Drawing a Story
by Ben Wood
Description
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 and tricks for creating a story with pictures.
Topics:
Topics:
- Simple visual literacy tricks
- Problem solving with illustrations
- Creating unique characters that help extend a story
- Step-by-step process of a creating a book
- This workshop leads into writing a story last. It isn’t intimidating to write or draw by the end of this session.
Details
Audience
Prep–Grade 2
Duration
50-60 minutes
Requirements
Ben needs: 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 need: A4 paper or their notebooks Coloured pencils, markers, anything to create with! They will need to have colour options. If table and chairs set up isn’t viable, they’ll need to bring something to lean on.