Catherine L OBrien

C. L. O'Brien is an artist and author who creates hand-drawn books for children and guided sketchbooks for beginning artists.

She is the creator of Stickville series, a collection of gentle stories that use simple characters and everyday moments to explore kindness, safety, and growing up. Her children's books are designed to feel calm, friendly, and reassuring-stories meant to be read slowly, looked at closely, and returned to again and again.

Alongside her fiction, she creates guided drawing books that invite readers to learn by doing. Through mapping pages, light ghost images, and step-by-step practice, she encourages beginners to copy, change, experiment, and trust their own hands.

At the heart of her work is a simple belief: that drawing should feel welcoming, not intimidating, and that creativity grows best in a space that allows for mistakes, play, and curiosity.

She continues to write and draw new books in both Stickville series and her guided sketchbook projects.