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#DearBannedAuthor
Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, the authors of And Tango Makes Three (and Henry Cole, the fabulous illustrator @henrycoledraws )
I love this book ❤️ Sweet picture book about love and family (a true story!)
#booksunbanned✨
Irish Americans invented St. Patrick’s Day🍀in response to nativism and xenophobia. “The holiday also spread by becoming a means for all Americans to become Irish for the day. The shared sense of being Irish, of wearing green and in some way marking March 17, has resulted in…1/3
For #showtember #kidlitartist
I thought I’d show some of my works-in-progress.
This one still needs more layers.
Maybe furniture and a rug?
What else?
#kidlitartists
#illustrators #scbwiillustrator #kidlitart
@shel_kemper
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationoftheday
(I am definitely not a night owl! I think my brain goes to around 50% capacity after the sun goes down! 🥱😴🤤)
But I think I need to layer in some more fun items…
A breakfast croissant?
For #showtember #kidlitartist
I thought I’d show some of my works-in-progress.
Day 4 is “bright.”
Initially from the #scbwiArtober prompt “broom” and wanting to play around with effect I got with “full moon,” I thought of night owls 🦉…up and starting their day at moonrise.
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And then it really felt like there were multiple conversations happening.
Is it done?
I’m not sure.
Or does it need even more creatures congregating in the moonlit sea?
#kidlitartists
#illustrators #scbwiillustrator #kidlitart
@shel_kemper
BUT generally you shouldn’t show ppl smoking in #kidlitart, so I played around with pipes that blew bubbles, but ultimately ditched that idea and gave my sailor some noisy crow friends.
…an octopus drawing with 🐙ink, “crows” was another prompt, and for “full moon” I did a sailor on the sea at night.
So I combined my octopus and my sailor and added a whale… so the spread started to feel more like scene.