Micro-course in Picture Book Illustration

The secret to refreshing, rejuvenating & revamping the impact of your picture-book illustrations is to be found in what lies beneath the obvious.

(Re)thinking Like an Illustrator is a micro-course designed to:

• offer a novel approach to developing visual narrative that will help you cultivate a ‘new you’, no matter what your style or experience

• explain the underlying fundamentals for thinking like an illustrator that publishers notice

• outline the science that underpins effective illustration, without getting too science-y

• examine what is unique about picture-book illustrators, and why they need to think differently from other artists

• explore the differences between a great picture and a great illustration

What you will learn:

• NARRATIVE - you will understand how a picture-book illustration captures a fluid moment in an ongoing emotional journey

• AESTHETICS - You will understand how to manipulate aesthetic principles in specific ways to achieve specific ends unique to the art form.

• HANDS ON - you will apply what you have learned to transform a famous painting into an effective illustration