ENTRY LEVEL
On-line course in editorial illustrarion Edition 2027
ENTRY-LEVEL COURSE IN EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
The Entry-Level Course in Editorial Illustration is designed for those who wish to undertake an educational path in the artistic publishing industry starting with the main basis. The course is open to everyone and does not require an entrance test.
AIMS
The Entry-Level Course intends to offer an artistic and professional structured training programme, facing all the stages of the planning of a picture book and providing the basis of a personal and artistic research methodology.
TARGET AUDIENCE
The course is open to all those who wish to approach the publishing sector with professional aspirations, without limitations of age and qualification. The course is designed as a first training cycle, in order to provide students with all the design and methodological tools and then move to deepening (Advanced-Level) and to specialization (Ars in Fabula Master), but also to give a chance to those who have already started their own independent path to bridge gaps or deepen single issues. The development of frontal lessons in e-learning, on weekends aims to meet the needs of university students or workers. The issued certificate for the entire Entry-Level course grant access to Advanced-Level course without any selection needed and allows the recognition of five points as "Educational Qualification for Specific Education" in the ranking for selection at the Master in Editorial Illustration Ars in Fabula.
STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE
On cover: illustration by Simone Rea, "Non avrò più paura", Giralangolo, 2025.
Beside: illustration by Alicia, Baladan, "Mondi Onirici", Comics Battles vol. II, 2025.
The programme is divided into modules characterized by frontal lectures in e-learning, held by established professional illustrators. The course includes the presence of a teacher (coordinating teacher) who follows the development of each student throughout the course through constant reviews on the narrative and technical-artistic side. In addition to the specific themes of the design of the picture book, the main painting techniques are treated, like: watercolor, oil, pastels, acrylic, ink, digital techniques. The last module is characterized by the revision of the students' works entrusted to the Editorial Director ZOOlibri.
TEACHERS
The faculty is composed of professionals and experts in the publishing industry selected both for their artistic and professional level and their consolidated teaching experience.
COURSE TEACHERS A.Y. 2027
The central idea about teaching, that connects the different souls who constitute the teaching staff of the school Ars in Fabula, is the firm belief they don't have to transmit preconceived formulas, ready-made recipes.
Above: illustration by Lorenzo Sangiò, "Le Lac des Cygnes”, Mijade, 2026.
Beside: illustration by Veronica Ruffato, "L'ospedale dei giocattoli", Salani, 2025.
Above all on the artistic side, when a personal style comes to light, it is also the result of internal investigation, the work on one's own limitations and strong points. The teacher is the one who is able to motivate the emergence of this interiority. It is also imperative to be able to lead the work of the student in the right direction so that one's own technique, graphical or pictorial, is the result of a stylistic achievement, the most suitable tool for an expressive need. Indeed Ars in Fabula has stood out for the diversity and originality of their students style, attributable neither to their teachers nor to transitory trends.
(illustrator)
Corrado Rabitti (Editorial Director ZOOlibri)
Chiara Ficarelli
Alicia Baladan (illustrator)
Michelangelo Rossato (illustrator)
Anna Forlati (illustrator)
Simone Rea (illustrator)
Lorenzo Sangiò (illustrator)
Claudia Palmarucci (illustrator)
Sonia Maria Luce Possentini (illustrator)
Veronica Ruffato (illustrator)
Marco Lorenzetti (illustrator)
COURSE STRUCTURE A.Y. 2027
MODULE 1 PLANNING OF THE EDITORIAL WORK
MODULE 2 THE NARRATION THROUGH IMAGES
January: Text analysis. Editorial planning. Study of the character. Painting techniques.
February: Correlation between text and image. Study of character and settings. Painting techniques.
MODULE 3 PERSONAL STYLE AND COMPOSITION
March: Children’s literature and illustration. Story-board. Painting techniques.
April: From the story-board to the layout. Painting techniques.
MODULE 4 TECHNICAL AND STYLISTIC IMPROVEMENT
May: Publishing and illustration. The spatial view. Framing and depth of field. Light up the scene. Painting techniques.
June: Reality and representation. The transfiguration of reality. Painting techniques.
July: Project review with Editorial Director ZOOlibri. Painting Techniques (Project finalization).
Cover by Claudia Palmarucci, "Attraverso il libro", Il Leone Verde Piccoli, 2023.
THE PLANNING OF THE EDITORIAL WORK
MODULE 1
JANUARY
FRIDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 13:00 TEXT ANALISIS. FROM 14:30 TO 18:30 EDITORIAL PLANNING.
SATURDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 STUDY OF CHARACTER, PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
REVISION (WEEKLY).
FEBRUARY
FRIDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 11:00 CORRELATION BETWEEN TEXT AND IMAGE.
FROM 11:00 TO 18:30 STUDY OF CHARACTER.
SATURDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 STUDY OF SETTINGS, PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
REVISION (WEEKLY).
Illustration by Anna Forlati, "El silencio de Floridor", Planeta Sostenible, (to be release).
THE NARRATION THROUGH IMAGES
MODULE 2
MARCH
FRIDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 13:00 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AND ILLUSTRATION.
FROM 14:30 TO 18:30 STORY-BOARD.
SATURDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 STORY-BOARD, PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
REVISION (WEEKLY).
APRIL
FRIDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 FROM THE STORY-BOARD TO THE LAYOUT.
SATURDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 LAYOUT, PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
REVISION (WEEKLY).
IIllustration by Chiara Ficarelli, "Tutto troppo", Pulce edizioni, to be published in 2026.
Beside: illustration by Michelangelo Rossato, "La favola dei tarocchi o il meraviglioso viaggio di Chisono", L’ippocampo edizioni, 2025.
PERSONAL STYLE AND COMPOSITION
MODULE 3
MAY
FRIDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 13:00 PUBLISHING AND ILLUSTRATION.
FROM 14:30 TO 18:30 SPATIAL VIEW.
SATURDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 13:00 FRAMING AND DEPTH OF FIELD.
FROM14:30 TO 18:30 LIGHT UP THE SCENE, PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
REVISION (WEEKLY).
JUNE
FRIDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 REALITY AND REPRESENTATION.
SATURDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 THE TRANSFIGURATION OF REALITY, PAINTING TECHNIQUES.
REVISION (WEEKLY).
Illustration by Marco Lorenzetti, "I Promessi Sposi siamo noi", theatre production by Luciano Roman.
Illustration by Alicia Baladan, "Cactus", Marinonibooks, 2025.
TECHNICAL AND STYLISTIC FINALISATION
MODULE 4
Illustrazione di Alicia Baladan, "Alì Babà e i quaranta ladroni”, Nuages, 2025.
JULY
THURSDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 PAINTING TECHNIQUES (project finalization).
FRIDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 PAINTING TECHNIQUES (project finalization).
SATURDAY
FROM 09:00 TO 18:30 PROJECT REVIEW WITH EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
ZOOLIBRI
REVISION (WEEKLY).
Illustration by Veronica Ruffato, "Piccoli tesori", Collettivo BaldoBranco, 2025.
RULES
Illustration by Sonia Maria Luce Possentini, "Poesie d'inverno", Animamundi, 2026.
DURATION
The course runs from January to July. Frontal teaching, e-learning, takes place in weekends (one per month). Revisions with the teacher coordinator are held weekly in e-learning mode. The entire Entry-Level course lasts 300 hours.
COSTS
The registration fee for the Entry-Level Course is 1.952 € (VAT included).
APPLICATION
Send by email the filled out application form (you can find it in the Download section of the page Entry-Level on the Ars in Fabula website or ask it to the secretariat) with the copy of the payment to the secretariat at the email address info@arsinfabula.com.
PAYMENTS
It is possible to pay in one solution or, on request, pay in four installments of 488 € according to the table below. To request the payment in installments you have to tick the appropriate box in the application form.
1°) At the time of the application, 2°) by March 6 th , 3°) by May 6 th, 4°) by June 6 th .
Please contact the secretariat before paying the registration fee to verify there’s a place available. Ars in Fabula Secretariat: info@arsinfabula.com.
PAYMENT METHOD
Bank transfer to current account payable to AIF srl (purpose: ENTRY-LEVEL + last name and first name of the student)
BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS
IBAN IT97A0538713401000003590290
SWIFT Code: BPMOIT22XXX
Current account in the name of AIF srl. BPER Bank, Macerata Agency, Corso della Repubblica n° 38. Send the receipt of the bank transfer to the email address info@arsinfabula.com.info@arsinfabula.com.
WAIVER AND REFUNDS
The cancellation from the course and the reimbursement is provided for, according to italian law, within ten days from enrollment. In case the student finds it impossible to complete the cycle of studies, for proven reasons, the course can be recovered in the following year. The student is however obliged, in case payment in instalments was chosen, to pay the entire course according to the preset schedule.
Management reserves the right to modify anything considered necessary, in its sole discretion, for the success of the course or due to unexpected needs of any kind.
