ABOUT ME

I am a self-taught illustrator born and raised in the Philippines and now based in Southern California. I sketch and illustrate with graphite, pen and ink, watercolor, gouache, and digital media.

I am working on my website and will soon be live at nancywhitesides.com

I used to blog about nature but I hope to be more active on my website and on my blog.

Feel free to come back and visit me here, on my website or on Instagram at @nancyillustrator.

Thank you for visiting.

Banner for Kidlit 411 Contest

I entered the Kidlit411 Banner contest. It was fun and interesting creating each bird for my design.
Here is my entry.












I did not win but it was a great experience for me to do a collage and illustrate birds in different poses.
Here is the link for the winning entries, Kidlit411 Banner Contest

They are all wonderful and I am proud to be in a group of great talent. I like Hui Li's winning whimsical illustration of birds.

Contests are difficult but they are also a great opportunity for me to learn and push myself to try different things so I think I also won in my own way. Plus I really love what I created. Can't lose with that.

Kidlit411is a great resource for children's literature writers and illustrators. I appreciate all the hard work they do to support our community. This contest was also a great chance for illustrators to do something and showcase their talent so thank you to Kidlit 411 for the opportunity. I hope there will be other chances to do something like that for them.

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

How does your garden grow?

With love.

Instagram

I am also on Instagram. I post my sketches, illustration process, works in progress, videos of my works in progress there.
My instagram name: 
@nancyillustrator
 I hope to see you there as well. 

Momentum

Here is piece I made for SCBWI Draw This for the month of January. The prompt word was Momentum.

The Beginning

Welcome to my blog. I am a children's book writer and illustrator. Please  follow me as I tell you my adventures and misadventures as a writer/illustrator.