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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · 13d

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Here's a sneaky peeky from another book that's publishing soon...

#kidlitpostcard #kidlitart #childrensillistration #kidsbooks #childrensbookillustrator #southafricanillustrator #petportraits #illustratorsforhire

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am now open for #petportraits, done in my loose, painterly style. Because every pet deserves to be put on the wall and remembered forever!

Hand-panted and fun, with personality! Order via my online shop: elizabethsparg.com

#dogs #cats #pets #kidlitartist #childrensillustration #animals #art

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Jun 6

It's #kidlitpostcard day and we're having fish for dinner.

And by "we" I mean, Miss Chicken-Banana-Frog and Master Frog-Banana-Chicken.

And we can blame this wacky one on my agent Kyle @wendylynnco .

#kidlitartpostcard
#kidlitart #kidlit #dinnerfortwo #wackyillustration #foodillustration

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Apr 22

Gimme a bunny for Easter!

I'm practicing drawing toddlers and tiny tots to add to my illustration portfolio. These were the best of the bunch.

Drawn with acrylic gouache and pencils, scanned and cleaned up digitally.

#kidlit #boardbooks #kidlitart #easterbunny #childrensillustration #illustrator

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Apr 16

Finding a friendly snake!
Spotted Bush Snakes are harmless and quite cute. They are active in the day, hunt for geckos and are plentiful in bushy areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. And in my garden.

#kidlit #kidlitart #naturalhistory #nonfictionillustration #nonfiction #snakes

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Apr 15

Recent personal project - layout, illustration and hand lettering. I would love to work on a non-fiction, natural history project some day.

To see my sketches and unedited art for this: lnkd.in/gipXazx4

#kidlit #kidlitart #nonfiction #nonfictionpicturebooks #childrensillustration

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Kyle Williams @kyle-wendylynnco.bsky.social · Feb 18

@elizabethsparg.bsky.social #kidlitart #childrensbookart #illustrator

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Jan 30

Excellent! Will you be in the portfolio showcase?

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thank you!

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thank you! Are you going?

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Jan 27

Look out for my portfolio at the #scbwi New York conference this weekend. It'll be the one with all the cats on the cover! Let me know if you'll be there too. #kidlitart #kidlit #scbwiNY25

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Jan 4

Happy New Year! and a belated #artvsartist with some of my favourites from the year and my two little ratbags.
I am open for new illustration projects, small and big, from mid February. Children's books, animals/wildlife, product/packaging, pattern, etc. elizabethsparg.com #kidlitart #illustration

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Dec 17

My entries for the #picturehooks prompt "What's Inside?". In my hometown, Durban, South Africa, Vervet monkeys are incredibly common and will steal food and random stuff from your house, or while you are unpacking groceries from your car.
This monkey was very disappointed in his loot. #kidlitart

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Dec 13

Getting into the Christmas spirit with these quick sketchbook doodles. #kidlitart #illustration #santa

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Dec 2

First prompt for #theimaginedbookcover2024.
Story idea: The King places an order for a new crocodile to guard his castle. The croc he is sent, turns out not to be very brave at all & not good at his job. The King has to decide whether he will keep him or send him back. #kidlitart #kidlit #bookcover

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Nov 20

I hope I'm not too late. Would love a portfolio review from you! Elizabethsparg.com

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Nov 20

Two little sketches I made for my latest blog post now up on my website and Substack: "Overcommitted, flip-flops and other news". #kidlit #kidlitart #sketches

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Nov 20

Good question. I've been wondering the same for #scbwiportfolioshowcase . I'm thinking of using portrait format and having a double page spreads literally go across both pages in the flip file (with a small gap in tje gutter). #scbwi #kidlitart

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Nov 7

Your textures are beautiful. 😍

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Nov 7

Hi! This #kidlitpostcard day I'm sharing a new piece from a personal project.
I'd love to work on humorous stories featuring animals or scenes which lend themselves to painterly backgrounds, in both fiction and non-fiction.
#kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #childrensillustration #scbwiillustrators

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Nov 2

Book Three in The Bundu Bunch Series for author, Allan Low, is off to the printer next week! Can you guess which classic stories these kids are reading?
#coverillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #picturebookillustration #bookcover #kidlit #childrensillustration #africanstories

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Oct 22

Sketches
#kidlitart #childrensillustration #kidlit

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Oct 22

Experimenting with the art for a new story idea.

#kidlitart #kidlit #childrensillustration

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Oct 1

Childhood memories illustrated.

I remember getting up to go to the loo in our beach cottage one night and seeing a giant rat saunter past!
The cottage was unoccupied most of the year. Rats and cockroaches were just part of the holiday experience.

#kidlitart #childrensillustration #kidlit

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Elizabeth Sparg @elizabethsparg.bsky.social · Sep 5

For this month's #kdlitpostcard day, I am sharing another scene from "The Secret Garden" (personal work). This is the scene in Colin's room where Mary introduces him to Dicken, who comes with a bunch of friendly creatures in tow!
#kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #kidlit #middlegradebooks

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