For the children, children’s picture books watercolor illustrationsare the most accessible way of learning. In the21st century, peopleattaches great importance to the education of children in the future. Andmore and more attention is paid to illustrations of children’s book atthe same time, which requires illustrators design proper watercolorillustrations contributing to both physical and mental development ofchildren. Excellent illustrations of the children can prepare the childrenfor shaping their healthy personality, promote their mental developmentand the development of their ability to innovate. Children’s picture bookswatercolor illustrations are not only to enhance the sustainability of thebooks, but also to promote the sales of books, achieving the demand of themarket and the purpose of economic prosperity. The artistic value andsocial value of children’s picture books watercolor illustrations areimproved, too.Thus it is high time that researchers developed children’s picturebooks watercolor illustrations which are beneficial to children’s physicaland mental development. Children’spicture books watercolor illustrationsare inseparable from children’s life. Where there is room for children’s reading, there is space to express children’s thoughts in picture books.Then children get delighted when they are reading these picture books.Watercolor illustrations have a variety of sources and forms. In addition,illustrators have their own comprehension, making watercolorillustrations colorful and diverse. Knowing the psychological needs ofchildren, illustrators can design the watercolor illustrations appealingto children’s appreciation of beauty, emotion development, delightnessand happiness. Besides, illustrators should take example by excellent foreign illustrations, rooted in our own indigenous culture, making itdelighted for children to read.This paper studies the performances of children’s picture bookswatercolor illustrations, which makes amounts of empirical researches,searches for the relevant information and does the practical analysis, thenget the conclusion. First, analyze theprevious and current situations ofchildren’s picture books watercolor illustrations at home and abroad.Second,prove a point if we want to create a kid-friendly watercolorillustration via the investigation of children’s color demands, affectionneeds, and interest demands,which must fit children’spsychological needs.Third, get the advantages of watercolor illustrations by its materials,demonstrate the superiorities of children’s picture books watercolorillustration. Fourth, combine with some excellent practices,such as thewatercolor of children’s literature, interesting stories, comics, andchildren’sgames, and know children’s artistic performances in watercolorillustrations. Fifth, Conclusion,afterstudying the value of children’s picture books watercolor illustrations, it is suggested thatkids cancreate original illustrations.The rich and colorful form and style of watercolor paintingsdemonstrate the new expression ways and thought.The watercolorillustrations, since their emergence, have born much responsibility.Thestories in the paintings pass on the aspects of life such as justice andevil, relative emotion, friendship and affection which reflects allaspects of life. Thus the watercolor paintings play an important role inthe process of children’s growing up and will help children establishthe correct point of view of life,world and value which will present theartistic and social value of the children’s watercolor paintings.Nowadaysthe national culture based on science, democracy, self-improvement,esteem-respected and value, is more worthy of inheriting and developing.With the support of national culture, adding the assimilation of westernessence, Chinese watercolor illustration skills are integrated andrecreated. Because it has been very popular to present children’s paintingswith watercolor illustrations, more excellent watercolor original works are expected which will also give a better direction to the children’sgrowth. |