@lefonta.bsky.social
Writing, illustrating and painting stories for our grandchild. Ich schreibe, illustriere und male Geschichen für unser Enkelchen. www.leanderfontaine.com www.instagram.com/singlenats #kidlit #kidlitart #art #childrensbook #picturebook #kinderbuch
Two more spreads for my chapter book. Now, the enchanted forest "stage sets" I painted some weeks ago are paying off. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
20.04.2025 22:01 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Couple more test layouts. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
16.04.2025 01:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Continuing to work on the layout principles for my 2nd book. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
14.04.2025 00:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
First layout idea for my second book. Text (about 40-50 text pages) right, main illustrations left. This spread is still rather poorly arranged and "naked". Will be improved and get funny marginalia. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #scbwi
08.04.2025 01:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Little UFO for my second book. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
06.04.2025 00:45 — 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The same 3 ghosts - as babies (more than 400 years ago and still pretty clean). #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
03.04.2025 23:15 — 👍 23 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
For my second book. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
03.04.2025 15:16 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Still rough and unfinished. Perhaps too desaturated (electronically). #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
01.04.2025 20:56 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One of the draft images for my second book (a chapter book for 8-10 year olds). #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
30.03.2025 23:07 — 👍 15 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Another "satellite pic" in my first kidbook. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
30.01.2025 23:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In my 1st kidbook, I have page-filling main pics illustrating the story, and "satellite pics" to explain selected elements in the text. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
30.01.2025 20:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Action sketch for my 2nd kidbook (a chapter book). Ghost dives onto another ghost (a poltergeist). Set in a dark forest. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
26.01.2025 22:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mystical tales series for adults, not for kids (most of them large format acrylic on canvas or masonite). These are about a figure called the First Hedgehog and what he experiences in a world where humans are long extinct (though their bad vibes reverberate). Will post some from time to time. #art
26.01.2025 21:38 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some elements for the forest in which the ghosts assemble. To be silhouetted and electronically placed on a background "stage". #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
25.01.2025 22:18 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Leo, when he was a puppy with an attitude. He has two little appearances as a "supporting actor" in the illustrations of my 1st book. The 1st dog we ever had who is seemingly able to read my mind. #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbook #kinderbuch #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #scbwi
24.01.2025 15:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Silly bit of tiny detail in the background. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
24.01.2025 02:50 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Character development 😜 #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
24.01.2025 02:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The very first picture I painted for our granddaughter. Meanwhile, she is close to five but still too young for it. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
23.01.2025 13:14 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Section from another large (36x48in) fairy tales for teenies painting. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
23.01.2025 02:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For a chapter book. More advanced wash (18x36in) as a starting point for a magically lit night forest, in which ghosts will meet.
#kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
Starting wash (18x36in) for a magically lit night forest, in which ghosts will meet. Coloring & detail will evolve. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
22.01.2025 20:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Your work is great!
22.01.2025 17:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This is great. Thanks, Crystal!
22.01.2025 12:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking for activities to promote your kids books? — How about a paper mobile craft?
Check out the template I made (on Canva) so you can easily add your own art for these cut-out activities.
Neat for book launches or school visits!
tinyurl.com/muv2jp43
#kidlit #kidlitart
Hello Bluesky! 👋🏻 I’m a watercolour artist & illustrator from Sweden, specializing in mysterious forests, magical skies and beings from folklore tales. ✨
You can find more of my art on www.martaleonhardt.com
#illustration #fantasyartist #watercolor #tolkien
Große Ereignisse werfen ihre Schatten voraus: BÄMM BÄMM BÄMM - verpasst nicht die Buchpremiere meiner "Dino-Detektive" am 21.3. um 16.30 im Berliner Naturkundemuseum!
@mfnberlin.bsky.social
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As an aside: One of my "fairy tales for teenies" paintings. Acrylic/canvas, 36 x 48 inches. Will be a book once I have a dozen. Currently have 9. #kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #scbwi
22.01.2025 03:06 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Initial idea on the size of a Scarynurch relative to a ghost, in which it nests to restore the scariness lost by having been laundered.
#kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
The final Scarynurch (Gruselnurch in German) character. Kept simple as in most printed pictures it will be very tiny.
#kidlit #childrensbook #childrensbooks #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
First sketch of a Scarynurch (Gruselnurch in German). Can be invited to nist under the cloth of ghosts to restore their scariness, if lost by having been laundered. #kidlit #picturebook #kinderbuch #bilderbuch #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitartpostcard #scbwi
20.01.2025 14:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
