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Topics covered

• Throughout the course there will be a series of practical workshop activities, each designed to help you explore the different aspects of contemporary illustration. The emphasis is on idea generation and a hands-on approach.
• We will explore narrative and storytelling through character generation and storyboarding and simple bookmaking.
• We will use expressive lettering and hand drawn type as a form of illustration.
• You will investigate the relationship between words and images in visual communication – testing layout and composition.
• We will explore reportage illustration (visual journalism) and how to gather primary research through observation and working on location.
• You will have the opportunity to create images through drawing, collageand printmaking – including Lino cut and Mono-printing.
• Activities will also include important elements that are part of an illustrator’s working experience such as creating images for a particular audience (children for example or editorial images for newspaper and magazines).
• We will experiment with a variety of media - for example using two colours, incorporating a logo with your illustration, and working to a set size.
• We will also look at successful illustrations and discuss what an illustrator’s life is like, through contemporary and historical examples.

Learning outcomes

• Have the practical knowledge of how to work from a project brief and create illustration imagery.
• Identify common areas of Illustration practice, e.g. editorial, publishing, narrative and sequential imagery and expressive lettering.
• Create an experimental collection of images on paper.
• Explore basic relief printingand bookbinding
• Understand the life of an illustrator and how to communicate with your intended audience.
• Develop a range techniques using different materials for illustration.

Materials

• Sketchbook / notebook (comfortable size)
• Couple of pencils (selection: 4B - 7B)
• Any preferred drawing materials, pens, brushes