Illustrating Children's Books

Course Details

Overview

Have you ever wanted to bring your ideas to life as a children's book? Do you have some illustration skills you want to develop? Would you like to produce a wonderful heirloom gift for kids for grandkids, or try and become a published children's book author? This course will give you a great grounding on how children's books work, how to create a narrative and how to tell stories with both words and pictures. Even if you only have basic art skills don't worry - there are many ways to tell a story with pictures and often the more creative you have to be, the more original and exciting the end result. 

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Who can join this course:

Anyone with an interest in creating vivid and exciting children's books, whether for the family or an interest in this subject.

What to bring:

If you have art material you like to use, bring them along to the first session, and you may need to provide some yourself as we go, but even the most basic art box will provide more than enough to enjoy this course. Covering both writing and illustrating a book for younger readers. Looks at both the practice a theory of writing and illustration, with practical illustration demonstrations and workshop.