

This is who runs this account. My rags to rags existence hasn't changed much, and I don't mind. Me, loving on kittens from an 8mm film my dad took. One of the few where people had heads 🤣 #kidlitartist Still love #kidlit still love #illustrators

Thank you CALIBA for this fantastic honor that I share with @k04sk.bsky.social @brianlarossa.com @steamteambooks.bsky.social #kidlit Buy from local indies bookstores and protect our forests 🌲📚

Don't know if I can fit it in, but sounds fun.

#kidlitart I like how the more times you sketch a character the more emotion and personality it gets. And yet, though someone once said, the first rendering is hardly ever the one used, sometimes those first wispy lines say it all. #kidlit #illustrator #linedrawings #turtles #scbwiillustrator

To quote Gump, Maybe both is happening at the same time.

First snow. I talk about how first snow can be something to look forward too, like starting into a new project, in my website blog theresaanackerwohlers.com/artists-blog But will it be a light, pretty dusting, or multilayered disaster? Preparation helps. #kidlit #illustrator #kidlitart #pastels

If you see this, post your dragon illo. #kidlit #dragon #illustration #illustrator

Happy #NationalHugDay - hugs for all who need one & want one 🫂 (As always, it’s also ok if you don’t want a hug!) #kidlit #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Starting 2026 with this illustration feels just right. I'm a picture book illustrator represented by Lori Steel of Steelworks Literary, and I love exploring themes of family, tenderness, and moments of care. I'm looking forward to sharing more art with you this year.

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!!! NEW YEAR...NEW AGENCY same amazing agent 😌 💗 I'm August and I'm proudly represented by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social :^)

Meet literary agent Carter Hasegawa, who will be joining us next month for Submission Shine, our online critique intensive! Check out the interview with Carter on our blog. easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/c... @casahasegawa.bsky.social #kidlit

Sketch created for #illustrators call for humans & #bats couldn't take beyond sketch at that time. Played with a color version 2day. Using for #KidLitArtPostcard today. Love doing expressive humans & animals. Working on projects, but I'll take more. #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #scbwiartist

Now you've got my interest spiked.

Working on one project can often give you solutions or in the very least practice on aspects of another project. Always be working/creating. This piece in my new sketch journal helped me think about chapters in a new manuscript. #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #scbwiillustrator Delicate paper.

Happy New Year! Ink, watercolor, mixed media. #illustration #traditionalart #kidlitart

My husband gifted me a handmade paper journal. Tested it out that day. It may be home to sketches for a memoir of the land and experiences which it afforded, that forged the girl I would become. #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #handmadepaper #pencilsketch #scbwiillustrator