haiku poem over art of a night sky with the moon and other planets with a curve of earth on the bottom right with a city skyline and two people and two dogs in silhouette standing together with a white dove flying
A life long lived
Earthly body left behind
Fly the universe
Traci VW
(I missed posting on Saturday)
#HaikuSaturday #SaturdayHaiku #Haiku #art #paintplay #whitedove #silhouettefigures #family
For the evening crowd. I would be sad if you didn't get a chance to view my latest #KidLitArtPostcard post with new artwork. If it were oil paints it would still be wet.
#paintplay #childrensboookillustrator
Oooh, I really need to get something new prepared!
#Kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #illustrator #paintplay
Trying to look to the future with a growth mindset is difficult when the world is burning around us. But I have to keep making art and writing books. I only hope I can continue making money doing so.
#kidlitartist #gameartist #Illustrator #AuthorIllustrator #PaintPlay #JustBreathe
A boy and a girl peer from behind a bush at a red dragon sniffing a pie in the window of a house
Hey, hey, it’s National Pie Day! Any day you can have pie is a good day.
#kidlitart #paintplay #scbwi #nationalpieday #dragon
Qrp with wing art!
#Dragon #Art #Fantasy #PaintPlay #IceDragon
Haiku: A squirrel playground Tree branch highways and byways A maze in the sky Traci VW -- over art with a couple and their dog in silhouette walking in front of a skyline, fall trees, and a fence -- the trees are filled with squirrels running about.
In honor of Squirrel Appreciation Day, a haiku & a fall walk...
A squirrel playground
Tree branch highways and byways
A maze in the sky
~Traci VW
Take a moment to breathe & appreciate nature today, especially a squirrel or two!
#haiku #squirrel #paintplay #SquirrelAppreciationDay #NatureintheCity
Children's book art of a pod of beluga whales chasing fish in the dark sea beneath the ice
I'll join the fun of #ArtABCs starting with Beluga Whales for B.
#kidlitart #PaintPlay #animals #whales #kidlit #belugawhales
A red dragon sits at a table with a girl sipping tea. The dragon's tea has something in it (a mouse!)
Happy Friday. I'm appreciating another dragon for some Friday night tea time on this Appreciate A Dragon Day.
#AppreciateADragon #kidlitart #paintplay #DragonAppreciation
children's book illustration style painting of a cute polar bear mama holding her baby in a yellow starry blanket with a snowy teal painterly background. My mark with: TraciVanWagoner.com Author/Illustrator represented by Samantha Wekstein
Happy New Year! It's our first #KidLitArtPostcard day, and this Mama Polar Bear is proud of her little cub.
I'm an author and illustrator of children's books looking for more projects for 2026.
Rep'd by: @swekstein.bsky.social
more: www.tracivanwagoner.com
#kidlitart #authorillustrator #paintplay
Cute art of two dogs howling at the moon in a snowy landscape with pine trees behind them and the words in red beneath Happy HOWL-a-days!
Happy HOWL-A-DAYS!
My two dogs have brought much happiness and love this year, and I want to share that with you. I hope you are all able to find some peace and joy even during chaotic and scary times this holiday season.
#kidlitart #Christmas #cutedogs #dogsofbluesky #HappyHolidays #PaintPlay
A textured green Christmas tree silhouette with red and yellow disco type circle ornaments
I found a piece of art I did for fun and relaxation this time last year and never shared. It's perfect for today's #colour_collective with a bit of #PhthaloGreen.
Happy holidays!
#illustration #kidlitart #CCPhthaloGreen #ChristmasTree #PaintPlay #art #seasonal
A grid of my artwork from 2025 surrounding a photo of me standing in front of the Statue of Liberty last winter. 1. MG cover art -boy and girl chasing a dragon. 2.Close up of a spread from my PB currently out on submission. 3. A unicorn in a forest 4. Painterly art of a couple dancing at a masquerade ball 5. Three kids and a dog holding a candle with big monster legs. 6. a dragon sniffing a pie in an open window while two kids look on. 7. A scared monster hiding under quilt with a glowing nightlight. 8. A girl sculpts an ice dragon
Art vs. Artist time for 2025. Here's a roundup of some of the new artwork I've created this year.
#kidlitart #artvsartist #artvsartist2025 #illustrator #childrensbooks #SCBWIArtober2025 #dragon #unicorn #PBart #PaintPlay
My #TuesdayTip #PaintPlay quote over my paint play art of a painterly sunny sky, a towering white castle with purple roofs on the left with a field of flowers rising up a hill on the right and a cave in the bottom right corner with a dragon poking her head out. In faint white on the left is my copyright signature mark and my website to see more of my work. TraciVanWagoner.com
#TuesdayTip #PaintPlay
Kick your internal critic out, lock them in a closet, whatever works to silence them, then pick up your tools & make marks. Who cares what happens, if it's not perfect, if it turns out a mess, have fun painting or drawing.
Enjoy those happy accidents & play!
#kidlitart #art
Quote with your starry art ✨🌟
#kidlitart #paintplay #illustration #wonder #hangingstars
Children's book illustration style of a cute elephant balloon flying high over the trees and buildings in a bright blue sky
My Animal Parade Elephant is joining the #CRAZIESDayparade 2025 hosted by @jonscrazyblues.bsky.social and lollipopcomics.bsky.social ! Ellie was the first to join my Animal Parade World. She's happy to be flying high with all these new friends today!
#kidlitart #PaintPlay #elephant #AnimalParade
a page with a children's book art of two kids gardening with SCBWI Artober2025 - KidLitArt blog post title https://www.tracivanwagoner.com/post/scbwi-artober-kidlitart
I forgot to share this here. If you missed my #PaintPlay for #SCBWIArtober2025, you can see them in this post. I didn't do all the prompts, but I was able to fit in some & had fun playing w/new brushes in Procreate.
www.tracivanwagoner.com/post/scbwi-a...
#KidLitArt #illustration #kidlitartist #art
Children's book art art two kids hiding behind the bushes outside the windows watching a dragon sniff a pie in the window cooling.
Any day you can have pie is a good day. This is my last piece for #SCBWIArtober2025 w/the prompt #pie. I've had a lot of fun exploring and playing with the new Procreate brushes.
Happy Halloween! Next, turn those pumpkins into pies & hope a dragon doesn't steal them.
#kidlitart #PaintPlay #dragon
Painterly art of a couple dancing together both wearing black masks like at a masquerade party. The woman is wearing a yellow dress with a flowing wide skirt and the man is sport a dashing black tuxedo which almost blends into the maroon splattery background with spotlights in swirly and dot patterns.
Here's the second interpretation of #mask for #scbwiartober2025, painted with fun new brushes in Procreate by Kyle Webster.
#PaintPlay #kidlitart #characters #illustration #masquerade #couple #scbwiillustrator #kidlit #art
A humorous children's book style illustration of man and a woman dancing together at a masquerade ball holding masks up to their faces. They are both wearing shades of pink against a purple background with silhouettes of dancers behind them.
I'm getting in a few new pieces for #scbwiartober2025 here and there and I'm having a ton of fun playing with new Procreate brushes. Here's one interpretation of #mask, I'll share another style in a bit.
#PaintPlay #kidlitart #characters #illustration #masquerade #couple #scbwiillustrator #kidlit
Children's book style art with a blue splatter and drip background and a girl in purple overalls and goggles carving with hammer and chisel an ice dragon.
An artist at work carving her new friend, an ice dragon.
And me painting with new brushes in Procreate creating art that makes my heart sing.
#SCBWIArtober2025 #Carve #kidlitart #PaintPlay #dragon #artober #drawingchallenge #artist #art #Procreate
In a children's book style of art three kids and a little brown dog stand together in a hallway with only a candle against the dark. Something is standing the dark -- something big. All we can see are long legs and big claws. Eek!
I had fun with this one! #Candle for #SCBWIArtober2025. There are some fun new brushes to play with in Procreate.
Wh-wha-what is that standing there in the d-d-dark?
#kidlitart #illustration #kidlitartist #childrensbookillustration #drawingchallenge #PaintPlay
A cute green and hairy monster ducks behind his colorful blanket in bed looking out into the dark textured purple beyond the light of his flower nightlight. Eyes peering out of the dark at the bottom of the bed.
Monsters get scared too, even with a #NightLight. But maybe there is something waiting there in the dark. Ooooh!
I'm having a bunch of fun playing with the new Procreate brushes.
#SCBWIArtober2025 #Kidlitart #monster #illustration #PaintPlay
A boy and a girl in the garden picking squash
I'm excited to participate in #SCBWIArtober2025 this year. I will probably be posting a day behind as I'm doing the art while relaxing in the evening with my iPad and new Procreate brushes to explore. This is Day 1 Squash.
#kidlitart #kidlit #squash #gardening #PaintPlay #illustration #kidlitartist
A boy in a crown with his brown dog riding a flying blue bird over a river with a bot and a city skyline in the background with a colorful sunset sky
Mark Hoffman's Draw This in your Style Bird Boy
I had fun this weekend with this #birdboy_dtiys from @studiohoffmann.bsky.social
I'm calling mine Bird Prince. Thanks for the challenge, Mark!
I'll share a timelapse in the comments for fun.
#dtiys #drawthisinyourstyle #artchallenge #artprompt #illustration #kidlitart #PaintPlay #BirdPrince
For the afternoon crowd.
#paintplay #kidlitartpostcard
Artwork in mostly blue of a rising city behind a tall bridge with a knight on a rearing horse in silhouette wearing a billowing orange cape that flows into the yellow and orange of the fall leaves below the bridge.
We're heading into fall. I'm updating my portfolio to add my game art and fantasy art. This piece always makes me smile and feels like a good lead in to the season of orange and yellow with a blue undertone of melancholy.
#fantasyart #art #knight #paintplay #illustration #coverart #gameart
Art of three bears roasting marshmallows around a campfire while people tell spooky stories inside a glowing orange tent on the shores of a lake in the moonlight. My website address is in the bottom left corner so you can see more of my work: www.tracivanwagoner.com
It's the last day of July already?! I hope you're all finding ways to enjoy the summer. I haven't been camping in many years. There's much I miss about it, but oh so much I don't.
What's your favorite camping thing?
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #KidLitArt #Art #summer #camping #ThreeBears #PaintPlay
A dad, girl and her dog walk into a beautiful lush garden through a wrought-iron gate with a swirly top where they are greeted by birds and bees and flowers as big as your face and a dragon fly.
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I'm an author and illustrator of children's books for all ages. I love to bring joy and a touch of magic to the world through my creativity.
Portfolio: www.tracivanwagoner.com
Agent: @swekstein.bsky.social
#kidlitart #kidlit #paintplay #childrensbooks #authorillustrator
A white unicorn stands majestically on a black cliff inside the deep woods with pink butterflies flying in front
I had some #PaintPlay fun painting another unicorn for #Junicorn. It also happens to have some #CCOperaRose for #colour_collective today.
#kidlitart #fantasy #art #unicorn
