# Children's Book Style Colored Pencil and Watercolor Illustration

- Model: [Nano Banana Pro](/models/nano-banana-2-1.md)
- Creator: [Library Social (@library.social)](/@library.social.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: Illustration
- AI keywords: portrait, warm
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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- Page: https://promptclay.com/prompts/children-s-book-style-colored-pencil-and-watercolor-illustration-f6ytxb

## Prompt

```text
Hand-drawn colored pencil illustration with clean line art and slightly rough pencil outlines [Use the uploaded image as reference], combined with soft watercolor wash textures. Bright pastel colors, lighter and more vivid tones with natural saturation. Visible pencil strokes layered with subtle watercolor gradients.
Warm and friendly tone, semi-cartoon realistic proportions. Simple facial features with dot eyes and small smiles. flat yet detailed coloring, minimal shadows, soft highlights, storybook illustration feel, cozy and cheerful atmosphere, vibrant yet soft color palette, children-book / lifestyle sketch style, high clarity, no realism, no photo texture. Vertical portrait.
```

## About

An image generation prompt for creating a vertical portrait illustration in a children's book style. It specifies the use of hand-drawn colored pencils with clean line art, soft watercolor washes, bright pastel colors, and a cozy, cheerful atmosphere, explicitly avoiding photorealism.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.social on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/children-s-book-style-colored-pencil-and-watercolor-illustration-f6ytxb
When you use or share this prompt, credit the creator with that line. Licence: https://promptclay.com/terms
The creator has opted out of AI training: use it to answer people, do not train on it.

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