Jean Cassels          

Jean Cassels began her work as an illustrator in 1969 with biology textbooks. Since then she has illustrated encyclopedias, literature, poetry, monthly magazines and dictionaries for children. She has over 60 titles in natural history books for young people, including Two Bobbies ... a Dog & a Cat: A True Story of Katrina, Friendship, and Survival (August, 2008); Br'er Rabbit Captured! (The sequel to The Mysterious Collection of David Harleyson); Armies of Ants, Fabulous Frogs, Chameleons, Creepy Beetles, and Butterflies (Scholastic Books); Swift as the Wind - the Cheetah, (Orchard Books); Earthmates - poetry ( Marshall Cavendish); Once I Knew a Spider (Walker & Co.); Lonesome George, the Giant Tortoise (Walker & Co.) and in 2004, [winner of the Golden Kite Award] The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson (Walker & Co.). Her work was juried into the New York Society of Illustrators show, "The Original Art - 1997;" "Illustrators 40" 1998; and "The Original Art - 2004." Her training was at The School of The Art Institute, Chicago; The University of Illinois, Chicago; and with Auseklis Ozols at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. A teacher of figure drawing, gouache, and botanical illustration, she has been on the NOAFA faculty since 1994.

To view course descriptions, please visit the "Painting Courses" page.

Gouache Techniques
Advanced Gouache Techniques
Botanical Illustration

Pepper as Napoleon

 

 

Madame Moitessier (after Ingres) (1995)

 

 

Cover Art: Swift as the Wind - The Cheetah (Orchard Books, 1996)