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Ben Wood: Creating a Visual Story

Session Info:

There are a lot of steps involved in creating illustrations for a story. But where do you start? In this fun and interactive session Ben will share the process of drawing a story visually. He’ll share how he illustrated ‘Real Pigeons Fight Crime’, a hilarious new series in the same vein as Dav Pilkey’s Dogman and Aaron Blabey’s Bad Guys. A lot of fun in this one.

Topics:

  • Visual literacy
  • Problem solving with illustrations
  • Creating unique characters that help extend a story
  • Step-by-step process of creating a book
  • Illustration formats, eg. picture books, chapter books, graphic novels, comics
  • This workshop leads into writing a story. It isn’t intimidating to write or draw by the end of this session!

Session Info

  • Audience: Grade 3 - Year 9
  • Duration: 50 – 60 minutes.
  • Requirements: Ben requires:
    • Large whiteboard (preferably on wheels)
    • Smart board or projector facilities and laptop setup (Will bring USB with PowerPoint presentation on it)
    • Table to display books on.
    Students require:
    • A4 paper or their notebooks
    • Coloured pencils, markers, anything to create with! They will need to have colour options, not just a pen and lead pencils.
    • Tables for students to sit at, OR clipboards/books to lean on if on the floor.

Other sessions:

  • Illustration Workshop

    There are a lot of steps involved in creating illustrations for a story. But where do you start? In this fun and interactive session Ben will share the process of drawing a story visually. He’ll share how he illustrated ‘Real Pigeons Fight Crime’, a hilarious new series in the same vein as Dav Pilkey’s Dogman […]

  • Drawing a Story

    Creating a story can be hard. Drawing pictures for a story can be too! What does the character look like? Where does the character live? Does the character like to eat socks? These are just some of the questions an illustrator has to think about when drawing a story. Ben will entertain students with tips […]

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