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An Introduction to Creating Picture Books

On this friendly beginners course, you will learn the essentials of creating contemporary picture books for children with award winning author / illustrator Claire Alexander. You will explore narrative themes and structures, create your own ideas for stories, develop convincing characters and experiment with a range of mediums to illustrate them. You will also gain an overview of the contemporary picture book market and learn how to make a book dummy to present to publishers.


'Claire runs wonderful courses - fun and friendly and highly professional - packed with tips and techniques and taking you all the way from loosening up the imagination, from the page to the - ulp -publisher!'
PL, Theatre Practitioner

Course Details

Dates
: 22nd Sept - 1st Dec 2010, Wednesday evenings 7.00 - 9.30pm
(There will be no lesson during half term on the 27th Oct)

Venue: Union Church and Community Centre, Weston Park, Crouch End London, N8 9TA

Course Fees: £195 paid in advance, non-returnable

If you are interested in receiving more information or would like an enrolment form, please email
or call Claire on 07949 027 236

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