Have you a story from your childhood you'd love to illustrate for your family? Do you want to take your painting skills beyond the tablet into the pages of a book? In this workshop we'll explore the basics and dimensions of illustrating children's tales:

• Creating characters
• Making facial expressions
• Dividing the text dramatically for best page-turning effect
• Using colors to set the mood or set off the action
• How illustrators use research and experiment with effects, and more

I look forward to showing you some ways to develop a story you'll be excited to illustrate!

Meet your Instructor

Diane Worfolk Allison

After focusing on children's portraits, Diane illustrated several children's books for Little Brown, Random House, and others, as well as "Jesus' Little Parables of the Kingdom,"" Pets, People and Prayer" and "Big with Blessings" for the CSPS. She took a core of art classes at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, extension classes and on the job. She's now focusing on graphic design for posters and flyers at the Brooklyn Reading Room, as well as a screenplay, puppet projects and songs.