Experimental Techniques through Children’s Illustration

Find your artistic style by exploring various combinations of materials, mediums, and techniques to create special illustrations for children

• Introduction
• Brainstorming and Mindmapping
• Playing and Mark Making
• Planning and Executing Your Final Illustration
• What’s Next?
• Final project

“The way to find who you are as an artist is to lose the fear of experimenting” says illustrator Kayla Stark. She is inspired by observing the world around her, questioning everything, and playing with materials to keep exploring her artistic style. She has illustrated several children’s books, including an interactive board book she wrote, Friends at the Firehouse. Her work has appeared in magazines and on posters, and she has co-founded a working studio.

In this course, she shows you how to experiment with combinations of different mediums, develop your own artistic style, and expand your illustration techniques. Discover mind mapping exercises, and experimentation and analysis practices to produce three versions of your illustration, and learn how to digitally refine and edit your final piece. Dare to experiment in the wonderful world of illustration and see how far you can express your ideas.

• About Me
• Influences
• What Will We Do in This Course?
• Materials
• Brainstorming and Mindmapping
• Finding Pattern and Connections To Plan for the Final Illustration
• Water!
• Layers Layers Layers 1
• Layers Layers Layers 2
• Graphite and Digital Color
• Go Turn On Your TV!
• Thumbnailing and Sketching Your Final Piece
• Illustrating Your Final Piece and Incorporating Experimental Elements
• Digital Touches and Prepping the Final File
• Make It a Set!
• Submit Your Story
• Experimental Techniques through Children’s Illustration