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I was so inspired by my son’s massive pile of artwork that he’s done during the pandemic that I thought it would be fun to do a little “collaboration” with his art. Today’s messy sketchbook painting using alizarin crimson, indigo, van dyke brown and white. A bit less muddy than yesterday’s. I’m always looking for ways to loosen up and play around so I was super psyched for yesterday’s intensive through @scbwi_michigan with @rebeccagreenillustration that focused on PLAY! We cut random paper bits and drew some random lines and tried to make something interesting. This was my attempt. There is a blotch of paper in the background I couldn’t figure out what to do with so I just painted over it. Fun exercise. I did another mini one (swipe to see) while Becca was talking because I can’t listen without doing something with my hands. Super fun. My biggest problem is figuring out when to stop. #illustrationthroughplay Somehow an entire year has flown by and A New Kind of Wild is a year old! Insane. To celebrate, I read the book to some adorable kiddos this morning and then i tried to recreate the picture I took a year ago (swipe to the end) with my other one year old....who is not as easy to work with as they were last year! Happy Birthday to my book baby, it’s been a wild ride! Eleven years and a whole lot of adventures. Not sure how I managed to find someone so different but somehow so perfect. Certainly had no clue what the last 11 years had in store for us but glad we bumbled through together. Happy anniversary @quanpants can’t wait til we can adventure around the world again with two tiny terrors in tow. 😘❤️ This special book was announced yesterday and I want to share it with you because I am so excited to be illustrating a book about Rosh Hashanah...it’s been a dream of mine to illustrate a book that shows the diversity of the Jewish community, so I am so excited to be working with @abramskids to bring Linda’s beautiful words to life.

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