F Children's Book Illustration (formerly ART 090DF)

Catalog description

36 hours lecture and 72 hours lab per term. This course focuses on a specific format: the page-by-page layout of "picture books" that give the reader an image on every page. It involves an understanding of the history, methods, and markets of children's books, and the components of illustrated children's stories. Emphasis is on developing an efficient creative process to produce a unified collection of images that serve a story in children's terms. This includes research and immersion in children's books to understand their forms, moods, themes, and styles; exercises to develop compositional and storytelling skills; and producing page layouts to be developed into finished art. This course will spotlight classic masters, deriving lessons from their work, processes and careers. (Degree Credit) (CSU)