Editing Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (section)

== Career ==
Outhwaite worked predominantly with pen and ink, and [[watercolour]]. Her first illustration was published by ''[[New Idea]]'' magazine in 1903 when she was just 15 years of age – it accompanied a story written by her older sister, [[Annie Rattray Rentoul]]. In the years that followed, the sisters collaborated on a number of stories.

In 1907 the important [[Australian Exhibition of Women's Work]] took place for five weeks in Melbourne. She and her sister showed their ''Australian Songs for Young and Old'' which included music by [[Georgette Peterson]].<ref name=x1907>{{Citation |last=Langmore |first=Diane |title=Ida Sherbourne Outhwaite (1888–1960) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/outhwaite-ida-sherbourne-7933 |access-date=2024-02-20 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref>

Following her marriage, she also collaborated with her husband – most notably for ''The Enchanted Forest'' (1921), ''The Little Fairy Sister'' (1923) and ''Fairyland'' (1926). In a number of cases, her children – Robert, Anne, Wendy and William – served as models for her illustrations.