"The Wolf Tree" painted with watercolor and gouache in a Pentalic sketchbook.

Sketchbook page: great blue heron (watercolor, ink) and black-throated blue warbler (watercolor, gouache) #watercolor #sketchbook #pentalic

Digital inking practice--I'm pretty happy with the result. #comic #inking #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #gator

I'll be signing books at the Stamford Children's Book Festival this Sunday 5/17. Please stop by! #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #childrensbooks #author

Here's my #KidLitArtPostcard for May. #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #dinosaur #picturebook

My book deal with Charlesbridge Publishing was just announced in Publishers Weekly. I added the octopus to the notice... #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbook #octopus

Time for another #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #kidlitartist #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration

Razzle was a stray from Texas. The rescue organization sent her by bus to Connecticut. I've always pictured her taking a Greyhound bus for her big trip. #illustration #comic #dog #drawing

I painted this after reading about Veronika, the Austrian cow who's the first known tool-using bovine. She's been observed using rakes, sticks, and deck brushes to scratch herself. #illustration #cow #inkdrawing #watercolor #pentalic #pentalicaquajournal #aquajournal #aquarelle #penandink

Doggie jacket. Ink and watercolor. #illustration #pentalic #pentalicaquajournal #aquajournal #watercolor #aquarelle #penandink #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #instaart

A wintry scene for a winter day. Pencil with digital color. #illustration #picturebook #fox #tree #kidlit #kidlitart #drawing

Inspired by true events. Ink and watercolor in a Pentalic Aqua Journal. #pentalic #pentalicaquajournal #aquajournal #watercolor #aquarelle #penandink #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram #instaart #illustration #drawing #dog

A B&W piece for #KidLitArtPostcard . Ink, watercolor, digital. #drawing #inkdrawing #illustration #dinosaur #paleontology #picturebook

Happy New Year! Ink, watercolor, mixed media. #illustration #traditionalart #kidlitart

"A Trip to the Art Museum." Ink, watercolor, digital color. #drawing #illustration #inkdrawing #kidlit #kidlitart

Grouper. Scratchboard with digital color. Done in one of my traditional illustration classes as a demo. #illustration #inkdrawing #scratchboard #fish #drawing

Grand Moff Tarkin, commander of the Death Star. Acrylic, done as a class demo. #acrylic #illustration #starwars

Here's a nonfiction entry for #KidLitArtPostcard #illustration #picturebook #childrensbook #octopus

Watercolor study of a happy little tree. Done as a class demo. #watercolor #watercolorpainting #watercolorsketch #tree

"Scream," a class demo. Mixed media. #illustration #inkdrawing #traditionalart

Here's November's #kidlitartpostcard #illustration #picturebook #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbook

Creepy ink doodles with different pen nibs. My favorite nibs are the Hunt 101 and the Brause "Blue Pumpkin." #inkdrawing #drawing #illustration

A witch for the spooky season. Ink and watercolor. #witch #cat #illustration #kidlitart #inkdrawing

"Cabinet of Curiosities." Pen & ink with digital wash. Inspired by the Old State House in Hartford, CT. #illustration #drawing #inkdrawing

Time for another #KidLitArtPostcard !

My sketchbook pages can seem kinda random. I guess they are.

I recently visited the Park Art program at Real Art Ways (in Hartford, CT) to do a reading of "All the Birds in the World" and draw some birds (and feathered dinosaurs) with the kids. It sure was fun--thank you Real Art Ways for inviting me!

It's World Ocean Day! #worldoceanday #worldoceansday

Time for another #KidLitArtPostcard

Time for another #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart