hallie m. bertling (@halliembertling) Bsky

four new blog posts this week because march book reads & theatre 3x!! now back to my revised pb dummy…!! 🐰🎭✨📝🎨🤓☕️🍩

www.halthegal.art/artist-blog

2 weeks ago 1 0 0 0

happy #kidlitpostcard day! i'm hallie, and i love to use watercolours and inks and gouache and pencils and cut paper to make art that celebrates well... more art!
see more of my work at halthegal.art

#kidlit #kidlitart #authorillustrator #kidlitillustraiton #kidlitillustrator #happyart #mixedmedia

2 weeks ago 22 3 0 0

glitter love month reads....! — halthegal. welcome to the month of the best day of the year: a sparkle heart glitter love fest for everybody! since i can’t make pink & red paper chains alllll month, here are all of this month’s weekly re...

my fave reads of february. see all of last month’s weekly reading book review videos here, too. 🥰✨🎬📚

www.halthegal.art/artist-blog/...

#artblog #bookreviews #happyreader #readwidely

1 month ago 0 0 0 0

hi! i’m hallie!! author-illustrator. commentator on my world-wide travels and art-scapades, & documentarian of my hopeless 💖 of live theatre. find me elbow-deep in ink & paint, or like a good introvert, with my nose stuck in a book. halthegal.art

#kidlitpostcardday
#kidlitart #handlettering

1 month ago 5 0 0 0

some gallery show opening fun. visions from friday night. www.halthegal.art/artist-blog/...

#kidlitillustration #kidlitart #authorillustrator

2 months ago 4 0 1 0

thanks, rachel!!! 🥰🖍️🖍️🖍️🖍️

2 months ago 1 0 0 0

see my fave reads of the month (& all of this month’s weekly reading book review videos) on my blog here: www.halthegal.art/artist-blog/...

2 months ago 2 0 0 0

the art of storytelling opens friday. think i nailed the self*portrait, tbh. 🥰✂️🖌️🖍️🫟🖋️💖 full process up at patreon.com/halthegal

#kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrator #selfportraitasanartist #kidlit #mixedmediaillustration #studiofunday

2 months ago 4 0 1 0

self*portrait collage process: i mean, i see the halthegal resemblance. do you? :) hello, my colourful friends! wanted to share the process for my most recent mixed*media/collage illustration piece: a self*portrait that shall be debuting early…

here’s the 🎬 process for my #kidlitart self*portrait! 🥰🩵🖍️🎨 vimeo.com/1154031559/5...

3 months ago 0 0 0 0

doesn’t look like much to you, maybe, but this self*portrait (in*progress, obvs.) for next month’s #artofstorytelling exhibit is exciting to me…. 🥰💜✨🎨🖌️

#kidlitart #kidlitillustration #authorillustrator #mixedmediaillustration #wip

3 months ago 2 0 0 0

holiday card from my literary agency. featuring a collage illustration from yours truly.

🥰💚❤️🩵💙🤍❄️🎨✂️🖍️

#kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrator #collageillustration #morestoriesplease

4 months ago 3 1 0 0

illustration process (watercolour, ink, gouache, & colored pencil) video up on the crayon box for today’s #kidlitpostcard !!

www.patreon.com/posts/144102...

4 months ago 4 0 0 0

happy #kidlitpostcard day!
i'm hallie & i write & illustrate bbs, pbs, & mg!

plz enjoy this jumbo cat (or tiny winter gal?) who both wish you a cozily splendid story-filled season of (good) dreams come true!

www.halthegal.art

#kidlitart #kidlitpostcardday #kidlit #humanartist #paintandink

4 months ago 13 0 0 0

😯😯😯😯😯😯!!!!! i’m sooooo glad books shall exist forever!!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

4 months ago 1 0 0 0

boy oh boy it was a great weekend in the studio…. ❄️🎨🖌️✂️🖍️

#kidlitart #kidlitillustration #bookish #snowglobe #humanartist #mixedmediaillustration #feelingfestove #kidlitartist

4 months ago 2 0 0 0

i’m so excited to share december’s #kidlitpostcard piece!! come onnnnn thursday!!! 🥰🖋️💖📚🎨

4 months ago 3 0 0 0

absolutely! 📝 i use the daily pages in my hobonichi planner so i don’t go on for hours, though…! 🥰🖋️

4 months ago 0 0 0 0

#smallbusinesssaturday sale!! join the crayon box at 50% off your first month or 25% off an annual plan!!
#happymail and LOTS of #kidlit studio fun!! 🥰🖍️💖🎀
gift yourself (or someone you love) a membership at patreon.com/halthegal today!
thank you for your support! 🥹💘📬🎨📖

4 months ago 0 0 0 0

it's BIG crayon box discount weekend!

new members:

50% off your first month
or
25% off the WHOLE year!

cancel anytime, and join now to get november's sticker + welcome art & sticker & next mo., a great big postcard!

can't wait to send you splendid happy mail!

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4 months ago 2 0 0 0

took a day*venture trip to charleston yesterday to see my book*pal soman! 🥰❤️‍🔥 three autographs & an arc of YOUNG WORLD later & i’m one happy happy fangirl!! 😎🧡❣️
#yallfest #authorcommunity #youngworld #sfge #signedfirstedition #kidlit

5 months ago 2 1 0 0

a bit delayed, but celebrating spooky*cute year*round over here…
for your entertainment, may i present:
“dracula 3x.”
✂️ created with inked & stained & painted cut papers.

#kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitportfolio #collageillustration #kidlit #spookycute #mixedmediaillustration

5 months ago 7 2 0 0

monday studio view…. my “dracula 3x” pieceS coming together…! 🥰✂️🖌️✏️🎨

#wip #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #stickyfingers #mixedmediacollage #inthestudio #authorillustrator #papercollage #illustration #kidlitillustrator

5 months ago 3 0 0 0

www.halthegal.art/illustrations

5 months ago 3 0 0 0

happy #kidlitpostcard day!!

hi! i'm hallie, a mixed-media (inks, watercolours, pencils, papers, & all the mess-making goodies) illustrator...

www.halthegal.art/illustrations

#kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrator #kidlitpostcardday #worksonpaper #humanartist #studiomessmaker

5 months ago 8 0 0 0

well, at least we’re gonna make it through half of the canon this year… here’s the latest #handlettering piece in my shakespeare quote notebook for #brushupyourshakespeare2025

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