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From the picture book I See You See by Richard Jackson and pictures by me! Published by Atheneum books for Young Readers.

“A warm quiet ode to imagination.” - Kirkus, starred review

This picture book was a joy to illustrate. Richard Jackson had an amazing imagination himself. His manuscript was an invitation for me to use mine. I was given the freedom to explore, reflect and play. Thank you to my team at Caitlyn Dlouhy Books!! Illustrating this book was a sublime journey I will forever hold close in my heart.

~patrice

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A study for I See You See by Richard Jackson, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Finding the characters is one of my favorite parts of illustrating picture books. It may take a bit of coaxing, but they will show up. And you will recognize them immediately. ❤ ~patrice

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Thanks to the United States Post Office’s “Special Handling Guidelines,” several people shipped their babies through the mail. A bad idea, to be sure, but we kind of get it. ~ Illustration from a promo postcard. ~patrice

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Little builder building. Illustration from Remarkably You by Pat Zietlow Miller. I’m building too! I have a new website under construction. There’s so much to learn using a new website builder. It was quite puzzling at first, but slowly the pieces are falling into place.  Like my little builder, I will keep hammering away!

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Just for fun.

~patrice

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Happy Earth Day! Go outside and Play! ~patrice

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Playing, testing, trying, deleting, trying again. Yes! This is good! Oh wait, no it is not. It might be okay....yes! Procreate sketching. ~patrice

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We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.  ~ Helen Keller

patrice, procreate illustration