New Course: The Art of Children’s Illustration

Would you like to work as a children’s illustrator? Our new course, The Art of Children’s Illustration, will give you a head start in this very competitive but rewarding field. 

What You’ll Learn

Children’s book illustrator Rowena Aitken will teach you how to work from a brief, how to improve your composition, how to develop your characters, how to work with light and shadow, and much more. You’ll also get an insight into the process Rowena uses for painting children’s illustrations.

Here are some free lessons from this course, as a preview of what you can expect:

Composition Rules

In this video, you’ll learn about different kinds of composition and how to apply them to your thumbnails and illustration.

 

What Are Flats?

In this video you will learn what colour flats are, why they’re useful, and how to make them.

 

Shadows and Hieroglyphics

This video looks at the process of painting in shadows and hieroglyphs.

 

Start Learning With a Free Trial

You can take our new course straight away with a free 10-day trial of our monthly subscription. If you decide to continue, it costs just $15 a month, and you’ll get access to hundreds of courses, with new ones added every week.

If you want to get some quality illustrations done for a children’s book or other project, consider working with one of the talented children’s illustrators on Envato Studio.