Children’s book publishers and publishing | How To Be A Children's Book Illustrator

Workshop with children’s book agent Christy Ewers

by Mark Mitchell | Mar 15, 2018 | Art instruction, Author-illustrators, Children's book art, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, Illustration course, Illustrators, Painting | 0 |

Book cover art is crucial, says children’s book agent and art rep Christy...

Drawing kids in action next week in Tracy Bishop’s workshop

by Mark Mitchell | Feb 20, 2018 | Art instruction, Children's book art, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, Illustrators | 0 |

You heard it in the video above: Action speaks loudest in the kids’ book art you create –...

Award-winning children’s illustrator Terry Widener critiques Wednesday

by Mark Mitchell | Nov 5, 2016 | Art instruction, Children's book art, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, digital children's books, drawing and painting, Illustrators, Make Your Marks & Splashes course, Pictures worth a thousand words | 0 |

Baseball, not illustration critiques, has been in the air all week. So we’re repurposing a...

Smarter Dummies?

by Mark Mitchell | Oct 2, 2016 | children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, Illustrators | 0 |

Smart Dummies, Dani Duck‘s free month-long event for illustrators to get their creative...

Funny bunnies – an artist’s perspective

by Mark Mitchell | Mar 23, 2016 | Art instruction, Author-illustrators, Children's book art, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, drawing and painting, Illustrators, Pictures worth a thousand words | 0 |

Oh my gosh. It rhymes and shows bunny children with only half their clothes on sometimes. Despite...

A robust new world of illustrated children’s nonfiction?

by Mark Mitchell | May 11, 2015 | Author-illustrators, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, digital children's books, Illustrators | 4 |

“A nonfiction writer is a storyteller who has sworn an oath to tell the truth.”...

Picture books on the library conference floor

by Mark Mitchell | Apr 28, 2015 | Author-illustrators, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, Illustrators | 1 |

The hilarious picture book The Day The Crayons Quit, (Philomel) by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by...

The real Dr. Seuss

by Mark Mitchell | Mar 3, 2015 | Author-illustrators, Children's book art, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, Illustrators | 0 |

Yesterday elementary schools across the country pounced upon the National Education...

Minimally drawn Miffy

by Mark Mitchell | Nov 12, 2014 | Author-illustrators, Children's book art, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, Illustrators, Pictures worth a thousand words | 2 |

Hey Miffy you’re so fine. You’re so fine you blow my mind — hey Miffy! Or Nijntje, as this children’s book character by illustrator author Dick Bruna is known in Holland and much of Europe. She’s a...

Terrible in pink?

by Mark Mitchell | Oct 31, 2014 | Author-illustrators, Children's book art, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, drawing and painting, Illustrators, Make Your Marks & Splashes course, Pictures worth a thousand words | 4 |

A Terrible Lizard’s soliloquy moves us to empathy, or maybe not in the gorgeously...

“A marvelous way to tell a difficult story”

by Mark Mitchell | Sep 25, 2013 | Art instruction, Author-illustrators, children's book illustration, Children's book publishers and publishing, drawing and painting, Illustrators, Make Your Marks & Splashes course | 1 |

The upcoming Austin SCBWI Graphic Novel Workshop on Saturday, October 5 promises to be a day for writers and illustrators, writer-illustrators and anyone interested in exciting alternative literary forms for children, teens and...