Children’s Book Illustration with Sandra Morris: Techniques
Sandra Morris' third course in our Children's Book Illustration series. Learn extended techniques for children's book illustration. Bring your own materials. Please contact the office for last minute registrations. This course will not be offered in 2025.
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Description
This two day workshop will help you develop your illustration techniques and is designed to extend skills learned in Children's Book Illustration: Character Development, although it is not essential to have attended this first course. Techniques taught will be suitable for a range of applications, not just children's books.
What should you bring?
Your lunch each day. We'll provide tea and coffee in the staff-room. Bring your character drawings and dummy book from previous courses if you have these.
The materials list for Illustration Techniques is:
- Pencils 1HB, 2B, 3B
- Eraser - good soft one
- Molotow mono zero pencil eraser (round)
- Coloured pencils - basic set including dark indigo and burnt carmine from the Faber Castell Polychromos range
- Colourless blender pencil
- 0.05mm staedtler pigment liner
- Watercolour brushes - sizes 1, 5, 6 and a 2" hake
- A4 packet of Hahn Stella multi matt paper
- 1 sheet watercolour paper - Hot Press (smooth) 300gsm - Hahan Lanaquarell, Arches or Saunders - don't buy Fabriano for now
- Embossing tool
- Small craft knife
All available from art supplies stores. Selwyn Community Education students are offered a 10% discount at Gordon Harris, Newmarket (ph 520 4466).
We will also supply graphite powder, solvents, nibs, masking fluid, frisket sheets, watercolours, indian ink, board and pastels to use during the course. This is included in your course fee.
Who should attend?
Anyone who wants to learn advanced techniques for illustration. It is not necessary to have attended any of Sandra's previous courses.
The Children's Book Illustration Series
- Character Development - draw your character and create a 3D model
- Storyboarding and Dummy Book - learn the process of illustration and laying out a picture book
- Techniques - advanced techniques for illustration.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for attending this course.
If you have attended a prior Children's Book Illustration course, bring your character models and illustrations and other work completed in previous courses.
People who attended this course also attended...
CBI Character Development, CBI Storyboarding and Making a Dummy Book, Writing Children's Picture Books
Testimonials
The Techniques workshop was a great fun! Lot’s of hands on demos and hands on explorations with a variety of media. It was a wonderful opportunity to try a great variety of media and tools to see which one resonate with me the most without breaking my family budget.
