Art Inspiration Part 11: Melissa Castrillon
As an artist, composition, and color are challenging concepts to learn. That said, after discovering Melissa Castrillon's children's books I immediately fell in love with her work. Melissa Castillon graduated from the Cambridge School of Art with a degree in Illustration and a master specializing in Children's book illustration. Melissa is known for her work for MIghty Min, The Balcony, Can You Keep a Secret and many more. Looking at Melissa's illustrations, I grew very fond of her work because of her choice of color palette — I enjoy her use of bright vibrant use of colors. Mighty Min | 2019 Another aspect of Melissa's work I admire is her composition technique. Looking at Melissa's use of composition, her illustrations flow very fluently with the use of botanical framing, negative and positive space, the use of format (for example, The Balconcy to illustrate how tall the apartment is), and many more. The Balcony | 2019 Lastly, Melissa's work is very ins
