The Best Children's Book Education Courses

The BEST Children's Book Education Courses 2013

The Best Children's Book Education Courses

The one thing I fully recommend is to never stop educating yourself in the field you choose. In the past 10 years, things have changed dramatically in the opportunity for creative. Locality is not an obstacle for opportunity. It also has heightened the talent pool for publishers and clients.
Talent is one thing of course, and passion. BUT to effectively be the best you can be, treat this as any other profession and educate yourself.
I signed up for many reasons, including a sense of community and these are some of the best Children's Book Courses to educate yourself to be a Children's Book illustrator and my, Dyann Callahan, experience with them:

 * Mark Mitchell's Make Your Marks and Splashes: A Power Course on Creating Effective Illustrations for Childrens Books, Magazines and Other Media for Children

 I love this course! I think for a overall experience its invaluable as to the resources and monthly open critiques. My local SCBWI (Society Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) group is mostly writers, so the critiques here are a wonderful way to learn. Each week Mark Mitchell post interviews and open streaming webinars from authors, publishers, or other illustrators and has a Wiggio open board for posts and support.

 

* Will Terry's Folio Academy courses and blog

I check his blog weekly for great videos such as this:

My Speech To Illustration Students - Part 1 - Will Terry  

SVS- School of Visual Storytelling

Will Terry has opened the SVS- School of Visual Storytelling that is a tremendous resource. I am a student a WKU and like most colleges, they do not offer anything but studio art, 2D, or ceramics. Not even a digital painting course. The value and impact of courses like

Painting in Photoshop Power day

The combined power of FOUR instructors in ONE day.
Will Terry
Brooke Boynton Hughes
Zac Retz
Kevin Keele

 

 

Thanks for reading! If you know of any more, please add them in the comments!

Dyann Callahan