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Marie-Laure Couët

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Illustrator & designer 🌈 she/elle Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI Canada East Représentante comité des régions Illustration Québec BUTTERFLY SEA, Tielmour Press 2025 https://MarieLaureCouet.myportfolio.com #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #NoAI

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 5d

Rejoignez-nous le 15 novembre pour un excellent exercice de narration par le hasard. Enseigné par illustratrice, Natali de Mello, et ouvert à tous/toutes à tous les niveaux !

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 5d

Join us on November 15th for an excellent exercise in storytelling through chance and flow. Taught by published illustrator, Natali de Mello, and open to everyone at any level!

#kidlit #kidlitart #cankidlit @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social #illustration @illustrationquebec.bsky.social

From Blotches to Stories: Overcoming the Fear of the Blank Page

In this two-hour workshop, author-illustrator Natali de Mello will give us ideas for overcoming the fear of the blank page. Participants will discover how spontaneous marks can spark both illustratio...

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for the advice! That's so smart.

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 16d

My first book is coming out in December. Cover reveal coming soon!

Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 16d

I’ve seen the cover art and it’s GORGEOUS! I’m so excited to share the cover reveal with you all. 🎉 🦋 🌊 🐚 🌼 🏴‍☠️ 🧜‍♀️ #libsky #edusky #cankidlit #kidlitmegafeed Thank you, @marielaurecouet.bsky.social 🙏🏼

@tielmourpress.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social

Poster with blue butterfly on pink background with publishers marketplace announcement for Butterfly Sea, a picture book by Cynthia Mackey and Marie-Laure Couët

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 22d

Hey #kidlit illustrators!

We’re beginning to think through a mythology-themed beginning-reader series. I'm looking for someone w/ a commercial/punchy, character-forward style who can breath life into ancient lore.

Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.

💙❤️ #artcommissions

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 19d

I highly recommend Fred Jourdain in Montréal for prints but I suspect he might a bit too far for your needs!

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 24d

Your last paragraph, especially, is poetry and resonates deeply.

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 24d

"As an adult I’m still gripped by the persistent sense that I’m running out of time, but I’ve learned to flip that fear around, look through it from the other end, and understand it instead as a love for being alive."

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 24d

"Sometimes I hold my head and try to fit my life into the space between my hands — it doesn’t seem like there’s enough room."

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 26d

Yeeeessss. I'm here for this! marielaurecouet.myportfolio.com Thanks for putting out the call, Brian.

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 27d

Hey #kidlit illustrators, it has been a few months (a lot going on this year) but I’ll be posting an open call for samples tomorrow. Stay tuned!

💙❤️

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 26d

I was told by my kids' school that they use ay eye to write in sentences the notes that they take regarding each student's progress in school to send to the parents. I really tried to read to the end but it was all blocks of text that did not hold my attention or interest, devoid of personality.

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Sep 8

Showed my pencil sketches to my 8 year old. Same assessment. I love it. Pure reaction, no filter.

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Sep 5

Send me an email at canadaeast-ic AT scbwi DOT org with your name (that your membership is listed under) and I'll check to see whether you qualify! And whether we sent you the email, of course.

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thank you for the repost!

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Sep 5

Are you a Published And Listed SCBWI member living in Canada East? If so, please check your email about joining our list of PALs offering workshops. You don't offer workshops? Maybe you should! It's paid and we want to learn from you! We're especially looking for illustrators! #kidlit #cankidlit

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks! It's just two colors in gouache!

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wow. I love this angle!

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Sep 4

On time for #kidlitartpostcard day! I work both digitally and traditionally and I was recently told my style resembles Chagall and Kandinsky. I'll take it! Do you have a story you want to tell with wild emotion? If you're looking to bounce ideas around, I'm available for a chat.

September 2025 postcard for #kidlitartpostcard day. The illustration is painted in gouache in muted reds and greens of a scene by the bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. There are two kids on the edge of the water looking out to sea. In the foreground there are boulders and rocks and seaweed and sand.

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Aug 31

Well that's a bit unfortunate. I know what they want to say but the f on fizz reads like something else... 😂

Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Aug 30

Wild type treatment in the wild. Had to grab a shot of this one at our home exchange this weekend. Took a moment to read it correctly. This is what I mean when I say I like when designers make me work for it. What do you think? Annoying or great?

#typography #design #graphicdesign #designer

A photo of a picture frame and baby hands next to it. In the frame is a type design of the words Oh my gosh! in fat bubble letters, bubblegum pink face, red extrusion, on flat grassy green background. The letters are a bit jumbled and distorted.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · Aug 29

Somehow I missed this post lol... anyway, I'll be presenting at PYI!

#PYI2025 #kidlit #kidlitart

The Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illust & Performers. @canscaip.bsky.social · Aug 18

PYI sessions

Charlene Chua presents LOOK, AND LOOK AGAIN

Register: canscaip.org/PYI-Conference

#PYI2025

PYI sessions

Charlene Chua presents LOOK, AND LOOK AGAIN

Register: https://canscaip.org/PYI-Conference

#PYI2025

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Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · Aug 29

Who here knows how to market a picture book? What's worked for you? What has failed? What did you just really love doing and what will you never to again? Is there a hashtag I can use to share our collective wisdom with the community?

#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #illustration #cankidlit

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Words of Type @wordsoftype.com · Aug 22

IN 2 WEEKS
WoT Conversation Ep. 5
Academic research in typography
with Sofie Beier, Ann Bessemans, Gerry Leonidas, Min-Young Kim, Ferdinand Ulrich

Sept. 5, 2025
2 - 3:30 PM CEST
FREE EVENT
Members: RSVP on the community and join the Q&A
Non-members: watch the live broadcast on our YouTube channel!

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