I’ve loved to draw for about as far back as I can remember. When I was a child, one of my favorite things to do was to take a few sheets of typing paper, fold and staple them and create an illustrated storybook. So it’s not surprising that as a grownup I love having a role in making books and magazines. Today I’m a freelance illustrator living in Franklin, Tennessee. I studied Illustration at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, and am a longtime member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). I like to make use of the unique advantages of traditional and digital media, and most of my work is a combination of both. I start with a pencil sketch, and complete the artwork using some combination of graphite (or other type of pencil), ink, watercolor, Adobe Photoshop, and/or Adobe Illustrator. The technique I choose depends on the project, taking into consideration the needs of the client and whatever it takes to create the best illustration for the project.
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Here is a partial list of books and publications for which I’m pleased to have created illustrations:
Books:

• Five Huge Dinosaurs (Frog Street Press)
• Developmental Storybook (Frog Street Press)
• Skidamarink (Frog Street Press)
• Numeral Dance (Frog Street Press)
• Daily Higher-Order Thinking (Evan-Moor)
• Daily Word Problems (Evan-Moor)
• STEM Lessons and Challenges (Evan-Moor)
• Middle School Matters (Incentive Publications)
• Getting Off on the Right Foot (Incentive Publications)
• That’s What I Need (Incentive Publications)
• Because You Teach (Incentive Publications)
• A Guide to Using Caddie Woodlawn in the Classroom (Teacher Created Resources)
• A Guide to Using Sounder in the Classroom (Teacher Created Resources)
• A Guide to Using Anne of Green Gables in the Classroom (Teacher Created Resources)
• A Guide to Using I Heard the Owl Call My Name in the Classroom (Teacher Created Resources)
• A Guide to Using Peter Pan in the Classroom (Teacher Created Resources)

Publications:

• FFA New Horizons
• Tennessee Home & Farm
• Grown In Montana
• South Carolina: Our Amazing Agriculture
• Nebraska Agriculture And You
• Mississippi Agriculture
• Georgia Grown
• Illinois Farm Bureau Partners
• Tennessee Ag Insider
• Michigan Agriculture
• Arkansas Grown
• Fresh From Florida
• Virginia Agriculture
• My Indiana Home
• Livability Southern Idaho
• Livability.com
• Tennessee Economic Development
• Texas Wide Open For Business​
• Nashville Parent
• The Leaf Chronicle (Clarksville, Tennessee)
• The Orange County Register (California)

I can be reached by email at kris@krissexton.com.

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This was supposed to be a photo of my sister Lynn, but apparently I had to get into the picture!