Illustrating Children's Picture Books

June 30-July 23, 2008 · Two class meetings per week · UW campus, Seattle

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Designed for aspiring and published illustrators and authors of children's 32-page picture books, this course explores the visual side of writing picture books through workshops, discussions, and critiques.

Working from an original story or re-told folktale, participants:

• Develop a complete 32-page book dummy and work toward the final art.

• Evaluate ways in which a manuscript can suggest visual scenes and how illustrations enhance the narrative qualities of a manuscript.

• Explore character details, word choice, visual research, pacing, art styles, media, point-of-view, and manuscript revision.

• Learn techniques for seamlessly integrating a story's words and pictures.

Illustrators and authors of children's chapter books are also welcome. This course complements University of Washington Extension certificate program in Writing for Children.

Brenda Z. Guiberson
Guiberson is an award-winning author and illustrator who has created books of fiction and nonfiction for children. Her picture books such as Cactus Hotel, Spoonbill Swamp, Into the Sea and The Emperor Lays an Egg have won numerous literary and scientific awards. Guiberson's illustrated books include Mud City: A Flamingo Story, and several chapter books including Mummy Mysteries, an ALA Kid's Pick. Her novel, Turtle People, was a Junior Library Guild selection. Her newest book, Ice Bears, illustrated by Ilya Spirin, will be available in fall 2008.

Margaret Chodos-Irvine
Chodos-Irvine's illustrations for the picture book, BUZZ, received three starred reviews and was named both an American Booksellers Association Pick of the List and a Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of the Year. She wrote and illustrated Ella Sarah Gets Dressed, a Caldecott Honor winner. Other illustrated books include Apple Pie 4th of July, Hello, Arctic!, My House is Singing, and Hide and Seek.

Julie Paschkis
Paschkis is a painter and an award-winning illustrator of more than 15 books for children. Some of the books that she has illustrated are Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal by Paul Fleischman (A 2007 New York Times Notable Book), Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary by Julie Larios (A 2006 Horn Book Honor Book), Mrs. Chicken and The Hungry Crocodile by Margaret Lippert and Won-Ldy Paye (A Charlotte Zolotow Silver Medal Winner) and Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams by Janet Wong (a New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Book).

Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., June 30-July 23, 2008; $489 + $35 nonrefundable registration fee; 2.4 CEUs. Instructor: Brenda Z. Guiberson.

Course registration # 93311

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