How To Be A Children's Book Illustrator

Mark Mitchell's blog on children's book illustration and artists

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Multi-media lessons in drawing, painting and children’s book illustration

Named in the “Top Ten Resources Online for Children’s Book Illustration” by Escape from Illustration Island Blog

Engaging online learning

Video courses (teaching art skills)

Drawing Tutorials Online

Create a children’s book app

Famous Artists School

Compadres

A Thousand Never Evers
Alison’s Journal
Anneographies
April Afloat
Art & Soul
Artful Life
Artist Kayleen West's blog
Bartography
Betty X Davis
Billy George: Scribbles, Pictures and Weird Imaginings
BookKids Blog! From the crazy folks at BookPeople
Brian Floca's blog
Bruce Foster Paper Engineering
C.G. Young’s “Toast” Blog
Carmen Oliver Live Journal
Cathy Johnson Info
Children'as Illustration
Christy Stallop Blog
Coyote Clockwork
Cynsations
Dayhere.com
Devas T. Rants and Raves!
Diandra Mae, Illustrator
Dog a Day
Dr. Sylvia Hawkins Little's author site
Drawing on My Imagination
Dreams & Visions – the work of Susan Sorrell Hill
Dreams and Visions
ePainting Instruction
Faerie Sunrise
Faerie Sunrise
GregLsblog
H.T. Yao Illustration
Helga Harrumphs
Hex Libris
Humblearts: A Handracrafted Journey
Illustration and Art by Sylvia Liu
Insight Through Hindsight
Jennifer Ziegler: Word Processor
Jo-No-Anne Live Journal
Karien Naude
Karien.N – Illustrator
Kate Harrell
Kathy Jurek's blog
Kayleen West
Kim Norman, Children's Author
Kristen Balouch
Laura Jenning's "Highsong Project" blog
Learning Man
Let’s Just See
Linda Bray's Art
Liz in Ink
Looking Glass Review
Luz-Marie Iturbe's art website
Marsha Riti
Mary Sullivan
Mustang Musings
My Creative Life Spark
My Inner Zoo
My Place for Art
My Place of Art
Nessa Dee Art + Life
NT Studio
P.J. Hoover
Phrogmom
Priscilla Burris's blog
Sarah Ackerley Illustration
Sarah Wade's blogspot
Simple Saturday
Syliva Liu Land: art, children's illustration and other fun stuff
The Admiral’s Blog
The Good Life Blog
The Inklings Blog
The Quicksilver Workaholic
The Sketchables
The Wonderfool Reading List
Theresa Bayer Fun Arts Blog
Theresa Bayer Sketch Blog
Three Ravens Press
Unshelfish.com
Wild Keys
Wild Keys
Wolfbane Studio
Writer Carmen Oliver's blog
Xena's Mommy
Yao Illustration
Yellapalooza.com

Illustration blogs

Illostribute
My Dog-eared Sketchbook
Phrogmom
Syliva Liu Land: art, children's illustration and other fun stuff

kidlit blogs

Illostribute
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Syliva Liu Land: art, children's illustration and other fun stuff

Other illustrator-author blogs

Ana Galvan
Artful Life
Book Maker's Dozen
Bruce Foster Paper Engineering
Children'as Illustration
Children’s Illustration
Drawing on My Imagination
Dreams & Visions – the work of Susan Sorrell Hill
Faerie Sunrise
Faerie Sunrise
H.T. Yao Illustration
Helga Harrumphs
Karien.N – Illustrator
Kim Norman, Children's Author
Kim Norman, Children's Author
Lisa Falkenstern (illustrator/fine artist/children's author)
My Creative Life Spark
NT Studio
Picture book illustrators
Priscilla Burris's blog
Xena's Mommy
Yellapalooza.com

Other Writing Blogs

Abigail’s Blog
Anastasia Suen’s Blog
Betty X Davis
Dr. Sylvia Hawkins Little's author site
Dreams and Visions
Picture Book of the Day
Simple Saturday

Some Art Blogs

Ana Galvan
Anthony Zeirhut
Billy George: Scribbles, Pictures and Weird Imaginings
Blogs illustrated
Carol Marine
Carol Marine’s A Painting A Day
Daily Watercolors
Dani Jones
Dani’s Art Blog
Dawn Blair's art blog
Dee Farnsworth
Drawn
Dreams & Visions – the work of Susan Sorrell Hill
Dreams and Visions
El blog de Gabi Campanario
ePainting Instruction
Escape from Illustration Island
Faerie Sunrise
French Toast Girl
Gurney Journey
H.T. Yao Illustration
Hall Groat II
Illostribute
Illustration – Ana Galvan — 2009
Julie Oakley
Karien.N – Illustrator
Kate Harrell
Kathy Jurek's blog
Kertoons — Artist/illustrator Tom Kerr's website
Laurelines Paintings and Drawings
Lightning Studio
Linda Bray's Art
Lisa Falkenstern
Lisa Falkenstern (illustrator/fine artist/children's author)
Luz-Marie Iturbe's art website
My Place of Art
Nina Johansson
Paintings in Oil
Postcard from Puniho
SketchCrawl!
Struggling to Paint
The Fifty Foot Girl’s Guide to World Domination
The Quicksilver Workaholic: An Artist’s Journal
Theresa Bayer Watercolor Blog
Tim O’ Brien’s Portraits and Illustrations
Virtual Gouache Land
Watercolor Express
Whateverings

Texas SCBWI chapters

Austin SCBWI
North Central North East Texas SCBWI
SCBWI
SCBWI Brazos Valley
SCBWI Houston
Southwest Texas SCBWI

Thought For Food

100 Years of Illustration and Design
Artnatomy
BookKids Blog! From the crazy folks at BookPeople
Children’s Illustration
Cold Hard Flash
Dani Draws
Drawn!
Escape from Illustration Island
Eye Level
Faerie Sunrise
Ghostbot
Illustration – Ana Galvan — 2009
Illustration for Kids
Kim Norman, Children's Author
Kirsti Anne Wakelin – Children’s Book Illustration
Lines and Colors
Lisa Falkenstern
Making a Mark
My Creative Life Spark
My Dog-eared Sketchbook
Simple Saturday
Stupid Internet Tricks
Tara Reed’s Art Licensing Blog
Termespheres
The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children’s Literature
The Sketchables
The Wonderfool Reading List
Wild Keys

Make Your Splashes – Make Your Marks! course

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