Drawing for Illustration

Martin Salisbury is Professor of Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art, where he leads the renowned MA Children’s Book Illustration programme. He has previously chaired the international jury at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and been a member of the jury at the Global Illustration Awards in China. His books include Children’s Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling (2012), The Illustrated Dust Jacket: 1920–1970 (2017, Thames & Hudson) and Miroslav Sasek in the Illustrators series (2021, Thames & Hudson).

• Introduction 1. Drawing and IllustrationDrawing: what is it?Illustration: what is it?Drawing and Me: Isabelle ArsenaultKnowing through drawing: the education of the illustrator Born’ or ‘True’?: Edward Ardizzone and Lynton Lamb 2. The BasicsObservation: learning to see Tools and materialsLineTone Using line to suggest toneMark-making and printmaking, Christopher BrownComposition and structurePerspectiveDrawing and colour, Vyara BoyadijievaPeople and environmentsDrawing animalsDrawing and photographyTools and materials 3. From observation to Imagination: Making the linksDrawing from memory, Yann KebbiSimon Bartram: Monday ManBill Bragg: Making the linksSketchbooks/ visual journalsJohn Vernon Lord: The journalsSally Dunne: Sketchbooks and meAlexis Deacon: Drawing, thinking and the psychology of ‘finished’ 4. Drawing and applied illustrationEditorial/ magazine illustration- David Humphries: Newton’s Cradle or ‘The biggest hum’Book Illustration- Evelyn Dunbar- Pablo Auladell: La Feria AnbandonadaCharacter development- Fifi Kuo- Ellie Snowdon - Axel Scheffler: The evolution of a personal visual languageAtmosphere and fantasy- Victoria Turnbull- Sheila RobinsonAuthorial graphic storytelling- Isabel Greenberg- Jon McNaughtAdvertising and display- Kerry Lemon- Frank NewbouldHumour- Paul SlaterReportage and graphic commentary- David Hughes: Covid Diary- Robert Weaver- John Minton: Reportage for advertisingIllustration and photography 5. Postscript: A word about Style

'The basic principles of line, tone, composi­tion, structure, perspective, and color are explored with ample examples, from sketches to their final printed illustrations' - Library Journal