CLASSIC ILLUSTRATION

Learn the craftsmanship of the Golden Age of Children’s Book Illustration: watercolor over line drawing. In the first half of the semester, students study techniques by copying the masterpieces of prominent artists such as Beatrix Potter, Arthur Rackham, Dulac, etc. Students are encouraged to explore personal styles of illustration during the rest of the semester.

The goals of this class are to contribute to the well-being of our society by enriching personal lives and to provide some commercial art skill learning that is compatible to what is taught in professional art schools. Class time is divided into demos, hands-on practices, and critiques. Assignments are children’s story illustration, commercial illustration and watercolor paintings of various subject matters.

Please email instructor with any questions about the supply list.

Supply list:

• Arches watercolor pad, cold press, 9×12″
• Tracing paper pad, 9×12″, any brand
• Watercolor paints, Cotman or Winsor&Newton or Grumbacher
• Cadmium red
• Alizarine red
• Lemon yellow
• Cadmium yellow
• Yellow ocher
• Prussian blue
• Ultramarine blue
• Cobalt blue
• Cobalt turquoise
• Burnt sienna
• Van Dyke Brown
• Watercolor brushes: #6 and #8
• Pencil: H, HB, 2B, 4B
• Waterproof ink pen such as MICRON , 03
• Kneaded eraser
• A glass jar, a white ceramic plate and paper towels

Drawings by Shaowei Liu