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daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 4: Scene Magic

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 4: Scene Magic

You made some pretty cool scenes in a variety of styles yesterday! I dig your beautiful minds. By the way, if you’ve just joined us, you can start any time. Visit Instagram and search the hashtags #mymatsprep and #matskidbook to see the vast array of terrific art being created this week for the MATS Prep. Today, I’m going to teach you three giant tricks to create depth (distance) in your artwork. – If you draw something at the top of your page, it looks like it’s far away. For example, if you draw a little house toward the top of your page, it looks like it’s in the distance. That’s because our understanding of distance in art is that the higher up the page, the farther away. And then, by making stuff smaller, it enhances the illusion of distance. The reverse is true: things at the bottom of the page look close to the viewer.

CYNTHIA_JACQUETTE illustrating childrens books make art that sells

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 6 {Oct 2016 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in our first session of Illustrating Children’s Books. Here is part 6 in the showcase series. *** Christine Benda Attached you will find a copy of the image I used during the character poses week. This week was my favorite week! We had already spent some time developing our character, drawing their accessories and then drawing them with expressive facial emotions. The third week we worked hard on getting characters to show expression with their whole bodies. It was fun to use real humans as models for my farmer bunny from “The Enormous Turnip”. I had a lot of fun creating a whole page of poses for him. I really thought a lot about how he might move, what activities he may do, and especially playing with

daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 3: Setting Flip

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 3: Setting Flip

I’m going to make you flip out today! Children are so in touch with their imagination. They live in fantasy land a great deal of the time. Children will love your imaginative world. I’m eager today to help you make some magic. Take the drawing you did of the view out of your bedroom window from yesterday (or if you didn’t do it yet, no worries; you can dive right in today). Now, flip the proportions of things. For example: Make huge buildings tiny. Make little insects huge. If the people were big, make them small. If they were small (like you’re looking down at the from the top floor of a building), then draw them huge. You get the idea. It’s going to be crazy! Share your images on Instagram: Tag us @makeartthatsells and use hashtags #mymatsprep and #matskidbook   Little people and huge plants. Draw it, and show us. I cannot wait to

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Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 5 {Oct 2016 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in our first session of Illustrating Children’s Books. Here is part 5 in the showcase series. *** Deborah Melmon Illustration Cover for Ada Lovelace story. This was one of my favorite weeks because it included hand-written type and combined all that we had learned in previous weeks to come up with one image that best summarized the story. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? Even though I am already a children’s book illustrator, the course helped me to really focus on character development and experiment with a story that was out of the range of what I normally do. Gave me confidence to push my style and think outside of the box. The course also gave me new energy for my illustration career.

daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 2: Setting

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 2: Setting

We are pretending all week that you have just been commissioned to illustrate a children’s book. Yesterday, you played around with drawing a character called Birdie. Now, you’re going to play with the setting. The environment, or setting, is one of the most exciting parts of a children’s book. Why? Illustrators love settings because it’s their opportunity to create an imaginative world that adds to the text. I’d love to see what you do so be sure to share it on social media! Share your images on Instagram: Tag us @makeartthatsells and use hashtags #mymatsprep and #matskidbook What’s the view out of your window? Maybe you’d like to zoom in on your view. All photos by Lilla Rogers For today, you’re going to make a setting exploration drawing. Go to any window and draw what you see outside. You can draw from: A car window Looking out your office window Gazing

MIRKA_HOKKANEN illustrating childrens books make art that sells

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 4 {Oct 2016 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in our first session of Illustrating Children’s Books. Here is part 4 in the showcase series. *** Mirka Hokkanen The image is all the different poses for the farmer. The colored painting was done with watercolor and the rest of them were digital sketches. Week 3 was a nice culmination into exploration of the characters. It was a good exercise to get acquainted with the characters, and to draw them consistently. Which I haven’t really done before. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? The class helped me grow in so many ways. I have better tools to draw characters more consistently, and it gave me the confidence to put together an illustration portfolio, and start looking for work illustrating children’s books. Which I

daily artmatssharp Make Art That Sells MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 1: Character

MY MATS PREP #matskidbook Day 1: Character

For the next five days, I’m going to help you grow your work to prepare you for our hugely successful course, Illustrating Children’s Books. For the next week we are going to imagine that you have just been commissioned to illustrate a children’s book. I hope you’re as excited about this MATS Prep as I am! I’m going to share a series of fun exercises to help you tackle your project. I’d love to see what you do so be sure to share it on social media! Share your images on Instagram: Tag us @makeartthatsells and use hashtags #mymatsprep and #matskidbook So, let’s say you have just received a commission to illustrate a children’s book. You’ve been sent the manuscript. Now what? One of the first things you’ll want to do is to get to know the main character, like how an actor “becomes” the character. So for today’s MATS Prep,

EmmaMcGowan illustrating childrens, books make art that sells

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 3 {Oct 2016 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in our first session of Illustrating Children’s Books. Here is part 3 in the showcase series. *** Emma McGowan   My favourite image is from week 2 when we worked on emotions. It came across very clearly how important it is for your characters to show a range of strong emotions that the reader can understand and relate to. Although I was pushed for time in week 2 and only managed to submit three different emotions, it was the week I felt my main character really came alive and I thought, I can do this! How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? The course took me from thinking ‘one day I’d like to illustrate a children’s book’ to ‘I want to do this now’.

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Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 2 {Oct 2016 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in our first session of Illustrating Children’s Books. Here is part 2 in the showcase series. *** Margaux Kent | Peg and Awl   This is Ada Lovelace from Expressions, Week 2. I prefer my photograph of the cut-outs to the photoshop version that I submitted. This is my favourite because these expressions gave me confidence in drawing – I believe I actually spoke out loud to my submission, an “I can do this?” kind of realization. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? I stumbled into this class, and, spying the talent in the FB Group, definitely felt like an imposter. It didn’t take long before it didn’t matter whether or not I was an imposter – I was having so much

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Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 1 {Oct 2016 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in our first session of Illustrating Children’s Books *** Kelly Frederick Mizer I really liked being able to tie everything that I learned into the cover in week 5. For a long time, I have been seeking ways to bring more of my painting and drawing into my illustration work and by week five, I felt I was on to something. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? Week five also drove me to revisit the illustrations I have worked on for the last several months for a story I wrote called Greta and the Angels. Previous to the course, I believed those illustrations to be complete, but finding my groove in the course motivated me to reassess them with a more critical