Illustration for Picture Books

Illustration for Picture Books

Starts 24 Feb 2026 | 5 weeks | Half days

Venue

RWA Drawing School Studio, RWA, BS8 1PX

Price

£150

Date

Starts 24 Feb 2026

Select your tickets:

£150

Tutor - Sean Julian

Tuesdays, 2pm-5pm | 5 weeks

Starts Tuesday 24 February 2026

Explore different ways to create children’s books, and consider character design, narrative, illustrating a text, page composition and the creation of a compelling fictional ‘world’. Drawing games will introduce a range of illustration styles. By the end of the course you will develop a character and a short, illustrated narrative sequence.

Suitable for all abilities. Basic materials provided.

Please wear clothes and footwear suitable for a studio environment and bring a bag for taking work home with you.

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Participants must be 18 or over.

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