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Illustrating Children's Books with Korky Paul
About Korky
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© illustration Korky Paul Winnie and Wilbur Valerie Thomas & Korky Paul (OUP)
Further Detail
You must have a passion and a willingness to draw. Please note that Korky Paul will not be teaching drawing – students should have some inherent or intrinsic skill. The gift as some may call it!

Please bring an appropriate story or poem written by you, a friend or a published author, to be illustrated as a 32-page picture book (max word count approx. 800). Please bring as a Word document. The tutor will have a selection of stories which writers have granted him permission to use for teaching purposes. You can choose from these should you not have a story. 

Skills/Techniques Covered
  • Learning how to divide/split the manuscript into 12 spreads (24 pages) 
  • Researching and preparing preliminary character sketches
  • Researching and preparing preliminary background sketches
  • Story boarding the story over 12 spreads
  • Preparing pencil rough for one double page spread (spread 1, pp6-7)
  • Preparing finished art for one double page spread (spread 1, pp6-7)
  • Learning about layout, design, typography and composition
  • Learning how analyse picture books for layout, design, typography and composition
  • Preparing a presentation package for a potential publisher

Level
This course is designed for students with a passion for drawing and want to take it to the next level of ilustration.

Please Bring With You
  • A detailed list of things to bring will be sent to you when you book for the course. As a keen drawer, you probably have most of the items already. They include:
  • Examples of your work
  • Drawing tools
  • Colouring materials
  • Papers
  • Other assorted materials, such as masking fluid and masking tape
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We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.


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