Introduction to Children’s Illustration
The book
A course by Adolfo Serra , Illustrator
About the video: The book
Overview
“We approach the children's illustration with a selection of books. We'll pay special attention to the relationship between text and image, the composition and the narrative.”
In this video lesson Adolfo Serra addresses the topic: The book, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Children’s Illustration. Learn to illustrate a classic story using manual and traditional techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“THE BOOK Hello, again. In this lesson, I'll talk about illustration and illustrated books. First, illustration. Here's a very simple example. I use this when I teach young children. I ask them what an illustration is and what it means to illustrate. And they say, "It's making drawings for books. It's a drawing in a book." And I say yes, but that's not all. Illustrators are like writers. Only, instead of using words, we use images. And the purpose is the same: to express something. That is illustration. Expressing things using drawings or images. If you ask me what an illustrator is, to me, ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Children’s Illustration
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Fine Arts, Narrative, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration, Watercolor Painting
Adolfo Serra
A course by Adolfo Serra
Adolfo Serra (Teruel, 1980) studied Advertising and Public Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid, but it wasn't long before he decided to follow his childhood passion for drawing by reconnecting with pencils and watercolors at the Escuela de Arte 10 in Madrid. Since then he's been no stranger to colors, papers, textures, and stories.
He loves to experiment with techniques, play with materials, and, above all, tell stories with his art. He considers himself a trailblazer of blank pages who maps uncharted territory with illustrations for children and young adults.
His illustrations have been featured at the Bologna Children's Book Fair (Italy), Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (Slovakia), Sharjah Children's Book Fair (United Arab Emirates), Ibero-American Illustration Contest (Mexico), CJ Picture Book Awards (Korea), and the International Exhibition of Illustrations for Children in Sàrmede (Italy).
His wordless version of Little Red Riding Hood has been published in Spain, Germany, France, and Mexico, and has won numerous awards. He also won the 19th A la Orilla del Viento Award for illustrated album from the Fondo de Cultura Económica.
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