We had was a beautiful night at the LGBTQ Center of Orange County’s Indigo Ball “Out to Empower”! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Generosity, community, celebration, calls for action—and our very own rainbow!! 🌈 I wanted to give more to the cause that I could afford to bid in the auction, so I donated a commissioned watercolor — andContinue reading “Art For a Cause 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️”
Author Archives: Carrie Schneider (she/her)
Coloring pages for you 🏳️🌈
Happy Pride! Enjoy these free coloring pages that are LGBTQIA+ and disability inclusive! Feel free to share widely. And please reach out if you have requests for further representation in new coloring pages! It’s my pleasure and honor to help people feel seen and valued. Link —> http://tinyurl.com/June2025coloringpages
Human Art Trending!
It’s been so encouraging to see the flood of human-drawn “starter packs” in response to the initial AI-based trend! Artists of every background have been participating, and it’s so awesome to see how they each see themselves, their jobs, the unique “accessories” that make them who they are. At a time when things are movingContinue reading “Human Art Trending!”
Activism Apparel Art!
A joyful, hopeful, fulfilling design commission for Stevie’s Safe Spaces — (and more! Stay tuned! Stevie can move mountains with their empathy, determination, and talent, so I expect **book** news any day now!!) It all started last August with Autism and Austria-Hungary 😄 Stevie Bees had posted uplifting, inclusive content in some of my neurodivergentContinue reading “Activism Apparel Art!”
Folktale Week 2024
Happy Folktale Week! I love creating art with stories behind it — real or imagined. And I love seeing what everyone else is drawing, too! This year’s prompts were: Mist, Gate, Blight, Trail, Depth, Bone, and Blossom. I illustrated Mist using a folk song I wrote for an imaginary future people: Whispering down from theContinue reading “Folktale Week 2024”
Leaf the Dragon
As soon as I saw this gourd at the store, I knew it wanted to come alive as something! 🤩 And since I’m the one who found it, that something had to be a dragon! 🐲 The very next day was the “gourd“ prompt for SCBWI’s Artober. So I dreamed my gourd into a dragonContinue reading “Leaf the Dragon”
Birds and Barns!
I’ve been having a truly wonderful time this summer exploring both my Midwestern roots and my quirky, ducky, heart-filled picture book, Odd-Duck Dreams. Here’s the cover design I just finished drawing for my story: In this picture book, Devin adores ducks with a twofold passion: one, because they’re just amazing of course — and two,Continue reading “Birds and Barns!”
Critique Magic
*Update after Fall 2024 Conference* I am even more grateful now for the opportunity to learn from peers and experts in my chosen field! I’ve often struggled with rejection sensitivity in other areas of my life (common among “autists” and other neurodivergents), but I want so much to succeed in KidLit that I’ve grown toContinue reading “Critique Magic”
Fairies All Around!
My daughter asked for fairies and rainbow colors for her bed, and when we looked at options — comforters, duvets, fabrics, etc — she said she likes the fairies I draw the best! 🥰 Well, maybe we can use mine, I thought!! So I began to draw: A few hours of happy arting later, I’veContinue reading “Fairies All Around!”
Painting With Love
This year on Father’s Day, I celebrated the wonderful father that my husband is by painting him with our two children: It’s not a typical portrait, but a picture of love and of something we love. They’re at the top of a hill, holding hands, looking out on future adventures — and while you can’tContinue reading “Painting With Love”
Carrie Schneider Author/Illustrator 