There are many books that teach adults how to draw with their computer, but what about for children?
Each exercise in Ilustritas shows you new tools. The exercises have been tested with children of different ages. Some children did the exercises at home and others participated in groups, with their teachers and other children.
The exercises in Ilustritas teach kids how to draw and promote creativity in children. Furthermore, on the Ilustritas website, each participant can publish their drawings from the exercises online and also those they have created themselves (with an online gallery showing the most popular drawings).
In the Ilustritas exercises, the Inkscape programme is used. This is an Open Source (free) software which is compatible with Windows, Apple and Linux. The Inkscape programme is available online in different languages, has all of the important tools, is easy to use and is completely free :)
The development of the illustrations for the exercises was exciting: it was necessary to create illustrations which were both attractive for the children and easy to design through the exercises. Furthermore, it was essential that the children could carry out the exercises immediately and that it was also possible for each one to interpret their own ideas, make their creativity work and thereby continue to discover new possibilities.
For months, the teaching methods were polished through prototype exercises which were online for the purpose of testing: - some of the illustrations made by children during this process can be seen at www.ilustritas.com/gallery.
Ilustritas is therefore virtually a digital drawing course and it is perfectly suited to both activities in class and activities at home, with the participation of parents, family members and friends.
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trees.pdf
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flags.pdf
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cars.pdf
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monsters.pdf
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pirates.pdf
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360degrees.pdf
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The illustrations can be distributed, copied and exhibited by third parties, providing the necessary credits are shown. The illustrations cannot be used for commercial gains. All rights reserved.