And the wind keeps on blowing! Roaring down the chimney and rattling the windows. I’m home alone and it’s almost like having company.

So very excited to have this book in the wonderful Inclusive Books for Children shortlist! Thank you so much @nicolettejones.bsky.social for sharing - this was one of my favourite spreads I painted for this wonderful book!

Nicolette Jones@nicolettejones.bsky.social · 2y ago

Another #NewIllustrationoftheDay from the Inclusive Books for Children shortlist. By Anna Wilson from Until You Find the Sun, a story by Maryam Hassan about a child displaced from a warm country, who finds a new way to belong. The image of the crowd conveys cold but sun glimpsed ahead. Hodder 2024.

Back at work after a most incredibly relaxing actual switched off break knitting and chatting and walking and swimming and running the beautiful coast path with family. So lucky! Made this picture to celebrate this recharge time and also get me going drawing again...

If you’re a creator or work in the creative industries or otherwise have a heart, then please add your voice to this UK Gov consultation on AI and Copyright. I said ‘freelance’ for company and ‘unsure’ for super-granular legal stuff but made my voice heard. You can too. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Copyright and Artificial Intelligence

This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.

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"The ghost of this old publishing model, based on long-obsolete printing technologies, still haunts the high-tech 21st-century headquarters of our big publishing corporations." A great article by @juliangough.bsky.social on the missing books for 5-to-7-year-olds. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The invisible problem with children’s books

Julian Gough on bridging the gap between reading picture books and young fiction/chapter books

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Drawing some tiny things... in memory of Edinburgh's snowy Saturday. I just love the golden glow that shines from the buildings at this time of year in this old stony city.

Finally, we have a sprinkle of snow! I know I should just be happy we got any at all... but I always want more. And I really do wish this was the first fall of a good few months of a city under snow.

Saturday morning tiny scribbles... willing the first ice and snow warning of the year to actually bring some snow!

I've put together a #starterpack of illustrators based in, or focused on, UK publishing bsky.app/starter-pack... Do let me know if your name should be there :) #kidlit #kidlitUK #UKkidlit #kidliART #illustrator #illustrators

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By far the best way to make my life better... going out to sit in a city and draw! Particularly with lovely company. Thank goodness for turning the world into pictures - so joyful, so calming.

It's publication day for The Boy who Brought the Snow - written by Hollie Hughes, illustrated by me and published by the wonderful team at Bloomsbury! woohoo :) As someone said, let it snow!

The wonderful @shirleyhottier.bsky.social has a book coming! Can't wait. It looks beautiful.

Shirley Hottier💫 Illustrator@shirleyhottier.bsky.social · 3y ago

Sneak peak of Patrick and the Perfect Party cover! Such a fun book to illustrate thanks to Anne Wynter’s text and the great art direction of the team at Little Bee Books!

Hello Bluesky! I'm an illustrator. I mostly draw picture books and middle grade kidlit, plus some editorial, and greeting cards. Here's a piece that was just chosen for American Illustration 42.

Hello! I'm Anna, a picture book maker and designer. I love nothing more than sitting in the streets and drawing. Lovely to be here! Thank you to the wonderful @jennifermpotter.com for the invite :) Drawing is my view from my window in Edinburgh.