From painted to published! #childrensbooks

Momo was my first author-illustrator project 💚🫶🏼

Announcer: Let’s get ready to illustraaaaaaaate! Ding ding! I’m Airlie, author illustrator of many picturebooks including ONLY and NEITHER. I’m on a classics kick right now and I love intentional compositions and jewel tones #portfolioday

The Morristown festival of books was delightful! #picturebooks #librarylife

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Sometimes the studio gets a little… insane

They got REAL TATTOOS of my picturebook character, Neither!

Go ahead. Write down that weird idea #publishing #childrensbooks

#carlehonors @carlemuseum.bsky.social 🥹😭💚🐛😊🦋

Make what you’re drawn to! #illustration

Do you like prints of happy little misfits? www.airlieanderson.com/shop

I was invited to read at the Robbinsville library and there was a CRAFT based on my character ONLY! So great! I can’t describe how much this warms my heart ❤️💗

Ever felt like you want to be alone AND together? #onlybook

From painted to published 🥰🎨

Whimsy alert #foxillustration

Can’t stop won’t stop 💗

The magic page turn 😊

Another fun summer sketch

It’s nice to just draw whatever once in a while 😊

More highlighter drawings

This rather obscure German picturebook was a fave of mine when I was a child. It seems to have shown up in an interesting way in my current work

Another Oz one. Poppieeeeees

I’ve been doing a lot of work-in-progress videos and I guess we can’t post videos here yet? Anyway here’s a still one of Dorothy in the (California) poppies #illustration

Spending some more time in Oz today #watercolor #illustration

Thought I’d assign myself a classic to illustrate for the portfolio. Kansas/Not Kansas #dreamproject

😺 Happy Book Birthday Gatos Curiosos/Curious Cats by @airlieanderson.bsky.social😺 NEW Spanish/English bilingual editions OUT NOW ⭐📚 Cat and the kittens love to explore and play! Perfect to read to littles and introduce basic concepts! More via bio #publicationday @pubspotlight.bsky.social

Ye olde webbe syte was down, but she’s back! Ready to roll at airlieanderson.com

Still thinking about the Eric Carle museum. My artwork is in the endpapers show until November. Artwork on top is by Paloma Valdivia

Ms Rachel is going full Lorax and I am here for it

Post teaching my mind is toast, so early morning studio sessions are working. This PB idea will not let me leave it alone #picturebooks

Drawing & reading at a school visit in NYC with a quickie iced tea and indie bookstore session! 😊🫶🏼🎨📚

Kindergarten made some cats today 🐱🫶🏼

As far as I’m aware, these are my first books to be translated into Spanish, hoorayyyy!

Overheard today at school ✏️🚌 1st grade: “I need milk to survive. (Long pause) Chocolate milk.” Kindergarten: “My auntie was in the hospital because she had to have her… her independence out.”

TP roll Cats to learn about Laurel Burch 💖☮️

The toughest pencil sharpener

Time for some ROOTin TOOTin substitutin!

#independentbookstoreday was yesterday but I observed it today! @jazamstoys was PACKED and I got this sweet tote and Fluffle Bunnies, Buns Gone Bad! I also ordered #rosemarylongears by @boygirlparty and will pick it up next week. Yayyyy for #indiebookstores! #onlybook

Decompressing from all the recent travel with some craft time! Hand painted headbands for a preschool festival 🩵🫶🏼

And THEN! I got to meet up with these fine folks! 🎶tell me I’m not dreamin🎶 @studiojjk.bsky.social @raulthethird.bsky.social @hollyblack.bsky.social + the real Brian Selznick (met a pretender before 😆)

The Endpapers Show at the Eric Carle museum! I love this place! Neither’s endpapers are in it. It’ll be up til November, go check it out!

Fun trip to the Eric Carle Museum with @msshutterhoney.bsky.social to see our friend @airlieanderson.bsky.social who had a piece in the endpapers show! Plus some great music themed crafts happening in the art studio #ericcarlemuseum #pictureboks #illustration #fineart carlemuseum.org/explore-art/...

Piggie loaf pan

More about this soon but this was one of many highlights during the weekend :)

Everybody come!!

Tonight and tomorrow! Artwork from NEITHER is in this! The Open & Shut Endpapers show at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA will have a members’ preview tonight and will open to the public on April 19th. Curated by @brucehandy.bsky.social

Alert! These fun folks got real live genuine permanent tattoos of Neither! Feels like an important moment for my lil character 🐰🐤💚

Don’t quit your day dream

The original art from the endpapers of NEITHER will be on display at the Eric Carle Museum! 🐛 Check out the enlightening essay all about endpapers by curator @brucehandy.bsky.social linked in the next post 📚🎨 Show opens on 4/19 in Amherst, MA