The first thing I did upon deciding that Learning How to Illustrate Picture Books would be my inquiry topic was, obviously,  enter “children’s book illustration” into a YouTube search.

It’s not a very glamorous start but, I am very excited about this project and with a million ideas swirling around in my head, I really needed to find a focus, a voice of reason and guidance, to get the ball (point pen) rolling…..

Enter Axel Scheffler.

Mr. Scheffler is the brilliant, award-winning artist responsible for illustrating such books as The Gruffalo, The Snail and the Whale and Room on the Broom   – all written by the talented  playwright, song-writer and author Julia Donaldson.

In the short video posted below,  Mr. Scheffler shares his “Top 3 tips for budding illustrators” and this is where my journey will begin….