Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! This month's theme is yourself as a child. I decided to draw one of my favorite places as a child. I love observing the tide pools at the beach. It's like discovering tiny worlds. It felt magical! 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! My name is Ana and I'm an illustrator who loves drawing bright, magical scenes. Mermaids are one of my favorite things to draw, so I had to draw a mermaid for #mermay this month. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for April's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: Hoops. I had a lot of fun drawing this circus scene, especially with their expressions. #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! My name is Ana and I'm an illustrator who loves drawing bright, magical scenes. I love drawing flowers, so I had a lot of fun with this Easter egg hunt scene for this month. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: Kaleidoscope. I reimagined Alice in Wonderland using the kaleidoscope as the starting point for her journey. I thought collage would be a great medium for this prompt. #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! This month's postcard is inspired by the artists of ancient history. Besides art, history was my favorite subject in school. I was alway fascinated by how much art can tell us about history. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! My name is Ana and I'm an illustrator who loves drawing bright, magical scenes. For this month's postcard, I drew a scene from my favorite book series growing up: The Chronicles of Narnia. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: Dream. I thought drawing a scene from "The Nutcracker" would be perfect for this prompt. #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! My name is Ana and I'm an illustrator who loves creating bright, magical scenes. This month's postcard is a companion piece to my Nutcracker postcard from last month. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! My name is Ana and I'm an illustrator who loves creating magical scenes of whimsy. I love drawing winter scenes and ballerinas, so for this month's postcard I drew the winter scene from The Nutcracker. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: Buttons. #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! My name is Ana and I'm an illustrator who absolutely loves fairytales! This month's postcard is inspired by the beautiful colors of fall. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Happy Halloween! This is the last prompt of my #kidlitartoween25 promp list: Halloween Fairytale. I had to draw my favorite scene in Alice in Wonderland! #kidlitart

Here is my 4th prompt for #kidlitartoween25 : Graveyard Ball. I turned this prompt into a book cover too. Would this be a good portfolio piece? #kidlitart

Here's my 4th prompt for @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 's #ablartfest : Chats by the Cauldron. A witchy slumber party was the first thing to pop into my head when I saw the prompt. #kidlitart

I combined "ghostly encounters" from @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 's #ablartfest , "Haunted Mansion Adventure" from my promplist #kidlitartoween25 and "perspective" from @scbwi.bsky.social 's #scbwiartober2025 . #kidlitart

Here's my second prompt for #kidlitartoween25 . I wanted to practice drawing a book cover for this and even did the lettering myself. #kidlitart

I combined this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt "Reptile" with the @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 's #ablartfest prompt "The Crystal Ball Reveals...". It's been awhile since I've done papercut art so I decided to do it for this one. #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

I combined "Fall Festivities" from @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 's #ablartfest , "Autumn Hayride" from my promplist #kidlitartoween25 and "birthmark" from @scbwi.bsky.social 's #scbwiartober2025 in this double-spread. #kidlitart

Did something for the first week of @lobomaravilha.bsky.social's #kidlitartoween25! Had so much fun working on this, the prompt was "Autumn Hayride" 👻🌽 #kidlitart #middlegradeillustration

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I love drawing anything Halloween themed! This month, I combined the postcard with today and yesterday's @scbwi.bsky.social #scbwiartober2025 prompt "night light" and "phantom". 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: Travel. #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

I created a #kidlitart drawing challenge for October. I wanted to keep it simple so it wouldn't be overwhelming to join and it could be easily combined with other prompt lists. If you'd like to join me, don't forget to use the hashtag #kidlitartoween25 .

I created a #kidlitart drawing challenge for October. I wanted to keep it simple so it wouldn't be overwhelming to join and it could be easily combined with other prompt lists. If you'd like to join me, don't forget to use the hashtag #kidlitartoween25 .

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I love drawing bright, whimsical illustrations. This month I couldn't decide between a school theme or a princess theme, so I combined the two! 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: "Mismatched". My inspiration for this month's prompt was the quote "Don't judge a book by its cover". What stories would this devious princess and sweet vampire tell? #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I love drawing bright, whimsical illustrations. This month I drew one of my favorite themes: Pirates. I especially love drawing pirate princesses. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I love mixing traditional and digital elements to create bright, whimsical illustrations. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I'm a Portuguese-American Illustrator who loves drawing bright, whimsical scenes. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Today is #kidlitartpostcard Day and the first day of #mermay! Mermaids are my favorite thing to draw, so I had to draw them for this month's postcard. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: "Astronomy". I was really excited about this topic! #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Here's my reimagining of Roger Bradfield's "There's an Elephant in the Bathtub" book cover for #vintagebookweek25 #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I love drawing bright, whimsical scenes and fairytales are one of my favorite things to draw. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: "Cycle". I decided to do something different than what I usually do and draw an educational piece of the life cycle of a frog. #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I love illustrating fun bright scenes. I love working both digitally and traditionally. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

It's the first #kidlitartpostcard Day of the year! I'm Ana and I love drawing bright, whimsical scenes with lovable characters and enchanting environments. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my illustration for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: "Ugly Sweater". #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I'm Ana and I love drawing bright, whimsical fantasy scenes. For this month, I had a lot of fun drawing a scene from The Nutcracker. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

Here is my entry for this month's @scbwi.bsky.social prompt: "Nerd". #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Ana and I'm an illustrator who loves drawing whimsical fantasy scenes. For this month's postcard I went with a classic fairytale done fully traditional. 🎨 lobomaravilhaart.wixsite.com/lobomaravilha #kidlitart

I was inspired by a picture of the Suffragette Movement to draw this for Election Day. Go out and vote! #kidlitart

Day 28-31: combining "Help!", "costume" and "candy" from #ablartfest and "spider" from #peachtober24 . I've been sick for the past few days, so I combined many prompts for the last day. Happy Halloween! #ablartfest2024 #kidlitart #peachtober @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Day 25-26: combining "lunchbox" from #ablartfest and "backpack" from #peachtober24 . #ablartfest2024 #kidlitart #peachtober @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Day 24 of #ablartfest: farm. I spent longer than I probably should have trying to see if I could get my Apple Pencil to work. Finally, I decided to do a quick traditional drawing. #ablartfest2024 #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Day 17 of #ablartfest : stubborn. My Apple Pencil has been glitching so I went traditional for this one. #ablartfest2024 #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Day 17 of #ablartfest : late. #ablartfest2024 #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Day 16 of #ablartfest : forest. I love fairytales. I love Halloween. Here is a fun mix of both. #ablartfest2024 #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Day 15 of #ablartfest : underwater. Sirens getting ready for Halloween. #ablartfest2024 #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Day 13 of #ablartfest : Dragon. I decided to do something different for this one and do papercut art. After I finished the characters and added the background and details digitally. #ablartfest2024 #kidlitart @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

I finished mailing my ballot. It's my first time voting from abroad so I'm nervous about whether it will make it in time. I didn't realize how much I'd miss getting the "I voted" sticker.