how all the pieces came together… inks and crayons, watercolours, pencils, & who knows what… 🥰💘🖍️✂️🎨 #scbwidrawthis : sea creature!! see more of my work at halthegal.art/illustrations #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator #mixedmedia #gooddaysunshine #kidlitartist #illustrationportfolio #humanartist

great day in the studio today! can’t wait to put all the pieces together tomorrow!! 🥰🎨🫟🖍️✂️ #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #scbwidrawthis #mixedmediaillustration

happy #kidlitpostcard day!! i'm hallie. 🤓 i 💖 every color in the crayon box. i 💜 to create collaged MG covers and spot illustrations & all the things with all the tools in the studio. 🥳🎨🖍️✂️🖌️🌟 www.halthegal.art #kidlitart #kidlitpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitartist #kidlitportfolio #kidlitillustration

four new blog posts this week because march book reads & theatre 3x!! now back to my revised pb dummy…!! 🐰🎭✨📝🎨🤓☕️🍩 www.halthegal.art/artist-blog

happy #kidlitpostcard day! i'm hallie, and i love to use watercolours and inks and gouache and pencils and cut paper to make art that celebrates well... more art! see more of my work at halthegal.art #kidlit #kidlitart #authorillustrator #kidlitillustraiton #kidlitillustrator #happyart #mixedmedia

my fave reads of february. see all of last month’s weekly reading book review videos here, too. 🥰✨🎬📚 www.halthegal.art/artist-blog/... #artblog #bookreviews #happyreader #readwidely

hi! i’m hallie!! author-illustrator. commentator on my world-wide travels and art-scapades, & documentarian of my hopeless 💖 of live theatre. find me elbow-deep in ink & paint, or like a good introvert, with my nose stuck in a book. halthegal.art #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitart #handlettering

some gallery show opening fun. visions from friday night. www.halthegal.art/artist-blog/... #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #authorillustrator

see my fave reads of the month (& all of this month’s weekly reading book review videos) on my blog here: www.halthegal.art/artist-blog/...

the art of storytelling opens friday. think i nailed the self*portrait, tbh. 🥰✂️🖌️🖍️🫟🖋️💖 full process up at patreon.com/halthegal #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrator #selfportraitasanartist #kidlit #mixedmediaillustration #studiofunday

here’s the 🎬 process for my #kidlitart self*portrait! 🥰🩵🖍️🎨 vimeo.com/1154031559/5...

doesn’t look like much to you, maybe, but this self*portrait (in*progress, obvs.) for next month’s #artofstorytelling exhibit is exciting to me…. 🥰💜✨🎨🖌️ #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #authorillustrator #mixedmediaillustration #wip

holiday card from my literary agency. featuring a collage illustration from yours truly. 🥰💚❤️🩵💙🤍❄️🎨✂️🖍️ #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrator #collageillustration #morestoriesplease

illustration process (watercolour, ink, gouache, & colored pencil) video up on the crayon box for today’s #kidlitpostcard !! www.patreon.com/posts/144102...

happy #kidlitpostcard day! i'm hallie & i write & illustrate bbs, pbs, & mg! plz enjoy this jumbo cat (or tiny winter gal?) who both wish you a cozily splendid story-filled season of (good) dreams come true! www.halthegal.art #kidlitart #kidlitpostcardday #kidlit #humanartist #paintandink

boy oh boy it was a great weekend in the studio…. ❄️🎨🖌️✂️🖍️ #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #bookish #snowglobe #humanartist #mixedmediaillustration #feelingfestove #kidlitartist

i’m so excited to share december’s #kidlitpostcard piece!! come onnnnn thursday!!! 🥰🖋️💖📚🎨

#smallbusinesssaturday sale!! join the crayon box at 50% off your first month or 25% off an annual plan!! #happymail and LOTS of #kidlit studio fun!! 🥰🖍️💖🎀 gift yourself (or someone you love) a membership at patreon.com/halthegal today! thank you for your support! 🥹💘📬🎨📖

it's BIG crayon box discount weekend! new members: 50% off your first month or 25% off the WHOLE year! cancel anytime, and join now to get november's sticker + welcome art & sticker & next mo., a great big postcard! can't wait to send you splendid happy mail! join now at patreon.com/halthegal

took a day*venture trip to charleston yesterday to see my book*pal soman! 🥰❤️‍🔥 three autographs & an arc of YOUNG WORLD later & i’m one happy happy fangirl!! 😎🧡❣️ #yallfest #authorcommunity #youngworld #sfge #signedfirstedition #kidlit

a bit delayed, but celebrating spooky*cute year*round over here… for your entertainment, may i present: “dracula 3x.” ✂️ created with inked & stained & painted cut papers. #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitportfolio #collageillustration #kidlit #spookycute #mixedmediaillustration

monday studio view…. my “dracula 3x” pieceS coming together…! 🥰✂️🖌️✏️🎨 #wip #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #stickyfingers #mixedmediacollage #inthestudio #authorillustrator #papercollage #illustration #kidlitillustrator

happy #kidlitpostcard day!! hi! i'm hallie, a mixed-media (inks, watercolours, pencils, papers, & all the mess-making goodies) illustrator... www.halthegal.art/illustrations #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrator #kidlitpostcardday #worksonpaper #humanartist #studiomessmaker

well, at least we’re gonna make it through half of the canon this year… here’s the latest #handlettering piece in my shakespeare quote notebook for #brushupyourshakespeare2025

day thirty-one #scbwiArtober2025 : bones. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

day thirty of #scbwiArtober2025 : sleepover. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

day twenty-nine of #scbwiArtober2025 : billow www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

i’ve got three more to go, but i’ve collected a gallery of #scbwiartober2025 prompts (+ some bonus ghost bunny doodles!) here on my blog!! www.halthegal.art/artist-blog/... #scbwi #scbwiartober #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #dailydoodles #ghostbunny #kidlitillustration #spookycute #artblog

day twenty-six of #scbwiArtober2025 : pie. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt #mmmpie

day twenty-four of #scbwiArtober2025 : leaves. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

day twenty-three of #scbwiArtober2025 : tangle. seriously: is there anything worse than hangers stick together?! www.halthegal.art #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

day twenty-eight of #scbwiArtober2025 : maze. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

day twenty-two of #scbwiArtober2025 : mushroom. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

day twenty-one of #scbwiArtober2025 : calico. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

day twenty-seven of #scbwiArtober2025 : attic. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt #kidlitillustration

day twenty of #scbwiArtober2025 : harvest. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #quicksketch #dailydrawingprompt

day nineteen of #scbwiArtober2025 : mask. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #quicksketch #kidlitartist #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

yeah, i fell off the #scbwiartober2025 wagon for a bit, but what can i say? life is STRANGE. like today’s 25th prompt. 🥰✏️ www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #quicksketch #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge

day sixteen of #scbwiArtober2025 : scarecrow. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #quicksketch #kidlitartist #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration #thebirds #hitchcock

day fifteen of #scbwiArtober2025 : charm. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #quicksketch #kidlitartist #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

day seventeen of #scbwiArtober2025 : stalk. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #quicksketch #kidlitartist #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

day eighteen of #scbwiArtober2025 : perspective . www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #quicksketch #kidlitartist #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

day fourteen of #scbwiArtober2025 : burnt. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #quicksketch #kidlitartist #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

day thirteen of #scbwiArtober2025 : rustle. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #quicksketch #kidlitartist #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

day twelve of #scbwiArtober2025 : tip toe. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

day ten of #scbwiArtober2025 : twist. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

day eleven of #scbwiArtober2025 : kettle. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration

day nine of #scbwiArtober2025 : hive. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration #drawingprompt

day eight of #scbwiArtober2025 : carve. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration #drawingprompt

day seven of #scbwiArtober2025 : fuzzy. www.halthegal.art/illustrations #scbwi #artober #ghostbunny #kidlitartist #doodlebug #spooktober #sketchbook #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #spookycute #humanartist #dailydrawingchallenge #kidlitillustration #makeawish