Illustrating Children's Books

Course Tutor and writer Jan Nesbitt

Course overview
The course was written by Jan Nesbitt who also acts as a Course Artist. Jan is a is a very successful Children's book illustrator with over 500 books carrying her work. Jan is an excellent tutor who builds good rapport with her students and who really enjoys helping them succeed.

Have fun using your imagination! Here is an opportunity for aspiring illustrators to build expertise and technique as they learn to create excellent children's book illustrations.

Learn the skills of illustration and how to approach requests from publishers for illustrations. A creative and practical course showing all aspects of children's book illustration, from drawing, composition and picture planning.

Support
Students on this course have the benefit of Jan Nesbitt's considerable experience as a well known and very successful Children's Books Illustrator. The course includes detailed advice and guidance about how to get published as well a lot of information about painting and drawing for children.

Some previous experience as an artist is advised for this course, although there is a short refresher at the beginning.

Some artistic experience is an advantage with this course and it normally takes around six months to complete although the college allows students up to two years to complete their studies.