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Sandra Dumais
@sandradumais.bsky.social
She / Elle ✨

Artist / illustrator / writer / goofball making books, paintings and comics in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal 📚

Owlkids Books Oct 25 Bear and the Mountain 🐻⛰️

Zine / Comic workshops in schools ✨

❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈❤️

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Wonderful series of workshops last week. During “Faisons des faces” (“Making Faces”), the kids learn how to really look at a face and draw what they see. Also, we make silly faces at each other. These little buddies were in grade 1, I saw 7
classes in 2 days ❤️❤️
February 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Congrats to my main man @sylvaindumais.bsky.social - a fabulous job on this show about Jean-Marc Vallée at Centre Phi 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 congrats to the whole team - SO touching. #jeanmarcvallee #centrephi #phicenter #montrealart
February 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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'Hansel and Gretel' Picture Book Due This Fall from Stephen King and Maurice Sendak https://buff.ly/42QmuL3
February 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Studio commute. 🎿
February 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Books are lifesaving.

Research shows that when schools offer inclusive reading materials, LGBTQ+ students report feeling safer and better mental health outcomes.

When provided with a wide variety of books, youth are Empowered by Reading: uniteagainstbookbans.org#white-paper #UniteAgainstBookBans
February 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Feeling gray, feeling blue.

(Not really, other than the end of the flu / end of democracy, I’m ok!)

I have really fallen head over heels for #holbein #acrylagouache paints. They take awhile to get a hang of but yowzas #amiright ?

#illustration #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration #author
February 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Did you know you can MUTE names/words, temporarily or permanently? Detach your post if someone quote-posts you & you don't like it? Limit who can reply to posts?

Learning how to curate what you see/don't see can have a HUGE effect on your Bluesky experience:
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e. Control What You Do (& Don't) See - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish
Cover-Moderation-Preview-v3-flat-1024.jpg Tips On How To Curate What You See (and Don't See) on Bluesky INDEX Impersonator accounts Muting and Blocking How To Block Someone Muted words and tags(https…
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February 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
February 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Analogue colour correction 😅
February 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Can I stay in bed today?
February 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A quick trip to Toronto - always love High Park night walks ❤️
February 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
View from the studio. It’s freezing in here, don’t let the cozy vibes fool you.
February 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Found this book at a wedt end (Toronto) coffee shop. Note the urgent handwritten note along the top.
January 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Happy Year of the Snake! 🐍🎊

Apparently, the snake symbolizes intelligence, wisdom, and charm!

#ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitartist #freelanceillustrator #picturebookillustrator #boardbookillustrator
January 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Working away on finals for my picture book Bear and the Mountain (Oct 2025 Owlkids Books).

Its painted in gouache with little elements of collage. Having so much fun with this medium.
January 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Working on next fundraiser for the beloved dogs of DAR Animal Rescue! Each donation gets a link to a personalized dog-en-tine, and one entry to a draw to win a print of this poster below! I’ll figure out all my links and stuff and share with all y’all!😅
January 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM