Children's Book Illustration

 Find your favorite children's book that contains illustration of a story.  Try to pick a book you enjoyed as a child. If you do not have any children's books around: Go to the library, ask friends or Family.   Find a passage in the book that you would be interested in illustrating.  Think about the following questions  about the passage you want to illustrate:  1.  Who is/are the main characters in this passage?  2.  What is the situation that the characters are involved in during this passage?  3.  Where does the passage take place (the setting?)  4.  Why are they involved in this situation.   Create a watercolor illustration of your passage that varies from the original illustration.  Be original and creative! 

Example by S. Smeach

watercolor with pen of "The Wizard of Oz"

D. Brunell-Brutman