Illustrators
The nuts and bolts of illustrating picture books
Breathing life into your illustrations
• Close attention to how to draw children, animals, and other creatures
• Analysis of form, light and shadows
• Simplifying gesture
• Aspects of composition, including lines of movement. In short: How to breathe life into your illustrations
Facilitated by Marjorie van Heerden in the Cape and Joan Rankin in Gauteng
Writers
The nuts and bolts of writing for children
Breathing life into your stories
Clear storyline, consistent and convincing dialogue; words to help readers visualise the age and personality of particular characters; use of punctuation and stylistic features for the desired effect.
There will also be some attention to points of grammar.
Facilitated by Elaine Ridge in the Cape and Jenny Hatton in Gauteng.
One or two full days near to Cape Town (no sleep over)
OTHER RETREATS TO BE HELD IN 2013
• The creative process for illustrators – how picture books evolve from conception to published book / The creative process for writers– from first ideas to published book
• Critiquing your own work – illustrators and writers learn how to evaluate their own work
• Using advanced digital techniques
• Developing your own style - Materials and Techniques in Children's Book Illustration - working in colour , backgrounds / writing style and content - plots, writing descriptions, dialogue.
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