I want a poster of an illustration from a children's book. I can't seem to find it. Can I buy the book and create a decoupage of the illustrations on canvas or is that illegal?

its not illegal. hahha... cute question.

Don't worry, that's perfectly legal.

Nope. That's not illegal.
If you try to sell it for profit without any registration or copyright of that picture, then it's illegal.

But drawing it alone is fine. You can give it out for free to some people but you can't claim it as your own artwork [even though you painting it, it doesn't mean it's your work].

Unless you are working to make a copy by law than either way you go is fine.

Which children's book by the way?
It seems interesting. =]


Thanks,

Mairy

Technically it is, however it is always possible to get permission some way and, when it gets down to the nitty gritty, however, as long as it's for personal use and never enters the realm of the open market then there is nothing technically wrong. According to the copyright a certain percentage of a work can be produced without having permission from the creator. Also, truthfully, as long as a work is not mass produced or reproduced for profit artists have no problem with that.