Lauren Tregenza

What are these prompt cards? They look fun!

A spooky cat channeling the power of the moon. Watercolour and coloured pencil on paper.

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

A spooky cat for October.

Lauren-e-tregenza.com
#kidlit #childrensbookillustration

Yes I experienced this as well. If your work 'illustrated' the idea/concept you were not exploring your work deeply enough. I definitely questioned this at the time.

I have a delfonics pouch! Love it as a small, compact option.

Street corner sketch of Kensington Market in Toronto.

Kensington Market sketch meetup. It was so fun to reconnect with familiar faces and a few new ones! The Sunday vibes were feeling just right 😊

@usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social #urbandrawing #outdoorsketching

#folktaleweek day 4 - #TRAIL
“Tree Fairy wandered on and then noticed a trail of seeds. She followed them all the way to the bottom of a large tree…”
#kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweektrail #folktaleweek2024 #childrensbooks #picturebookillustration

This wintry snap is continuing here in the UK…
#snowghost, written by #to Mitton, published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
#illustration #kidlit #picturebooks #illustrator

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard, it's been a while! I'm Angela, illustrator and author. This is one of my favorite spreads from my graphic novel, LU AND REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY. I want to draw your covers and interior illustrations!

www.angela-hsieh.com
Rep'd by @jenazantian.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Evie, an author and illustrator living in Madison, WI. I am looking for agent representation and am open to picture books, black and white interiors, and covers!
#kidlit #kidlitart

Sketchbook spread depicting watercolour sketches and composition ideas

Messy sketches, figuring out potential new composition ideas. Kids are excited to go back to school, but there is so much newness - new friends, new lessons. Sometimes they seem quite lost. It's amazing to watch confidence grow and to be a support in that growth.
#journal #kidlitart #teacher

I’ve tried jelly gouache for the first time!! It’s fun but I need more practice 😂

Another fun paper cut! 🤭 #papercutart

A children's book illustration featuring a child out for a play with their pet dog.

Another #kidlitartpostcard 🌻

This little scene was sitting in my sketchbook for ages. Painting animal characters is so fun! I am excited to get into some autumn themed illustrations throughout the month.

#kidlitart #dogwalker

She was watching birds!! 🐦‍⬛
#kidlitart

A colourful scene painted in gouache depicting two rabbits touching noses.

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I am an illustrator working in traditional watercolour and gouache. I love painting subjects inspired by moments and memories outdoors.

🖌️ Seeking representation
🖌️ Available for work

Lauren-e-tregenza.com
latregenza@gmail.com
#kidlitart #storybook #rabbits

Big discoveries for #KidLitArtPostcard day! Hi, I’m Chris a picture book illustrator. If you are curious you can dig into thornockstudios.com or contact my agent: Lori Steel – steelworksliterary.com
#illustrator #kidlitart #dinosaurs #fossildig

Nice work! I love to see repairs to gear.

Sketchbook spread showing a drawing in ink and a few colored bits done with markers, of my friend at the table on a terrace, and people in the background. Written text: lunch & sketch with Zeynep

Sketchbook spreads with four sketches of people on the train, done in ink and with pencil. Descriptive written text: Staring out the window Staring at the phone Staring at someone else Looking around her

Seeing all the posts by people at the Urban Sketching Symposium gave me a little FOMO. A day in Rotterdam with my artsy friend Zeynep, with good talks, tasty food, and sketching together, cured me of it.
What can you do this week to spark creative connections close to home?

How magical is this glowing rabbit by Rae Ritchie (rep'd by Jennifer Nelson Artists)? 🤩

Check out this artist's #portfolio 👉 childrensillustrators.com/RaeRitchie/p...

#kidlitart

Children must grow up to respect the natural world!

Doggy in gouache.

Meow

Sunflower using negative space

This was such a fun exercise to loosen up with character/ shape creation. Minimal and confident marks - it's interesting how little detail you have to add to bring a shape to life. #kidlitart #studies

10 min sketch of a water fountain near the beaches in Toronto. Watercolour and brush pen.

Sketching under the watchful eye of a Cormorant. He kept diving, floating towards me, drying his wings and then swimming again. This bird knew how to relax! #urbansketching @usktoronto.bsky.social @urbansketchers.bsky.social

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Colourful emotional coping blobs

Making more blobs to cope with my partner leaving for 2 weeks 😭. Kinda love making these right now. #kidlitart #gouache #emotionalcopingblobs

Colourful shape studies in gouache using negative space.

Playing with shapes.. and colour. I might add in details, but leaving them blank somehow feels more exciting because there are more open possibilities?

What should these blobs be? What do you see?
#gouache #illustration #sketchbook #practice #kidlitart #wip

My partner is a film camera hoarder, I mean collector... So we probably have some to sell if you are ever interested. Don't be afraid to reach out! But also no pressure.

Work in progress of a colourful forest scene in gouache.

WIP. having such a good time with this piece. The gouache is really behaving so well 😍
#kidlitart #wip #storybook #illustration #fairytale