What Is an Illustrator?

Contributor: Morgan Haney. Lesson ID: 13959

Unleash your creativity and become an illustrator! Learn how to draw amazing pictures for a storybook and see how your art can bring a story to life!

1To2Hour
categories

Visual Arts, Writing

subject
English / Language Arts
learning style
Visual
personality style
Golden Retriever
Grade Level
Primary (K-2)
Lesson Type
Dig Deeper

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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  • Have you ever wondered who creates the amazing pictures in your favorite storybooks?

They have a super cool job, and they're called... illustrators!

Illustrators draw the fun pictures that make storybooks come to life.

  • Are you ready to meet some real-life illustrators and even create your own pictures to make a storybook of your own?

First, watch this awesome video to see how illustrators bring their drawings to life.

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Let's get started and have some fun with drawing!

Explore the Magic of Illustrating!

  • Did you know that some people have a really fun job where they get to draw pictures for books?

These special people are called illustrators!

They create the amazing pictures in picture books. Without illustrators, the stories would be missing all their colorful and exciting pictures!

  • So, how do illustrators know what to draw?

It all starts with a story written by an author.

Authors are the people who write books. They create the story and the characters, but they don't draw the pictures. That's where illustrators come in!

Illustrators read the story carefully and then draw pictures for each part, making sure their pictures match what the author wrote.

For example, if the story says a character has blue eyes, the illustrator has to draw the character with blue eyes. This helps make sure that the story and the pictures match perfectly so readers don't get confused.

Illustrators can use all kinds of tools to create their pictures. Some use pencils and markers, some use paints, and some even draw on the computer!

  • Are you ready to meet an illustrator?

Watch the video below.

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Wow!

  • Are you ready to become an illustrator too?

Head over to the Got It? section!

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