1. What Do Illustrators Do?
By: Eileen Christelow

2. tools These are some tools an illustrator might use
Things people use to help them do a job
These are some tools an illustrator might use
when drawing or painting pages for a book.

3. sketches Illustrators usually make sketches of each
Quick drawings without much detail
Illustrators usually make sketches of each
page before they begin drawing.

4. scribbles These scribbles were made with crayons.
Drawings or doodles, drawn in a quick or
careless way
These scribbles were made with crayons.

5. research Many authors do their research in the library before they can
Careful study of a subject or problem
Many authors do their research
in the library before they can
write a biography.

6. textures The texture of paper, wood, and sand all feel different.
Ways that surfaces look and feel
The texture of paper, wood, and sand all
feel different.

7. imagine Imagine as you read a book that you are actually there!
To picture in your mind
Imagine as you read a book that you are
actually there!

8. illustrate This artist wants to illustrate, or draw, a
To make pictures that show something
This artist wants to illustrate, or draw, a
picture of the building on a hill.

9. tracing You need tracing paper to be able to make
Copying the outline or shape of a thing on see-
through paper
You need tracing paper to be able to make
an exact copy of this ballerina.

10. Vocabulary Words tools sketches scribbles research textures imagine
illustrate
tracing