I thought it would be really fun to pull a handout from the upcoming Illustrating Children’s Books course (starts Monday!) and give it to you now so you could get started early.
This handout will help you choose which text to illustrate for the course. It focuses on examining your personality type, art style, and preferred art media.
I always want my students to be able to dive right into art-making, and the most effective way to accomplish this is by breaking everything down into tiny, bite-sized bits and making the process fun. This prevents procrastination and engages the creative brain.
Hear directly from one of our students just how terrific the course was. Watch this fun short video by Kirsti Davidson.
The first step in creating an illustrated children’s book pitch is this: You need to select a text that shows off your style! The cool part of this course is that we actually provide you with three carefully-selected texts that you’ll enjoy illustrating. Don’t worry—we help you every step of the way to do your best.
ALL-NEW TEXTS
My co-teacher and top children’s book art director, Zoë Tucker, has written three charming brand-new, original texts for you to work from. Zoë has organized the texts into page breaks and she even gives you valuable art director tips. When you sign up for class, you’ll get the three all-new texts on Friday, January 13th, when the classroom opens.
LIVE VIDEO
We’re excited to announce that we will be doing a few Facebook Live streaming videos exclusively for the students while the course is running. You’ll have an opportunity to interact with Zoë and me in a dynamic, real-time setting.
By the end of the course you will have a complete presentation ready to send to clients, including a character page, a double-page spread, and a front cover, based on a text provided in class.
Read more about the course here. Hurry! Sign up now for this fantastic course before it sells out! (It did last time!)
Yours in artful success, Lilla, Beth, Reine and Louise
P.S. Extra bonus! In class, you’ll also get five fun art technique videos where I teach you proportion, poses, facial expressions, creating backgrounds, scale, lettering, and more—all the key ingredients for a winning children’s book pitch.
