Children's book illustrators

 

I find a lot of inspiration from different children's book illustrator's sites and blogs. Doodle Diner is a great one! If you feel like exploring the world of children's book illustrators, Doodle Diner has a page with several artists' bios. Enjoy!

Jon Burgerman Amazing Doodler!

This UK artist does a lot of neat stuff! I found him at the Sharpie Uncapped site and searched for him on Youtube. He's got a lot of videos of him making art. I like the idea of having a large wall of glass (I'm not exactly sure what he's drawing on in the video, but it looks like a mirror glass) and having kids make their art right on it. Dry erase markers would totally work and being that the canvas is glass, the art can be seen from both sides and kids can even make art on both sides of the glass canvas and see how their artwork combines with the person's on the other side. Enjoy! If you want to see more of his videos, just go to youtube and search 'Jon Burgerman'.

Sharpie UK at London Fashion Weekend

Everyone loves Sharpies! Even though a Sharpie in the unsupervised hands of small children has the potential to have frightening results, Sharpies are THE mark maker when it comes to drawing and doodling on canvas! Here's a great idea that just came through the Sharpie Blog. Read all about how a booth stocked with blank canvas tote bags, lots of Sharpies and the creatively hungry makes for a great time!

Sharpie UK at London Fashion Weekend

Draw and Foldover - interactive group drawing

Do you remember being a kid and taking a blank piece of paper, folding it into thirds (or fourths) and then taking turns with your friends drawing on the different sections - one person draws the head, then passes it on to the next person who draws the body, then to the next person who draws the legs and so on? No one gets to see what the previous person has drawn and when everyone has had their turn, you open up the paper and do the reveal...

Quick Draw: Poses

I found this idea on the Campaign for Drawing site. Neat idea that we can also do, maybe in one of the Art Workshops?

Poses
20-second poses, pupils using black paper and chalk. After each drawing, children moved three places and drew again on someone else’s drawing in a different coloured chalk. Gallery time prompted discussion about the experience and the drawings. Pupils returned to their original drawing and had to change it into something else. What could they see coming from the drawing? Drawings were held aloft so that pupils could share.