Classes with Rollin Thomas and Doug Keith

This year Rollin Thomas and Doug Keith are offering their picture book course in two places. At Edmonds Community College as a certificate course and at Pratt for a slightly shorter version. See the notices below.

And Rollin Thomas is offering for the first time, a three term course in Creating Your Own Graphic Novel at Pratt.

Please go to the web site to find his class under Drawing and Painting and register. Starts Wednesday September 28 from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Explore how pages are put together and stories are told sequentially. Find out how fun it is to write dialogue using the back-story-method. Structure stories, characters, and action to carry the story in each panel. Work in pencil, pen and ink, or on the computer. We will also cover the reproduction and publishing industry and all of the many ways you can get it to market. Prerequisite: Just your desire to tell a story.

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CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION the start of three terms

Instructors – Doug Keith & Rollin Thomas

Pratt Fine Arts Center

http://www.pratt.org >register for courses>drawing and painting

Wednesdays starting September 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Introduction to Children’s Picture Book Illustration Part one--Fall

Do you have a children’s book you want to create? This course will guide you through visual storytelling, creating characters, drawing storyboards and making dummies. You will create at least one finished illustration and learn how to find your place in the children’s illustration market. The artwork you create will enhance or begin your professional portfolio. This course is the first of three that will develop your skills and style.

Storytelling through Picture Book Illustration Part two—Winter

This Illustrator Goes to Market Part three—Spring

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Edmonds Community College

http://www.campusce.net/edmondsarts/Category/category.aspx?C=&S=9

Picture Book Illustration Certificate Series NEW!

Instructors: Doug Keith and Rollin Thomas.

Saturdays from 10 am to 2:30 pm starting Sept 24th

Would you like to illustrate children's books, contribute artwork to children's magazines or reach other potential markets? This three quarter certificate course will help prepare you for just such a career.

Part 1 - Fall Quarter - Introduction to Picture Book Illustration Learn how to create characters, use pictorial space to make the reader see what you want them to see, and choose the right images to best tell a story.

Part 2 - Winter Quarter - Storytelling and More

Part 3 - Spring Quarter - Getting Your Work to Market