Picture Books: Crafting Stories With Words and Pictures

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Different picture book dummies by Claudia Rueda.

Oct 1 - Nov 19

$400

If you would like more information about this or any other course offerings, please contact a SVACE Course Advisor at:

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Location

Online

Faculty

Claudia Rueda,

Picture book author

This course is for students who want to develop the visual writing and storytelling skills required to plan and create innovative picture books. Each week will begin by looking at early and contemporary picture books to study the fundamental elements of visual narrative, characterization, composition, pacing and point of view, as well as how to engage the reader. The second half of each session will navigate the picture book creation process. Students will map their fictional worlds and sketch a sequence with thumbnails, then make a storyboard, refine their characters and settings, and finally craft their picture book dummy. Special emphasis is placed on experimenting with playful, poetic and thought-provoking interactions between words and images. Weekly revisions will be made based on critiques, and we will discuss the challenges for picture book authors/artists, and how to navigate submitting work to publishers and agents.
NOTE: All students with an active registration in this course will be given access to the Adobe Creative Cloud. This section of VNC-2342 is fully online and offered through synchronous sessions during the listed course hours.

Course Number

VNC-2342-OL

Credits

2 CEUs

Technical Requirements

The School of Visual Arts online courses are hosted in Canvas, our College-wide learning system. Most computers (5 years old or newer recommended) can access the course(s) without a problem. The courses work with Windows (Windows 7 and newer), Macintosh (Mac OSX 10.10 and newer), and Linux (chromeOS). Participants will need a minimum screen size of 800x600 (the average size of a netbook) and good broadband (Minimum of 512kbps) Internet connection to participate in the online courses.
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