How to illustrate children's books

Whether you're an Artist or a Writer, there will come the point in time where you will feel like writing a Children's book. And if you've been wondering how to illustrate a children's book when you don't have any experience drawing or publishing, and at the same time you don't want to hire anyone because

When you've decided to write a children's book, it's easy to wonder how to actually get the art for the book. If you're an artist, then this might not be a concern at all but lots of picture book authors are not. So how do you get your picture book illustrated when you can barely draw a stick figure yourself? It's actually easier than you'd think! In this post, I've broken it down into two easy steps.

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See how I create this cute foxes scene with watercolor paints, brush pens and white calligraphy ink. This children's book illustration is straight from my imagination with inspiration from the Pacific Northwest and of course Red Foxes. My artwork is focused on the beauty of nature and the amazing wildlife and adventures to be found outside. Get inspired with my outdoorsey art and decor | Fox character design | Landscape illustration sketch | Landscape concept art | #illustration #artist…

Before having my third (and FINAL!) child and finding that I no longer have time to brush my hair let alone do anything else, I used to run a 6 week evening course on how to write and illustrate children's books. Being a fan of reuse, recycle and re-hashing old material I thought I might blog the course so that anyone out there who might be interested in taking up this noble profession (which according to my husband amounts to little more than 'colouring in') can glean what they may from my…

Learning how to write and illustrate a children's book is a process and the best way to learn is by starting your book now and DOING it! I created a step-by-step guide to help you through each step of the way. It's important not to get too ahead of yourself in order to minimize overwhelm and burn ou

Have an idea for picture book that's ready for publishing? Here's the complete breakdown for how to publish a picture book when you're ready!

Inside: You can publish a children's book. You can do it this year! Let's get started with three different paths forward. Shortly after publishing Belinda Baloney Changes Her Mind I started getting messages that were worded much more eloquently but essentially boiled down to this: But, like, how? It's a great question! And a question

Illustrators, writers, quite inspired, how do your stories grow? was the theme for the 2012 regional conference of the Houston Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) back…