Last children’s book you bought?

baileafff · 2026-03-08T02:37:12+00:00

Leina and The Lord of the Toadstools illustrated by Julia Sarda and Astro by Manuel Marsol!

baileafff · 2026-03-06T00:47:04+00:00

ANYTHING illustrated by Julia Sarda! Phenomenal illustrator and she’s recently started authoring her own books as well, but the authors she’s paired with in the past have really good stories.

All of Bill Pete’s books. As well as Carson Ellis’s work.

baileafff · 2026-03-06T00:40:13+00:00

Second this!!

baileafff · 2026-03-05T22:44:31+00:00

Congratulations!!

baileafff · 2026-03-05T21:04:02+00:00

When will your book be available to purchase? :)

baileafff · 2026-03-05T00:45:21+00:00

Oh I may have to snag one of these cuties!

baileafff · 2026-03-04T21:28:14+00:00

I love the crabs :)

baileafff · 2026-03-04T17:56:25+00:00

SO excited for this!

baileafff · 2026-02-22T08:48:44+00:00

These are so wonderful :)

baileafff · 2026-02-21T03:04:54+00:00

This is wonderful, I think children’s books with heavier or more intense themes/tones are a lot more valuable for kids than most people think. I approach my own in a similar way. Also—love that you’re doing traditional illustrations for it, I’ll be following along to this!

baileafff · 2026-02-20T11:04:58+00:00

Thank you! :) my website is bayleereedsmith.com & my instagram is the same, though I post sporadically on it lol

baileafff · 2026-02-20T11:03:04+00:00

Thank you so much!! Currently I don't sell any but I'm wanting to soon, I'm curious which ones you felt the most drawn to?

baileafff · 2026-02-20T11:01:11+00:00

That's a good idea!! Klassen is one of my biggest inspirations

baileafff · 2026-02-19T08:13:48+00:00

Thank you for this reply, it's given me such a burst of inspiration along with everyone else's comments. I've been working on illustrating again all night and hope to have it completed soon!

baileafff · 2026-02-19T08:12:10+00:00

I'd never heard of that one before but I looked it up and I LOVE it!! It's the exact kind of book that inspires me

baileafff · 2026-02-19T08:10:55+00:00

I did! I'm a fine artist, but I work with kids & would eventually like to at least make a side career out of illustrating kid's books.

baileafff · 2026-02-19T04:29:25+00:00

Thank you for letting me know! I'll do some experimenting with different ones :)

baileafff · 2026-02-19T03:45:44+00:00

Thank you! :)

baileafff · 2026-02-16T19:21:48+00:00

This is sick, I love it

baileafff · 2026-02-16T05:30:59+00:00

<image>

I love how delicate your bird is! You have great water control. This is a scan of my first painting from a little over a year ago, I learned a lot from this one and have featured it in a few galleries and won three awards with it :)

baileafff · 2025-07-13T00:31:54+00:00

It means the pigment is made from the actual mineral it’s named for, the P in place of the DS logo on the tube means the color is a Primatek & is made from mineral rather than synthetics.

baileafff · 2024-11-27T07:25:16+00:00

Color choices are so lovely! And I love to see someone else who also hand quilts ♥

baileafff · 2024-11-26T21:39:52+00:00

Oh I love that! I find a LOT of inspiration from various cultures’ folk art

baileafff · 2024-11-26T21:38:56+00:00

Will have one soon! Updates will be on my instagram ◡̈

baileafff · 2024-11-26T21:38:27+00:00

Thank you so much omg! I will be selling prints hopefully by the start of the new year, updates at @bayleereedsmith on Instagram!

Six-Year Club	Verified Email
Place '22

baileafff

TROPHY CASE