Farah Aria is an artist, illustrator and author specializing multicultural and whimsical words and images for children. She celebrates multicultural diversity in her rich colorful paintings of children from many cultures. Farah also loves to use fun pastel colors and play with texture in gouache and acrylic paints to create a happy palette for kids. Farah is a graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and also studied Early Childhood Development at Cal State LA. Farah spent 15 years teaching preschool, ran her own children’s art studio for 3 years, and has been a freelance illustrator for almost 20 years for the children’s market using a combination of traditional and digital mediums, or purely digital for efficiency, using a Wacom tablet and pen, a computer, and the Adobe Photoshop program. Currently she uses a combination of traditional art, and digital illustration created in Procreate and finished in Adobe Photoshop. Her editorial illustrations have been published in many magazines for women and children. She has illustrated five educational picture books and was author/illustrator on two educational picture books. Her art has been used for posters, greeting cards, magazines, book covers, apparel, and animations etc… EDUCATION Bachelor's degree in Illustration Art Center College of Design - CA September 1994 to May 1997 B.A. in Early Childhood Education California State University-Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA September 1985 to June 1990 SKILLS • Photo editing • Digital art • Illustration • Adobe Photoshop • Mixed media illustration • Color theory • Adobe Illustrator • Photography • Adobe Acrobat • Classroom experience • Experience with children • Curriculum development • Communication skills • Presentation skills • Creative writing GROUP SCBWI Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators January 1986 to Present PARTIAL CLIENT LIST Harcourt Brace RIF "Reading Is Fundamental Rigby Educational Publisher McGraw-Hill Houghton Mifflin Scholastic Magazines and Newspapers: Los Angeles Times Newspaper "Read by 9" Scholastic "Read and Rise" Magazine Westways Magazine New Moon Magazine For Girls and Their Dreams Psychology Today Creative Learning Magazine Metro Parent/African American Parent Magazine Weekly Reader READ Magazine Padres de Sesame Street Magazine Educational Children's Books: Yum Apples / illustrator / Bebop Books / Lee & Lo…Farah Aria is an artist, illustrator and author specializing multicultural and whimsical words and images for children. She celebrates multicultural diversity in her rich colorful paintings of children from many cultures. Farah also loves to use fun pastel colors and play with texture in gouache and acrylic paints to create a happy palette for kids. Farah is a graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and also studied Early Childhood Development at Cal State LA. Farah spent 15 years teaching preschool, ran her own children’s art studio for 3 years, and has been a freelance illustrator for almost 20 years for the children’s market using a combination of traditional and digital mediums, or purely digital for efficiency, using a Wacom tablet and pen, a computer, and the Adobe Photoshop program. Currently she uses a combination of traditional art, and digital illustration created in Procreate and finished in Adobe Photoshop. Her editorial illustrations have been published in many magazines for women and children. She has illustrated five educational picture books and was author/illustrator on two educational picture books. Her art has been used for posters, greeting cards, magazines, book covers, apparel, and animations etc… EDUCATION Bachelor's degree in Illustration Art Center College of Design - CA September 1994 to May 1997 B.A. in Early Childhood Education California State University-Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA September 1985 to June 1990 SKILLS • Photo editing • Digital art • Illustration • Adobe Photoshop • Mixed media illustration • Color theory • Adobe Illustrator • Photography • Adobe Acrobat • Classroom experience • Experience with children • Curriculum development • Communication skills • Presentation skills • Creative writing GROUP SCBWI Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators January 1986 to Present PARTIAL CLIENT LIST Harcourt Brace RIF "Reading Is Fundamental Rigby Educational Publisher McGraw-Hill Houghton Mifflin Scholastic Magazines and Newspapers: Los Angeles Times Newspaper "Read by 9" Scholastic "Read and Rise" Magazine Westways Magazine New Moon Magazine For Girls and Their Dreams Psychology Today Creative Learning Magazine Metro Parent/African American Parent Magazine Weekly Reader READ Magazine Padres de Sesame Street Magazine Educational Children's Books: Yum Apples / illustrator / Bebop Books / Lee & LoWWWW…