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Our Own Stories Slide Program – All grades, large or small groups, 50
minutes. Our lives are full of stories. Using my own projects to
illustrate, I talk about where to get ideas for stories and how to
develop them. Next, I show the technical side of creating a book (text,
thumbnails, storyboards, writer's group feedback, dummies, editor's
feedback, final art, proofs).
Memory Book Workshop – All grades, up to 50 students, 50 minutes. Following the group demonstration, each participant illustrates a six-page book based on a memory. Includes discussion of illustration techniques and attributes of the rising dramatic arc of a good story. Create a Character Workshop – For grades 3 and up, in groups up to 50, fifty minutes. We create a character as a group, following a series of questions and stopping along the way to learn from drawing, too. Students see that as the character becomes clear, a story begins to suggest itself. Students are then given the list of questions and allowed 15 minutes to create their own characters. A few characters are introduced and the group talks about the possible stories that might follow.
Book Illustration Workshop – Grade 2 and up, small groups, 50 minutes. A
hands-on demonstration of gouache resist, the medium used to illustrate
Zelda and Ivy and Frank and Izzy Set Sail. Additional $50 supply fee.
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