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 ❤️❤️

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

'Hansel and Gretel' Picture Book Due This Fall from Stephen King and Maurice Sendak https://buff.ly/42QmuL3

Studio commute. 🎿

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

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

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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Winter light.

#painting #studio #winter #light

Analogue colour correction 😅

Can I stay in bed today?

A quick trip to Toronto - always love High Park night walks ❤️

View from the studio. It’s freezing in here, don’t let the cozy vibes fool you.

Found this book at a wedt end (Toronto) coffee shop. Note the urgent handwritten note along the top.

Happy Year of the Snake! 🐍🎊

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

#ChineseNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitartist #freelanceillustrator #picturebookillustrator #boardbookillustrator

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.

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!😅