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Laura Watson
@laura-jane-watson.bsky.social
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Canadian #illustrator and surface designer, dog mom and person mom 🐕👧🏻Repped for commissions by Lisa Pomerantz at IllustrationOnline and art licensing by Pink Light Design 💖
Portfolio at http://www.w-illo.com

Looking for new picture book adventures🗺
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
Hello publishers, editors and art directors, I’m Laura, Canadian 🍁 children’s illustrator looking for fun new projects for the littlest book lovers, and am available Jan 2026.

You can see my portfolio at www.w-illo.com

🍂🍄‍🟫🌾 Have a great day!
#childrensillustrators
Illustrated book cover titled Living in the Kind Forest, showing a forest scene with a deer, two bunnies and a bee
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Back to basics - back to nature 🌿🍄🌞 Happy Wednesday!
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#childrensillustration #nurserydecor #handlettering #kidlitart
Illustrated letters for alphabet chart with nature themed ornaments
October 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Happy October 🍂🍃🍁 #kidlitartpostcard day!
Canadian 🇨🇦 picture book illustrator here, open for new projects starting late fall.
See my full portfolio at www.w-illo.com and enjoy this beautiful fall day, wherever you are! 🧡💛🧡
#picturebookillustrator #illustration #childrensillustrator #kidsbooks
Illustrated otter reaching for a letter blowing away in the wind. All you can read of the letter is “Dear Lily”
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Over on the ‘gram, my cozy holiday fondue illustration is shortlisted for a chance to be part of Villager Puzzles Holiday collection - if you like it, vote here?: www.instagram.com/p/DO8w2qTkbH...

Happy impending cozy season! 🧡🧡🧡

#jigsawpuzzleart #illustration
A tabletop scene in a ski chalet, with books, fondue, maple syrup, beer, cheese and bread, and a roaring fire in the background. Mocked up on jigsaw puzzle box
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Happy August #kidlitartportfolio day to the art directors, publishers and other hardworking #picturebookillustrators 🌞
Kids’ book, magazine and puzzle illustrator here ✌️looking for fun new projects. Super into STEM, nature and travel for the littlest kids! This from #chirpmagazine
www.w-illo.com
A beauty salon full of anthropomorphic animals getting their hair done, waiting, working and gossiping
August 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Kitty cat art museum 🐱 🖼️ for a recent huge educational publishing gig. See more improbable situations in my portfolio at wwww-illo.com
#kidlitart #childrensbooks #childrensillustrator
An anthropomorphic lady cat explores an art gallery where famous artwork by Dali, DaVinci and Kahlo are reinterpreted starring cats
July 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! ⛵️⛴️⚓️🦁
I’m Laura, a picture book illustrator in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 looking for adventurous new fiction and nonfiction #childrensbook illustration projects starting this fall - I’d love to work with you! 😊
📱contact me at laura@w-illo.com or see my portfolio at www.w-illo.com
Illustration of a boy playing pirate on a boat that’s in dry dock on land, among other ships docked on land. A giant stuffed lion in the foreground, seen from behind
July 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦 from these goofy Canadians! It’s the best day I can name to pre-launch a fun new project close to my Cdn heart - can you guess what it will be?? To follow along and find out more sign up for my Pencil Booth newsletter here: pencilbooth.com/laurajanewat...
#kidlitart #elbowsup
Illustration showing 4 Canadian animals (Canada Goose, Moose, Beaver, Polar Bear) flying in a red airplane and waving a Canada flag, text in smoke cloud behind says Oh! Canada!
July 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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If this illustration stuff doesn’t work out I can always move to the tropics and sling juice! 🍋🍓🍑🍒🥥🥭 This is part of a new jigsaw puzzle illustration!
#puzzleillustration #foodillustrator #illustration
A tropical juice food truck with sign saying Golden Hour Juice Co.
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Posting because - why not? 🤷‍♀️ the whole mini-story that my kidlitart postcard came from the other day 🪿 💖
#kidlitart
#childrensillustrator #geese #picturebook #childrensbooks #illustration
More at www.w-illo.com
Hoping this day is a happy one for you, silly geese! 🪿💖
Three little illustrations of a mother goose outside her trailer home, watching her child dance, gossiping over coffee with a friend, and crying reading a letter that came in the mail
June 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcardday to you, lovely art directors & editors!🧡💛💚

I’m Laura, Canadian 🇨🇦 kids’ book illustrator, repped by Lisa Pomerantz in the US. Looking for opportunities to tell surprising stories and create magical worlds in ordinary places #kidlit #childrensillustration
www.w-illo.com
Illustration by Laura Watson of a goose watching her child ballet dance and clapping with delight. Promotional postcard for children’s illustrator
June 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Happy pride! 🌈🌈🌈
A little #loveislove pattern I designed, mocked up on a tote… would love to see this on some Pride Month merch one day. Sending all the love to our 2SLGBTQI+ friends and family and neighbours 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵
A tote bag with a repeat pattern with rainbow letters saying LOVE IS LOVE, hanging on a hook in from of a pink wall Repeat pattern with hand lettering LOVE IS LOVE with hearts and rainbows
June 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Never gets old spotting my finished projects in the wild! @owlkids.bsky.social thank you 🙏🏼 for this fun story in Chirp magazine’s current issue All About Reptiles! 🐢 🐍 #kidlitart #childrenspublishing #illustration #childrensillustration
Chirp magazine’s current issue All About Reptiles on the shelf in store, showing the cover as well as open to page 24 Turtles Saves the Day illustrated by Laura Watson Chirp magazines story Turtle Saves the Day open to page 25 with illustration by Laura Watson showing a snake with a thought bubble imagining a day camp scene Illustration by Laura Watson showing a colourful turtle with friends Rabbit, Snake and Squirrel in a peaceful country scene Illustration by Laura Watson from perspective of inside a cave, with a turtle, a mouse wearing camp counselor clothes, a rabbit, snake and squirrel peeking in
May 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Here’s a portion of my big round space puzzle illustration for boppi (Click Europe). I love working on space-themed illos 🚀🚀🚀so much room for imagination AND science!
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More at www.w-illo.com
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#jigsawpuzzleart #kidlitart #illustration #outerspaceillustration #kidlit #childrensillustrator
Illustration for jigsaw puzzle for kids, showing child astronauts, planets, stars, rockets and UFOs, with a smiling sun in the middle
May 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🩷🧡💛💚All Are Welcome Here💚💛🧡🩷
In case you were wondering
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Illustrated wall mural available for licensing for wallpaper, home decor, etc
#allarewelcomehere #inclusivity #illustration #handlettering #wallmural
More at www.w-illo.com
Have a happy weekend! 🪴
Wall mural in a seating area, a hand lettered illustration saying “All Are Welcome Here” with tropical foliage
May 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Something I’d really love to do more of: toy packaging illustration! This was from a sweet wooden baking play set for toy company Lovely Mo a few years ago 🐱🧁🍪
See more portfolio stuff at www.w-illo.com
#kidlitart
#illustration #childrensillustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #toydesign
Little Baker Playset packaging illustration for a kids wooden kitchen toy set, shows a cat baking in a cozy kitchen with two kittens sneaking treats
May 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Raindogs!! Happy May … does anyone know how to train a dog to shake off rain water before coming in? What’s the command? 😂
2 from a book in my Springtime Weather Wonders series for Capstone Publishing ☔️🐶
#kidlitart #childrensillustration
See more at www.w-illo.com
Happy spring Friday, Bluesky! 🩵💙🩵
May 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Dealing with a Cricket 🦗 💚🍋
This was a superfun book I illustrated a couple of years ago, fun fact - the authors are a father-daughter team! Hot tips in there for dealing with a picky eater!
More illustrations at www.w-illo.com
#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #picturebookcover
April 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Happy Earth Day 🌎 May we all be much kinder to her in the coming years 💚🩵💙
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#kidlitart #illustration #childrensillustration #ourearth #earthday
April 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Hoping for some sunny warm days soon, to go out and wave to my shadow like this girlie 👋🏼
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Work from while back for an early reading project. See more at www.w-illo.com
#kidlit #childrensillustrator
Illustration of a girl and her cat on a suburban sidewalk, casting long shadows. The girl is waving at her shadow
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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It’s #PortfolioDay 🎉🎉🎉
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Canadian 🇨🇦 children’s illustrator here, love doing cute animal characters for stories, #picturebooks, maps and jigsaw puzzles! Repped for commissions by Lisa Pomerantz at IllustrationOnline 🧡 and for licensing by Pink Light Studio 💖
Peep 👀my portfolio at www.w-illo.com
Illustrated scene of families at a zoo watching adult and young pandas in an enclosure
April 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Peek-a-boo owls for a baby board book - part of a series of books for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, for families of newborns to receive at Well Baby visits. One of my favourite gigs ever! 🙈👶🏻🦉👶🏾🦉💜
#kidlitart #childrensbookillustrator #childrensillustration
Bright purple owl mother and babies playing peek-a-boo in a tree - illustration for baby board book
April 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Curious undersea bear - spots from a board book for Yo-yo Books 🐻🐙🌊🪸🐚
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Today working on something new also undersea - my fave!
#kidlitart #nauticalillustration #animalillustration #childrensillustrator
More at www.w-illo.com
Spot illustrations of a bear diving undersea and encountering a octopus
March 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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THAT’S not my nest! 😜
From a cute project I worked on with a publisher down under a few years ago. Still a favourite of mine 🐦🪺🍄
#kidlitart #childrensillustration #childrensbooks #illustrator
More at www.w-illo.com
Illustration of a Confused orange bird standing on a mushroom looking into a nest containing spotted red eggs
March 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Cows in a car! From a few years back, for Highlights for Children magazine

I miss Moo York 😥 Hope to visit in ‘29! 🐮🚗

#childrensillustration #kidlitart #childrensillustrators #cowsinacar
Illustration of anthropomorphic cows on a road trip sign saying Moo York
March 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM