Are you writing and/ or illustrating picture books?
Then join award-winning author, illustrator and animator Yasmeen Ismail for this online masterclass, where she will be sharing top tips, techniques and guidance to support you as you develop your own picture book.
Yasmeen will shed light on her creative process, and her approaches to writing and illustration, whether she is working across both or with another creative. She will discuss how the visuals and text come together during the process, and offer advice on working collaboratively.
She will guide you through turning story ideas into written narratives, and share her top tips for creating the visual language of your story from finding your illustrative style to using the right artistic materials, from place and setting to characters.
Plus, she will offer tips for writers and/ or illustrators around the publication process, and answer any questions you might have in a 15 minuet Q&A that will finish the session
This masterclass will be online via Teams. It will also be recorded so if you are unable to attend live, you'll be able to catch-up and access the recording for up to two weeks after the event has taken place.
Irish-born, Bristol-based Yasmeen Ismail is an award-winning author, illustrator and animator. Yasmeen studied at art school in her hometown, Dublin. After graduating, Yasmeen moved to London where she worked on many different projects ranging from advertising and short films to children's publishing. After a few years of working hard in London Yasmeen changed career and began writing and illustrating picture books. Her illustrations are bright, fluid and full of energy and movement. She loves to work with anything that will give her bright colours and good marks on the page. Yasmeen loves to experiment and expand in all areas of her work and is constantly trying new ways to improve her writing and drawing. Yasmeen has now illustrated over 15 books and has written 12 of them. She continues to make books everyday. When she’s not painting or writing you can find her drinking coffee.
On occasion you may see Yasmeen out and about. Perhaps doing a show or visiting a school. She loves to make kids laugh, and loves it even more when they make her laugh.
She lives in Bristol with her husband, their two little children, and Betty the cat.
The workshop fee of £30 (incl. VAT) is payable in full online. Please note that payment instalment plans are available for all W&A events, writing courses and editing services. Contact W&A Admin on events@writersandartists.co.uk so that we can find a payment schedule that works for you.
This is a live online event which will be presented using video conferencing software. Joining instructions and full guidance will be provided by the W&A Team a week before the event start-date. Please note, all event timings are in UK time.
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Accessible to All
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It’s of real importance to Writers & Artists that our events and courses remain accessible to all.
- Writers & Artists has made one bursary place available for this event as part of our accessibility scheme. Please visit our bursaries page to find out how to apply for bursaries to the course.
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At the speaker's discretion, event materials will be made available to attendees after the masterclass.
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A link to a recording of the masterclass will be circulated after the event. This will be made available to event attendees only, and for a time-limited period.
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This event will include written text and visuals. Please contact us in advance so that we can make arrangements to be sure all documents appear in a format that works for you.
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If you’d like to attend but have any questions or concerns regarding accessibility, then please email AccessWA@bloomsbury.com
