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Making a picture book | illustrating the first spread!
By Art With Em
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 21 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
An illustrator paints the first spread of their picture book, talking through composition, colour and working with the text.
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