Children's Book Illustration II: Focus on Style
ART-40635
Build on your illustration experience and develop your style with this fast-paced children's illustration course. We will focus on developing your children's illustration abilities by experimenting with materials and techniques, practicing characters and compositions, and creating work from the ground up--sketch to final.
Through a range of inspiring assignments, critiques, slideshows and collaborative exercises, we'll investigate environment, perspective, horizon, color, line/tone, mood, expression, body language, scale, and the unique ability illustration gives us to bring our imaginations into the picture! Prepare to have fun, work hard and be challenged.
Quarters Typically Offered: Spring (live online) | Fall (live online)
Course Fee: $425
Prerequisite: Children's Book Illustration I: Thinking in Pictures (ART-40634)
Contact: For more information, please email the academic department at ahl@ucsd.edu.
Course Information
Course sessions
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Textbooks:
No textbook required.
Policies:
- No refunds after: 4/3/2025
- Early Enrollment Discount: $425 ($450 if enrolled after 3/3/2025)
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Schedule:
| Date | Day | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/27/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 4/3/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 4/10/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 4/17/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 4/24/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 5/1/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 5/8/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 5/15/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
| 5/22/2025 | Thu | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. |
Instructor:
Jennifer Hewitson, BFA in Illustration
A freelance illustrator since 1986 nationally recognized for her editorial, publishing/ children’s books, and advertising work.
Jennifer Hewitson teaches Drawing I: Focus on Perception for the UC San Diego Extension Art and the Creative Process Professional Certificate. She also teaches Children's Book Illustration II: Focus on Style for the UC San Diego Extension Children's Book Illustration Professional Certificate.
She has a BFA in illustration from California State University Long Beach, has been a freelance illustrator since 1986, and has been nationally recognized for her editorial, publishing/ children’s books, and advertising work. She has taught illustration at Laguna College of Art and Design, California State University San Diego, and Palomar College in San Marcos.