A limited palette children’s book sketch illustration of a mermaid with flowing dark green hair, surrounded by a shoal of orange fish.

Back with another repost for #CCDeepAqua. Sorry, #colour_collective, I’ve been SO BUSY! 💜

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That is a very happy carrot! ☺️

Love that contrast with the dark blue!

A children’s book kidlitart illustration of a young Indian girl in orange sari leaning out of a decorative window into the sun, holding a lassi in a takeaway cup.

Another sneaky updated illo for #colour_collective #CCVibrantOrange, in the interests of maintaining my sanity amidst rather too many things on the desk at once. 🫠

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A limited palette line work kidlitart illustration of a girl’s head and shoulders. The girl has messy dark hair flying off to the side, filled with green eggs and green and red flowers and leaves. A red bird is sitting on her head.

Sometimes life is stressful and you just need to draw some messy hair, right? Or is that just me?
#CCNyanza is the type of colour I don’t gravitate to, but it was fun for some eggs; I went from there, inspired by a Masato Yoshikawa fashion photo on Pinterest. 💜

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We do. We sometimes get blue banded bees in our garden, they’re smaller than bumblebees but very Fancy

I love bumblebees! We don’t get them here but they make for great art! 💜

A middle grade children’s book illustration of a young girl in Viking dress running along with a small purple dragon on a leash flying behind her.

Added colour to this middle grade character sketch I did a while ago for #CCStudioViolet - this little dragon trainer has appeared on my feed before, aged up. I wanted to be efficient with my time but also do a little personal work; 30 minutes colouring seemed ideal. 💜

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Corgis are so happy!

A children’s book illustration of a corgi lying under a green beach umbrella, upon which stands a seagull that has just gone to the toilet.

Bringing back this happy corgi for #colour_collective #CCAndroidGreen, this time with added cheeky seagull. If one is slammed by to do lists of doom, keep the personal art quick and holiday-themed, right?
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Love it, so gorgeous!

A children’s book vignette illustration of a Muslim woman in pink headscarf carrying her child, in blue shirt and red overalls, on her hip and laughing with them.

Haven’t had a moment to do a new piece for #CCYonder (the moment I had was lost to a migraine) so here’s an old piece that contains at least some of the colour. 💜

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Against a blue sky a giant kitten formed of fluffy white clouds is playing with the sun, which is unraveling like a huge ball of yellow yarn.

Added a bit of extra #CCSulfur to this old cloud kitty for Colour Collective this week because I feel a bit under the weather and decided to be lazy. Down here the summer sun is unraveling like a ball of yarn and hopefully will soon not be quite as brutal. 💜

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Thank you! 💜

Thank you! I love peach and green, it’s such a yummy combo! 💜

A mid-century style children’s book vignette illustration of a green caterpillar hanging upside down off a branch of pink leaves, waving at a ladybug.

Welcome back for 2026, #colour_collective! I felt like going a bit retro for #CCPeachBud 💜

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A vignette children’s book illustration of a small Asian girl who has just run towards her grandfather and leapt up to give him a big hug.

Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Alison, a #kidlitart illustrator from (currently very sunny) Perth, Western Australia. I love all forms of illustrating for children: picture books, chapter books, book covers, fiction, non-fiction, I love it all! 💜

#kidlitartpostcardday #childrensillustrator

A limited palette children’s picture book traditional sketch style illustration of a small 19th century girl in a white dress and blue cloak standing on the edge of a footpath with a poodle on a red lead sitting beside her. The background of the image is pale grey.

Bringing back an old favourite for #colour_collective #CCSilverBirch so that I can continue being very lazy while I’m on my holiday break. (I’m actually being pretty busy but let’s avoid drawing to deadline, at least, right? 😉). Are you having a break too? 💜

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💜💜 Merry Christmas!

Thank you! 💜

May your day be lovely! It’s just one minute to Christmas Day here!

And to all my #kidlitart and #kidlit friends, let’s bring joy and success into 2026!

An illustration of a simple green Christmas tree with a large gold star against a deep night sky. The tree is covered baubles, flowers, foliage and spangles in red, green and whiten

Wishing everyone a peaceful and joyful festive season, whatever and however you choose to celebrate. 💜

This is our family Christmas card. 2025 has been A Year, so I kept our card very simple, rather than spending time I didn’t have creating something really spectacular.

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Thank you! 💜 If you’re in Australia you like to draw the COLD at Christmas 😅 (we’re going for 41C on Christmas day here 🫠)

Thank you! Carollers really need to be in a group!

A children’s book illustration of four mice, all dressed in winter coats and scarves of varying colours. Three mice hold blue songbooks and are singing carols, while one holds a crook with a lantern hanging from it. The sky is dark and snow is falling.

A compilation of the carolling mice I’ve drawn over the past few Christmasses. I thought I had enough for a nice little group by now, but I’m sure I’ll keep adding more! 💜

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Thank you, Alina! I need to put all my carolling mice together in one image now that the lantern carrier exists!

Reposting with #CcPhthaloGreen because no one else was using the underscore 😬

Thanks so much, Traci! 💜💜