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How To Choose Colors for Your Children's Book: Focus on Setting & Characters

Take a deep dive into setting & characters for color inspirations & revelations that will emphasis your story in amazing ways!

Sep 4, 2025

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10 min read

Color Theory

How To Choose Colors for Your Children's Book: Focus on Emotion, Theme & Subject

How to create the right emotion or mood using colors in your illustrations. PLUS: communicating the theme & subject of your book with color choices!

Sep 3, 2025

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9 min read

Color Theory

3 Tools to Help You Choose Colors for Your Children's Book

How do you pick the right colors for your children's book illustrations? Keep it simple with these three tools and you might find the perfect colors.

Sep 2, 2025

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6 min read

Color Theory

How to Use Color as Story in Children's Book Illustrations

Color tells a story in kids books—but is it telling the right story?

Jul 5, 2024

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9 min read

Color Theory

Planning Your Color Palette in Children’s Books

How to pick colors in your illustrations for kids books—keep it simple, consistent, and unique!

Jul 5, 2024

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10 min read

Color Theory

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What To Do with Old Sharpies—Waste Not, Want Not!

Use those old dried up pens for something creative...

Jul 30, 2024

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3 min read

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Six Different Perspectives to Use in Your Children’s Book Illustrations

Using different visual perspectives throughout a children’s book will keep the reader engaged while also giving the reader more emotion! Learn when to use these perspectives below:

Jul 29, 2024

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3 min read

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Five Tips for Sketching in a Museum

In the mood for a museum? Let’s get sketching! How do I start sketching in a museum? Read on....

Jul 23, 2024

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3 min read

How to Make Surface Designs on Fabric with Spoonflower

Create flatlay surface patterns and learn all about Spoonflower and printing fabric!

Mar 30, 2025

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5 min read

Especially for Illustrators

Customize Your Own 'Story Cube' Craft for Your Kids Book!

A kid's activity for children's book events! Check out this 'story cube' craft as a customizable, digital, Canva template to print and let kids cut and glue together.

Jan 22, 2025

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3 min read

Downloadables

Create A Paper Mobile Craft for Your Children's Book Promo Events!

Free customizable, digital template on Canva that is easy to edit, download & print. Keep kids engaged with a paper, hanging mobile craft at school visits, book launch party, and promotions!

Jan 21, 2025

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3 min read

Downloadables

Illustration Portfolio Reviews — Now Available!

Are you a future children's book illustrator?

Sep 1, 2024

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3 min read

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What To Do with Old Sharpies—Waste Not, Want Not!

Use those old dried up pens for something creative...

Jul 30, 2024

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3 min read

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How to Draw Between the Lines When Illustrating Children’s Books

Can kids book illustrators add things that aren't in the text? Yes! And you should!

Apr 1, 2024

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8 min read

How To Direct the Viewer's Eye in Illustrations

Design your illustrations to lead the reader’s eye where you want it to go in your kids book!

Jul 5, 2024

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3 min read

How to Use Color as Story in Children's Book Illustrations

Color tells a story in kids books—but is it telling the right story?

Jul 5, 2024

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3 Craft Activities for Your Kid's Book Launch & Events

Whether it's a book launch, school visit, or other publishing event—here are three fun customizable activities you can create for the kids to enjoy!

Sep 16, 2025

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How To Choose Colors for Your Children's Book: Focus on Setting & Characters

How To Choose Colors for Your Children's Book: Focus on Emotion, Theme & Subject

3 Tools to Help You Choose Colors for Your Children's Book

How to Use Color as Story in Children's Book Illustrations

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What To Do with Old Sharpies—Waste Not, Want Not!

Six Different Perspectives to Use in Your Children’s Book Illustrations

Five Tips for Sketching in a Museum

How to Make Surface Designs on Fabric with Spoonflower

Customize Your Own 'Story Cube' Craft for Your Kids Book!

Create A Paper Mobile Craft for Your Children's Book Promo Events!

Illustration Portfolio Reviews — Now Available!

What To Do with Old Sharpies—Waste Not, Want Not!

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How to Draw Between the Lines When Illustrating Children’s Books

How To Direct the Viewer's Eye in Illustrations

How to Use Color as Story in Children's Book Illustrations

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How to Use Texture Files in Your Illustrations!

Customize Your Own 'Story Cube' Craft for Your Kids Book!

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Customize Your Own 'Story Cube' Craft for Your Kids Book!

Create A Paper Mobile Craft for Your Children's Book Promo Events!

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