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Liz Wong

@lizwong.bsky.social

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Picture book author/illustrator of QUACKERS, THE GOOSE EGG, I AM NOT A PENGUIN. Illustrator of A MIND OF HER OWN: THE STORY OF MYSTERY WRITER AGATHA CHRISTIE, plus others! She/her Rep: Alexandra Penfold at Upstart Crow http://lizwongillustration.com

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Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social · 8d

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

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davidlasky.bsky.social @davidlasky.bsky.social · 28d

This Friday in Seattle - Haiku Comics art by five NW artists at the U District Art Walk.
www.udistrictartwalk.org/hosts/univer...

(This image by John Burgess)

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Sep 8

Another vacation painting - we went to Mt. Rainier and it was pretty spectacular. Lots of wildflowers blooming.

Painting of Mt. Rainier with wildflowers in the foreground. Watercolor and gouache.

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Sep 4

Combination of both! My travel palette is mostly watercolor with a few pans of gouache, but I mix and match them indiscriminately.

Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Sep 3

Vacation paintings - Sheep Lake and woods near Packwood, WA.

#pleinair

Painting of Sheep Lake near Mt. Rainier. Hill and trees reflected in the lake, rocks in the foreground.

Painting of the forest near Packwood, WA. Gouache and watercolor.

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 31

Mini paintings number 4 and 5, buildings from various references.

Gouache painting of a house with a hill in the background and trees a roads in the foreground. Mapcrunch reference.

Gouache painting of a house with a pond in the foreground.

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 31

Looks so good! Love the palette!

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 31

I love these!

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 24

I’m enjoying seeing all your experiments with different materials!

Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 23

Recent plein air paintings - from Ronald Bog and a quick 20 minute sketch from the cemetery to test my painting setup.

#pleinair

Gouache painting of Ronald Bog. Trees are reflected in the water and foliage is in the foreground. A few structures are visible on the opposite shore.

Watercolor sketch from Restlawn cemetery. Path and lawn with dappled light in the foreground, trees in the middle ground, and a fence with houses behind it in the background.

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 21

Mini painting #3 - from mapcrunch reference.

#landscape #gouache

Gouache painting of a stream with hills in the background and a white fence in the foreground.

Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 18

Tiny painting #2 in my 4 in x 4 in sketchbook. Sometimes I watch the explore.org cams for the landscape reference.

Gouache painting of a steam and mossy rocks.

Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 16

Paintings from sketching meetups in June and July.

Gouache painting of a sailboat at the Edmonds Marina.

Gouache painting of Richmond Beach, with the ferry in the background.

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 12

A couple of paintings from vacation on the Wenatchee river.

#pleinair #gouache

Gouache painting of a red barn, with trees and the Wenatchee river in the foreground.

Gouache painting of the Wenatchee river.

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes, thank you for the reminder! I spaced out on the July art walk but will be there for this one!!

Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 10

I feel like I’m constantly in a state of “getting back into making art” or trying to make it easier to sit down and make something, so I have been making tiny paintings in a tiny watercolor sketchbook - this one based off a reference from line-of-action.com

Small gouache painting of a snowy mountain with hills and a green tree in the foreground.

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Aug 3

Congratulations!! Way to go!

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Jul 18

this kicks ass

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Jun 12

Congrats!! So much work but I’m sure it will be beautiful!

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Jun 10

I’m taking a haiku comics class, and we had an assignment to make a non-traditional haiku (not about seasons or nature, but about pop culture, supernatural creatures, fairy tales, etc.) Here’s mine:

deep in the ocean
she finds herself dreaming of
the human world

#haikucomic

Haiku comic with an illustration of a mermaid with red hair holding a fork. The text reads, “deep in the ocean/she finds herself dreaming of/the human world”

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Jun 8

Leaf miners, pick off the affected leaves, check the remaining leaves for eggs, usually on the underside of the leaves. You can also use a row cover to prevent them from laying eggs (it’s some sort of flying insect.) I’ve had success being diligent about getting the eggs off (I just scrape them off)

Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · Jun 5

Happy KidLitArtPostcard day!

I'm Liz, I'm an author/illustrator and I enjoy illustrating quirky animals in watercolor and gouache.

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#kidlitartpostcard

Liz Wong Illustration postcard for KidLitArtPostcard day. Illustration of a crocodile carrying groceries walking down the street.

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · May 31

Today it’s gray and raining but here’s a haiku comic about painting outside.

Haiku comic: spring green on my brush/ sunlight sparkling through new leaves/ dancing on the pond

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Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · May 24

Painting from a forest-y bit of the city park, looking towards a sunny bit of lawn. It smelled really nice here, very woodsy.

#pleinair #watercolor

Liz Wong @lizwong.bsky.social · May 19

Thank you!