Illustrating Twirl

Illustrating Twirl

the story behind the story

the story behind the story

stop and smell the roses

stop and smell the roses

twirl cover reveal

twirl cover reveal

my go-to watercolor paint colors + palette

my go-to watercolor paint colors + palette

let’s peek inside the book

let’s peek inside the book

carry on

carry on

best of 2020

best of 2020

four ways to display Christmas Truth for Today cards

four ways to display Christmas Truth for Today cards

what I learned in year 41

what I learned in year 41

freely and lightly title + cover reveal

freely and lightly title + cover reveal

when it feels like more than you can handle

when it feels like more than you can handle

our hope is an anchor

our hope is an anchor

growing their faith

growing their faith

clothes of a different kind

clothes of a different kind

this is the day

this is the day

be still

be still

He is with us

He is with us

it is finished

it is finished

lift your eyes up

lift your eyes up

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This was my first time illustrating a children’s book and I didn’t really know what I was doing … but it turned out to be one of my favorite things I’ve ever done. Not just the finished product, but the whole process. Isn’t that how it is sometimes?! Maybe all the time?!

Anyway, if your curious about how the illustrating-a-book process went, I’m sharing all the details at emilylex.com/illustrating-twirl (or click the link in my bio @emilylexstudio).

#twirlbook #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration #illustration #watercolor

Well if this is not the cutest!

📷: @raising.little.women (thank you for capturing your girls + Twirl!)

#twirlbook #comingsoon

✨preorder today at twirlbook.com

Feeling fallish 🍁

#emilylexstudio #fall #watercolor #illustration

Truth for today. And always.

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”
Romans 5:1-5

(Tag a friend to encourage with this today).

I popped into my local toy store yesterday to drop off an early copy of Twirl. I should have been a little shy and nervous, but surprisingly, when I walked in, I wasn't.

The owner flipped through the book and complimented the artwork and logged into her computer book-ordering system and ordered a few on the spot.

I'm so proud of this little book and it felt reassuring to have a perfect stranger affirm its cuteness ... but mostly, it was just really good to do something out of my comfort zone. To try. To step out. To be brave and bold.

Perhaps there is a little flutter of an idea happening inside you that makes you shy and nervous when you think about it. What might happen if you tried it anyway? That's my encouragement for you today.

#twirlbook

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Hi! I am excited about these free printable activity pages and thought you would be too! Here is the link: https://emilylex.com/blog/

Enjoy!