Rachel Fia, Artist & Illustrator
I just published a new drawing class in Skillshare channel on Drawing the Face in the Three Quarter View. Take your portraits to a new level by drawing this more challenging side view of the face. It’s a great way … Continued
I just launched a new course on my Skillshare channel on Drawing the Eye from start to finish. It’s a one hour course on drawing the eye from the very beginning, and in great detail. Use my Skillshare teacher’s link … Continued
I’m excited to say that I just released my first class Relaxed Realism on my Skillshare channel! It’s a one hour course on drawing the portrait from start to finish. Use my link to get 1 month free of Skillshare … Continued
Even though 2020 was a rough year, I am excited to say that I finished illustrating my first children’s book that spring! Itchy Isabella took over two years to illustrate from start to finish, including developing 16 human characters plus … Continued
The fifth step of illustrating a children’s book is creating the final artwork. I’m working with traditional media, in this case colored pencils. After I create the test drawing (see my previous blog for step 4), then I make any … Continued
Test Drawings to Scale The fourth step on the children’s book illustration process involves taking the small storyboard images and enlarging them to match the scale of the book size. The images will be fuzzy because they were just small, … Continued
This is the third blog post in the series of Children’s Book Illustration. It’s a behind the scenes look at the illustration process I use to create the preliminary work before illustrating a picture book. Storyboarding The Storyboard is the … Continued
If you read my previous blog post on Illustrating a Children’s Book, I covered Character Studies. In this post, I’ll cover Page Mapping and Thumbnails. There are several layers to story mapping including page breaks, thumbnails, and storyboards. Page Mapping The … Continued
My new venture us working on children’s book illustration! I just completed a course with Nina Rycroft on illustrating picture books. She’s an amazing artist with several published books. Nina is also an incredible teacher with a knack for breaking … Continued
Who’s your Sweetheart? It’s okay if it’s you mom or your fur baby! I totally understand, and I have you covered with some cute Valentine’s for your sweetie. These unique cards are all designed from my original drawings, so you’ll … Continued