I don't paint because I think I'm good at it, I paint because it makes me FEEL better. And I hope when you see it, even if it's just for a moment, it makes you feel better too. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🎨🖌️ #Acrylic #Paint #Swing #Outside #Nature #Outdoors 

#scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis August 2026 prompt: tropical 

Mud cookies, anyone? #Mud #Imagination #Cookies #MudPie #PlayKitchen #Nature #Outdoors #PretendPlay

JULY 2026 prompt: JAM #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis #kidlit #kidlitart

#kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #pencil #doodle #sketch #spooky #Halloween #moon #skull

JUNE 2026 prompt: COLLAGE #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis #kidlit #kidlitart

#KidLit #KidLitIllustration #KidLitArt #KidLitIllustrator #PB #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #dance #ballerina #spooky #Halloween #skeleton #sketch #doodle #pencil

MAY 2026 prompt: SEA CREATURE #scbwi #scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #Acrylic #SeaCreature

Rainy days are the best! #KidLit #KidLitArt #Frog #Rain #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #PB

Butterflies are drinking from the stream. #Nature #Outside #Outdoors #Stream #Butterfly

I am built to climb

Just got done painting two mud kitchens today. #Outside #Outdoors #MudKitchen #Imagination #ImaginationStation #AcrylicPaint #PalletProject #PretendPlay #PlayStation #Cooking #CookingOutside #CookingWithKids

Making this mud kitchen was so much fun!!!! These are the best toys ever. Keeps kids outside in the sun, digging in the dirt, and helps them learn to cook. #MudKitchen #AcrylicPaint #Outdoors #Outside #Imagination #PretendPlay #OutdoorCooking #PalletProject

April 2026 prompt: HOOPS #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis

I will paint anything. #Whimsical #Imagination #Play #PlayStation #Paint #Acrylic #Woods #Forest #Nature #Outside #Outdoors

#KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Halloween #Spooky #OldHouse #scbwi #scbwiillustrators

#scbwi #scbwiillustrators #scbwidrawthis April 2026 prompt: HOOPS

I asked my son how my audience was coming along. He said he liked the three invisible guys. I laughed and told him I hadn't drawn them yet. #KidLit #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #PictureBook #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #Mummy #Vampire #Werewolf #Pumpkin #Witch #Zombie #Skeleton #ghost #Halloween

Every green leaf calls me into the forest 🍃💚

What inspires you? #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #Fiction #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #Pencil #Sketch #Doodle

#Spooky #OldHouse #KidLit #Halloween #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #Haunted #Creepy #Cobweb #Spiderweb

#Aquarium #Art #Beach #Sea #Ocean #Beauty #Beautiful #OceanLife #TigerFish

#Spooky #Halloween #House #SpookyHouse #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #Spider #Skull #PictureBook #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators

#Dandelion #Puffball #Outside #Outdoors #Spring #Nature #Flowers #Wildflowers #Phlox

#Sketch #Pencil #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #Witch #Halloween #Dancer #Ballerina #Cat #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

March 2026 prompt: kaleidoscope #scbwidrawthis #scbwi #scbwiillustrators

#WritingCommunity #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #Halloween #Ballerina #Werewolf #BloodMoon #FullMoon #scbwi #scbwiillustrators #AmWriting #Acrylic #AcrylicPainting

#Werewolf #Ballerina #BloodMoon #FullMoon #Halloween #KidLit #KidLitIllustrator #KidLitIllustration #PictureBook #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #scbwi #scbwiillustrators

Sometimes all you need is sunshine and a paintbrush 🎨🖌️ #Paintbrush #Paint #Acrylic #AcrylicPainting #Outdoors #Outside #Sunshine

And just think of all the wonders we must pass every day without even noticing. #Spider #Frog #PrayingMantis #Forest #Woods #Outside #Outdoors #Nature