Illustrating Children's Books By Using The Experiences Of Ku Shu Lan's Paper Cutting Art

The artistic creation of children's book illustration has begun to flourish, along with the more attention and respect being paid on the children's education, and the more and more number of children's books was published than ever. There are some prominent problems exist in respect of creation of children's book illustration, they are not only the ordinariness of content, but the poor quality and lack of culture, and language style their own. It brings our deep concern that the creation of children's book illustration is just to duplicate others'style without our own culture, language being considered.The children's book illustration is very important on the children's education and for the training of their taste of art. It is contemporary illustrator's mission and responsibility to improve the children's book quality and develop national culture.Ku Shu Lan's paper-cut work is a particular way to express Chinese folk paper cut art. It expresses the eagerness and pursuing of beauty by its simple and old fashioned language of art. It also gathers the happiness, shape, and color together by means of topic, color and the way of art expression. It likes wonderful poems, songs with the creativity of children.Ku Shu Lan's paper-cut work becomes a kind of cultural extension by using it in creation of contemporary children's book illustration. It has very important meaning that Ku Shu Lan's paper cut works will enrich the national culture and develop the contemporary art design.Same as Chinese fine folk art, the children's book illustration has such characteristics as simplicity, purity, brightness. It will make Chinese children's book illustration rich and colorful with our own national culture by combining the quality Chinese folk art with the creation of children's book illustration.