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about

I am an artist and art educator living in Saint Louis, Missouri.

My work explores hand-drawn, hand-painted illustration with a focus on color, pattern, and design. Alongside designing my own stock of prints, zines, and other wares, I have contributed pieces to multiple gallery shows and illustrated anthologies.

In addition to my illustration work, I am a certified art educator and currently teach through Bottlebrush, an art education space of my own creation, offering lessons, classes, workshops, and a summer camp. For more information about Bottlebrush, please visit the teaching section of my website or contact me via the email listed below.

contact

I am always curious to hear about potential illustration or teaching opportunities. For all inquiries or to simply say hello, send me an email (alli.lesch@gmail.com), and I’ll respond to you shortly.

This weekend, I am participating in the Kansas City Zine Con, so it feels like the perfect time to share some of my zines again. I began making zines a couple of years ago, but I have collected them for several years. The three zines featured above
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been drawing the seed packets that we plant out in our garden. Each little sown seed feels like a tiny declaration of hope. #illustration #colorpencil #sketchbook
Using my newfound time at home to dive into narrative illustration work. Before the libraries closed down, I picked up several books from Andrew Lang and Nora Blanche Alleyne’s fairy books collection to use as inspiration. These sketches are ba
One of my goals for this year is to create more narrative illustrations. This scene is from “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Does anyone recognize the particular scene? #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #g