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When the person who inspired your picture book main character wants to mount a sculpture of said main character on their house, you don't argue. I've been working on a turnaround of Mr. Thatcher so that Ryan at @epscreations can carve a 3D version. Swipe left to see the profile view. . . . #kidlitart #illustration #illustrator #kristinwauson #mrthatchershouse #rabbit #childrensbookillustration #amdrawing #sketchbook #turnaround #drawingtime #drawn #kidlit #kidlitillustration #picturebooks #characterturnaround #characterdesign #charactersketch #picturebookartist #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator #sketchbooking #childrensbooks #illustratorsofinstagram #rabbitsofinstagram #digitaldrawing #wacomcintiq (at Dripping Springs, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ngTKYHo-E/?igshid=3fiebcys4jso

I didn’t have a lot of new finished work to pull from for #ArtvsArtist this year since I can’t show all of the new stuff I did for my picture book dummy, but I did include my grid from the last two years at the suggestion of my friend @createdby_tanniesmith because I love to see how art evolves over time. . . . #artvartist ##kidlitart #illustration #illustrator #kristinwauson #childrensillustration #kidlit #childrensillustrator #kidlitillustrator #kidlitillustration #instaart #instaartist #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #picturebookillustration #picturebookart #draweveryday #digitalillustration #illustratorsoninstagram #illustagram #kidlitillustrator #kidlitartist #artvsartist2019 #artvartist2019 #picturebookartist (at Dripping Springs, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B31-MA3n51z/?igshid=10iqh6x8772bt

7/100 #The100DayProject Friends who read together, stay together. What do you think they’re reading? #draw100somethings #100dayproject #crittersandkiddos #sketchbooking #amdrawing #drawingtime #drawingchallenge #notinktober #foxesofinstagram #fairytaleforest #kristinwauson #illustrationsofinstagram #illustragram #illustratorsoninstagram #childrensbooks #childrensillustration #childrensbookillustrator #woodlandcreatures #readtogether #readingismagic #characterdesign #colerase #drawn #pencilsketch (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3VQF19nzr_/?igshid=1ixgo87ez3vxb

Day 5/100 Sometimes a donut can buy you a friend for life. . . . #crittersandkiddos #the100dayproject #100dayproject #kristinwauson #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #kidlitartist #sketching #sketchbook #kidsandpets #colerase #dailydoodleseries #sketchaday #draw100somethings #characterdesign #charactersketch #childrensillustration #colerasepencil #drawingchallenge #dailydrawing #drawing #sketchbooking #draweveryday #amdrawing #drawingtime #illustatorsofinstagram #childrensillustrator #raccoon #donutsforlife (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B29fzaGHLEQ/?igshid=aspvx2r6v8op

Day 2/100 If only I had a giraffe. #shortgirlproblems 🦒 What would you do if you had a giraffe as a pet? . . . #crittersandkiddos #the100dayproject #100dayproject #kristinwauson #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #kidlitartist #sketching #sketchbook #kidsandpets #colerase #dailydoodleseries #sketchaday #draw100somethings #characterdesign #charactersketch #childrensillustration #colerasepencil #drawingchallenge #dailydrawing #drawing #sketchbooking #draweveryday #amdrawing #drawingtime #illustatorsofinstagram #childrensillustrator #giraffe (at Dripping Springs, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2oqOQnnw0r/?igshid=isf7ucf7xd3n

One day I'll look back on this moment and say, "It seemed like a good idea at the time." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 2019 was going to be the year that I finished all 31 days of #inktober, but the closer it gets the more I get the feeling that it's not for me this year. So, I offer this instead. Are you planning to participate in Inktober? Are you doing something else? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Day 1/100 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #crittersandkiddos #the100dayproject #100dayproject #kristinwauson #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #kidlitartist #sketch #sketchbook #monkey #kidsandpets #colerase #dailydoodleseries #sketchaday #draw100somethings #characterdesign #charactersketch #childrensillustration #colerasepencil #draw🎨 #drawingoftheday #drawing #drawn #draweveryday #amdrawing #drawingtime #illustratedart #childrensillustrator https://www.instagram.com/p/B2iYK8bnLyR/?igshid=19xx4fjrqtkl1

Emily Post says, “make your visit short and sweet.” But I think if your visit can’t be short, it should probably be extra sweet. Besides, any witch worth her sugar would never dream of arriving for a visit empty-handed. . . . #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #picturebookillustration #picturebooks #candywitch #kristinwauson #mrthatchershouse #characterdesign #digitalartist #digitalpainting #fairytale #hanselandgretel #fairytaleillustration #gingerbread #gingerbreadman #instaillustrator #instaillustration #childrensillustration #illustratorsofinstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #rabbit #emilypost #bookdummy (at Bee Cave, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz8_8XFn5Kh/?igshid=yc6llkgnfjic

It’s so thrilling when you’ve been working on a story for so long, to finally get to meet the characters you imagined and you just want to tell them how much you already loved them even before they were born. 😂 Here is a little glimpse of a work in progress for my book dummy. Having so much fun with this one. . . . #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #picturebookillustration #picturebooks #candywitch #kristinwauson #mrthatchershouse #characterdesign #digitalartist #digitalpainting #colour_collective #fairytale #hanselandgretel #fairytaleillustration #gingerbread #gingerbreadman #instaillustrator #instaillustration #childrensillustration #illustratorsofinstagram #illustratorsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcJcUHH7Eb/?igshid=1wj197fi9hptg

Some last minute endpapers for my portfolio that also happens to work for this weeks’s Colour Collective. 🍄 #fairytale #illustration #endpapers #picturebookillustration #illustrationportfolio #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustrator #kristinwauson #bookillustration #childrensbookart #instaillustration #illustratorsofinstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #fairytaleillustration #glassslipper #frogprince #poisonedapple #childrensbookart #scbwiillustrators #scbwiart #scbwiaustin19 #scbwiaustin #colour_collective (at Dripping Springs, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxdQfqTH4Cv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zkjsdu26euao

And then there were three! Welcome to the world Toothiana, Guardian of Memories. She’s all ready to join her friends Jack Frost and Sandy for the silent auction at SCBWI Austin 2019. 🧚🏻‍♂️ #kidlitart #kidlit #riseoftheguardians #toothiana #williamjoyce #guardiansofchildhood #theguardiansofchildhood #picturebookcharacter #characterdesign #kokeshidoll #kokeshi #pegdolls #childrensbookart #fairiesarereal #thetoothfairy #toothfairy #picturebookart #childrensbooks #fairytales #scbwiillustrators #scbwiart #scbwiaustin #scbwi (at Dripping Springs, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxVk3B2nEdZ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vbcdclmpc8sm

The sleepy little fellow’s name was Sanderson Mansnoozie. You may know him better as the Sandman. But he began his journey as just plain Sandy, and this is how he came to be. 😴 I took an analog day today because the thunderstorms had me nervous that my electronics were going to get fried. So now, kokeshi #1, Sanderson Mansnoozie is ready for the SCBWI silent auction. . . . #sandman #kidlitart #scbwiaustin #scbwiaustin19 #thesandman #williamjoyce #guardiansofchildhood #sandersonmansnoozie #riseoftheguardians #kokeshidoll #picturebooks #pegdolls #kidlitcrafts #characterdesign #childrensbooks #theguardiansofchildhood #picturebookillustration #scbwiillustrators #scbwiart #scbwi #kristinwauson (at Bee Cave, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwprdbbncit/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hca38l8gfxxd

Here is the next installment in my Diana Kennedy project. (Swipe to see both halves of the spread.) 🏝 When Diana was a child growing up near London, her Aunt lived in Jamaica. She would drop in from time to time, bringing treats from the islands, which Diana and her sister loved. 🥭🍍🥥 . . . #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #illustrator #kristinwauson #smartdummieschallenge #digitalpainting #dianakennedy #foodanthropology #historicalillustration #nonfictionpicturebook #nonfictionillustration #foodhistory #womeninfood #womenchefs #picturebookbiography #picturebookillustration #instaillustration #instaillustrator #childrensbookart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #authorandillustrator #childrensbookstagram (at Dripping Springs, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwkjUiNHD14/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n8eirgs51u8d

Here is the next installment in my Diana Kennedy project. (Swipe to see both halves of the spread.) 🏝 When Diana was a child growing up near London, her Aunt lived in Jamaica. She would drop in from time to time, bringing treats from the islands, which Diana and her sister loved. 🥭🍍🥥 . . . #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #illustrator #kristinwauson #smartdummieschallenge #digitalpainting #dianakennedy #foodanthropology #historicalillustration #nonfictionpicturebook #nonfictionillustration #foodhistory #womeninfood #womenchefs #picturebookbiography #picturebookillustration #instaillustration #instaillustrator #childrensbookart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #authorandillustrator #childrensbookstagram (at Dripping Springs, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwkjOzWHDNY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=myaiv88v1424

Here’s a small section of a #wip I have been working on for the last several weeks. Trying to finish it so it can be included in my portfolio for the #scbwiaustin 2019 conference. 😊 I did the original sketch for this one in Procreate and then painted it on my new cintiq when it arrived. Although finding a new workflow has been challenging, it has been really fun trying out all the new Kyle T. Webster brushes that now come with Photoshop. For those working in Photoshop, what are your favorite Kyle T. Webster brushes? . . . #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #illustrator #kyletwebster #photoshop #digitalpainting #instaillustration #instaillustrator #artistsofinstagram #cintiqpro #childrensbookillustration #picturebookillustration #nonfictionpicturebooks #smartdummieschallenge #dianakennedy #picturebookbiography #historicalillustration #digitalillustration #instaart #instaartist #illustrationprocess ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (at Bee Cave, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwcIGxpHLg2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=198cc0yeh3po

Had a little fun with these Star Wars themed notes to surprise my 4th grader who is taking the STAAR test next week. Hopefully he gets a kick out of them. 🥰 #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #illustrator #sketch #starwars #yoda #staartest #encouragement #standardizedtesting #masteryoda #draw🎨 #drawingoftheday #drawing #drawn #draweveryday #amdrawing #drawingtime #kristinwauson #colerase #lovenotes #starwarsfans #fanart #starwarsfanart #sketching #testmotivation #staar (at Bee Cave, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv4ZjcOnQY5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q5pf86y2zzxr

Today I’m planting some seeds and tending to my garden. It’s hard to motivate yourself to do this work when you can’t see what’s developing beneath the surface, and it seems like nothing is happening. But one day a little green shoot will poke up through the dirt and it will all be worth it. 🌱 What are your tips for maintaining a mailing list and addressing postcards? One of these days I’m going to start printing labels instead of handwriting them. It always seems like such a long, slow process of checking the list and evaluating who is a good fit for my work. I know it’s important, but I always procrastinate this part because I’d rather be drawing. 😭 . . . #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #illustrator #selfpromotion #postcards #kristinwauson #artpromotion #childrensbookillustration #illustratorsofinstagram #owlillustration #digitalpainting #digitalillustration #ipadpro #applepencil #procreateapp #procreateart #illustrated #scbwiillustrators #childrensillustration #fantasyillustration #childrensbookillustrator #childrensillustrator #kidlitillustration #kidlitartists #smartdummieschallenge #illustragram #visiblewomen #fantasyart #owlsofinstagram (at Bee Cave, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu9AU-Cn2YM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13x4iy7oo707i

I always enjoy seeing everyone’s #artvsartist posts, but am just getting around to posting mine. Swipe to see the one I posted last year. 😊 I love comparing to see progress. . . . #illustrator #illustration #kidlitart #kidlitartist #artistsoninstagram #artvartist #artvsartist2019 #artistsofinstagram #instaart #instaartist #digitalart #watercolor #digitalpainting #procreateapp #kristinwauson #madmomstudio #picturebookart #picturebookillustration #womenillustrators #snowwhite #procreateartist #childrensbookillustration #childrensillustration #authorillustrator #smartdummieschallenge #visiblewomen https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6an0vHGQi/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19chhaawmt032

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