Do you want to illustrate books, but get stuck drawing more complicated environments?

Learn the ins and outs of designing environments for picture books in this in-depth class with award winning picture book author and illustrator Mirka Hokkanen.

This class is perfect for beginner and intermediate illustrators wanting to illustrate picture books for kids. Mirka uses examples from her own work and from other picture books to illustrate each lesson, and you’ll complete 5 simple exercises to help you build up your skills.

In this class you will:

Learn how to create a focal point for a piece
Learn how to move a viewer's eye with shapes and lines.
Learn design principles to help you make decisions
Learn how to balance an illustration
Learn how to light your scene for different times of the day
Learn how to take a chaotic reference photo and create an organized illustration from it
Learn how to choose the best point of view for your illustration

Class Project:

We'll work on 3 short and 2 slightly longer exercises to take an idea for an illustration, to thumbnails, to a detailed sketch and finally to a completed illustration.

Interested to learn more about illustrating books for kids?

I have a series of classes on the process of illustrating children’s books:

Crafting Engaging Picture Book Dummies (https://skl.sh/4acCkQU) A great complement to this class!

Character Design for Picture Books, Parts 1 (https://skl.sh/4ceboRO)

Drawing Characters Consistently Part 2 (https://skl.sh/3VTgBYs)

Character Design for Picture Books: Animal Part 3 (https://skl.sh/3ZZNNjC )

Procreate for Picture Book Illustration (https://skl.sh/3IUdWHE)

Picture Book Illustration: Reading for Research (https://skl.sh/4acCkQU)

Mirka Hokkanen

Illustrator/Author/Printmaker/Educator

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