Picturing Words and Writing Pictures
Picture Book Retreat – Closed, Waiting list in operation
Written and illustrated by Maisie Paradise Shearring, Macmillan, Two Hoots Books.
The 2018 Retreat is now fully booked with a waiting list in operation. Email britishisles-ic@scbwi.org to be added. Join us for a long weekend of play, exploration, personal work time, group critiques and fun for picture book writers and illustrators? Go to Picture Book Retreat booking page to learn more!
Past Masterclasses in 2018
12 May 2018 Writing for Illustrators with Maisie Paradise Shearring an international award winning and published illustrator. This ran as a Masterclass in every sense of the word. Attendees produced lots of story ideas and pictures prompted by the writing and drawing exercises Maisie gave us. What was the most fun? All of it! We learned a lot too.
10 March 2018 David McDougall, art director, Harper Collins, led a wonderful masterclass on what kind of portfolio gets you commissioned. As usual, David was very generous with his time and expertise. Read about the masterclass on Words and Pictures, written by Sarah Underwood.
9 June 2018 We had an exciting and fun filled afternoon with Mark Mills (Plum Pudding Illustration Agency) Nghiem Ta (Senior Art Director, Walker Books) and Emily Lamm (Commission Picture Book editor from Hatchette). This year, rather than work in groups beginning with one reviewer, we had a very short introduction to our three, delegates chose the row of tables in front of the reviewer they wanted to see, and each illustrator went up for a 10 minute review, one to one. What was so fun to see, was all the sketching (of each other and the reviewers) and sharing of portfolios going on between everyone waiting to be seen. A wonderful, full and fun day was had by all!
Above: Illustrations by our fabulous guests and SCBWI supporters (left to right): Tim Hopgood, Pam Smy, Leigh Hodgkinson.
Huge congratulations to those of you whose work was selected to be in our first ever;
SCBWI BI Biennial Illustration Exhibition
PICTURES AT PLAY!
Hosted in the fabulous new space of the Half Moon Theatre Gallery.
Thank you to all SCBWI illustrator members for submitting over 140 illustrations to our juried illustration competition!
It was a hard task to select from such a high standard of sequential art, from both published and unpublished members, in a wide range of children’s genres. So a big thank you to our publishing industry for all their work!
Watch for the next Call for Entries for 2019!
Past news
The Pictures At Play Grand Launch Party and Talk took place on on 28 September, 2017 at the Half Moon Theatre, London. Exhibitors’ books and prints were (and continue to be!) available for sale with some proceeds going to War Child. In the theatre our brilliant guest artists and publishers took part in a panel talk hosted by Bridget Marzo, discussing the different ways they collaborate to make great books.
Read more about artist events at the Gallery, our guest illustrators and judges, the launch & talk and see a glimpse of the exhibits HERE.
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