Martin Salisbury

Martin Salisbury, Author and Professor of Illustration at Cambridge School of Art in Anglia Ruskin University, talks to Giuseppe Castellano about what led him to illustration; what illustrators should be thinking about when they think about children’s books; what makes a picture book “great” or “bad”; why Martin thinks illustrators should draw, and draw, and draw; and much more.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Russell Mills, Paul Slater, Angela Barrett, Maurice Sendak, Judith Kerr, Roy Gerrard, John Minton, Esphry Slobdkina, Marshall Arisman, and James McMullen

To learn more about Martin and Anglia Ruskin University, visit aru.ac.uk/people/martin-salisbury.

Martin mentioned the book, The Education of an Illustrator, by Marshall Arisman and Steven Heller. You can purchase it here, or at your local bookstore.

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