Clive McFarland

Howdy folks! I’m so excited to share that the brilliant Nick Jonas will be reading a book I illustrated on TV tonight! Tune in to CBeebies at 6.50pm with your little ones for a very special reading of The Ballad of Cactus Joe! 🤠❤️

@oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

A pig is painting a messy picture smiling. The text reads "This is a real mess!" thought pig.

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an author and illustrator of books for kids. I'm keen to illustrate smart, quirky stories (and have a few of my own).

★ Here's more of my work: www.twofishillustration.com/my-work
➽ I'm rep'd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social.

Birding for #kidlitartpostcard! I'm Mike Petrik, author and illustrator of Picture Books, Board Books, and Graphic Novels. I'm always looking for fun new projects!

Rep'd by Teresa Kietlinski @bookmarkliterary.bsky.social
teresa@bookmarkliterary.com

Check out my work!
www.mikepetrik.com

Illustration of a tiger sitting at a desk in the middle of a room drawing a sun. Scattered on the floor around him are loose papers and sketchbooks full of scribbly drawings. On the wall there are more framed artworks and then text in the top corner that reads Eliott Bulpett, illustrator, eliottbulpett.com

hello #KidLitArtPostcard! First time doing one of these, lovely to join you all!

I would love to work on more kids publishing and editorial projects!

⭐ www.eliottbulpett.com
🌻 eliottbulpett@gmail.com

#PictureBookArt #KidLit #Illustrator

Illustration of three pterodaustros (pterosaurs from the early cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago) sitting on a gingko tree watching the sun rise.

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day!

Here we have three pterodaustros (pterosaurs from the early cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago) sitting on a gingko tree watching the sun rise.

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📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency

#kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks #sciart #paleoart

Sketchbook: doodle sketches of a duck using a multi colour pencil

Sketchbook: doodle sketches of a duck using a multi colour pencil

My new favourite pencil for doodling :) ✏️ 🦆

#kidlit #illustration #sketchbook #doodles

Sketchbook: doodle sketches of a duck using a multi colour pencil

Sketchbook: doodle sketches of a duck using a multi colour pencil

My new favourite pencil for doodling :) ✏️ 🦆

#kidlit #illustration #sketchbook #doodles

Happy #BookWeekScotland! We’re super excited that every P2 child in Scotland is receiving a copy of The Ballad of Cactus Joe. That’s a lot of books in the hands of young readers! I hope everyone enjoys the story.
Thank you @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social #readwritecount 💙

It’s been a fun week of spooky paper cut-out workshops with @librariesni.bsky.social. Here are a few of the many pictures we made.

Photo of crowd at book launch in bookshop

Books The Cloud Kingdom by Maire Zepf and Andrew Whitson

Had such a nice evening at the launch for The Cloud Kingdom at No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast last week.

It's published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social - an Irish independent publisher that makes beautiful books. Check it out!

@matthewpb.bsky.social

Book cover

“This mostly rhyming picture book has bright, eye-catching illustrations that will appeal to younger children”

m.independent.ie/life/family/...

@erikamcgann.bsky.social
@clivemcf.bsky.social

Bring back stylised exteriors created and shot on sound stages, I say...

Please vote so the book published by a 3-person Irish indie can take take the prize instead of the books from very massive publishers!

So well deserved. Voted. Good luck! 🤞

Happy publication day! 😍✨

🎉 ANOTHER PUB DAY!🎉

A new retelling of Tír na nÓg from me and Conor Busuttil, following Niamh as she learns about the beauty of being vulnerable and human.

Conor’s artwork is absolutely stunning 🌟
And thank you Huw Davies for the gorgeous animation below!

Puffling and the Stormy Sea will be published trw by @theobrienpress.bsky.social

It was a lot of fun to illustrate @erikamcgann.bsky.social ’s amazing new Puffling story 😊

I really enjoyed painting many stormy sea scenes. Using impasto, gouache, oil pastel.

#picturebook #illustration #puffin

I’ve added my name to the Children’s Authors, Illustrators, & Educators Statement on Palestine. It's crucial that voices from the world of children's literature advocate for peace & humanity.

Will you join us? 👉 statement-on-palestine.org

@joseph-nhanoreilly.bsky.social @chrishaughton.bsky.social

More than 500 children's authors, illustrators & educators have signed a statement on Palestine including @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell OBE, Lauren Child CBE & @chrishaughton.bsky.social
Find out more 👉 statement-on-palestine.org

Paper cut out illustration of a blue duck walking with a large paper marbled textured balloon.

Work in progress photo of paper cut out illustration

Happy 25th birthday to The Illustrators Guild of Ireland 🎉🥂

Thank you for a quarter century of championing Irish illustrators! Here’s to continuing advocating for illustrators as we navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing creative industry.

Happy 10th Birthday! Supporting Read Write Count and seeing our books in the hands of young children across Scotland is one of the favourite parts of my job - looking forward to them receiving The Ballad of Cactus Joe this year @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social @clivemcf.bsky.social 🌵📚 @

Grab a copy of the special Northern Ireland issue of Inis magazine.

@whackochacko.bsky.social and I talk about the importance of community and why we set up Illustrators North.

Big thanks to @childrensbooksireland.ie!

Thank you Brittany :)

Thanks Matt!

Great to see you!

Two frogs happily swimming underwater in an inky blue and green pond

Hi, I'm Clive! An Irish author/illustrator creating picture books full of colour, texture, and warmth.

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! 🐸🐸

www.clivemcfarland.com
#kidlitart #childrensbooks

A book shelf with a picture book featuring a Cactus character on the cover, a co-edition of The Ballad of Cactus Joe

Published in Scottish Gaelic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#childrensbooks #kidlit #illustration

An ink line and watercolor children’s book illustration of two dinosaurs. A baby Brachiosaurus looks up at a longer necked grown up, who is anxiously looking the other way at something off the page.

Dinos 🦕

#kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

Help spread the word, please consider leaving a review of We Leap Together on Amazon. Reviews help my book get noticed on the algorithm and my book could use all the help it can get! Thanks to everyone for your support!

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