Press release: Once upon an island – workshop in the creation of an illustrated children’s book, presented by Piet Grobler

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The Talking Table 2022
Tuesday June 14, 2022 – Monday June 20, 2022
Signup-deadline: June 14, 12:00am

Once upon an Island: Write & illustrate your own children’s book in a medieval Greek village with master illustrator Piet Grobler

Illustration by Piet Grobler

Write and illustrate a picture book, guided by award-winning South African illustrator Piet Grobler. Be inspired by the setting and the inhabitants of the lovely Greek island of Lesbos (in the most picturesque port village) to create that story that you have been hoping to tell for a long time!

Day 1: Chance

Morning: Happy accidents, experimental image making, collecting stuff and idea generation in the streets of Lesbos

Afternoon: Individual sessions and free time

Day 2: A sense of place and finding characters looking for stories 

Morning: Observation-drawing in the outdoors. Interpreting our environment and looking at potential settings for your story as well as drawing people and animals from observation in town or in the countryside. Identifying possible characters or character ideas for your own story 

Afternoon: Individual sessions and free time

Day 3: Plot it: 

Morning: Conceptualising your story with the information you have gathered and creating a story board. Thinking on paper. Sketchbook, dummies

Afternoon: Individual sessions and free time

Day 4: Illustrate it!: 

Morning: Show-and-tell about your progress, feedback and practical illustration by using analogue (non-digital or traditional) hand- techniques and mediums

Afternoon: Individual feedback and free time

Day 5: More illustration:

Morning: Show-and-tell about your progress, feedback and practical work. Further developing of your story and working on your picture book

Afternoon: Individual feedback and free time

Day 6: Show and tell:  Exhibition and story-telling of the week's work

Ilustration Piet Grobler

Workshop presenter

South-African illustrator, Piet Grobler, has illustrated 90 books of which many have been awarded internationally – amongst others, A Golden Apple at the Biennale for Illustration in Bratislava and the French Octogône de Chéne. His books have been translated into 16 languages. Piet has served on several international juries for picture book illustration competitions, such as the BIB (Bratislava) and the NAMI Concours (Korea). He is a freelance illustrator and author, co-founder of the International Centre for the Picture Book in Society and Visiting Professor at the University of Worcester, UK, where he taught for eight years.

Piet Grobler (Photo provided)

Price

  • €1 400 p/p
  • Tariffs include two meals per day, course fee and art supplies, transfers from and to the airport.
  • Travel and accommodation excluded.
  • 50% deposit secures your place. The balance is payable 30 days before the event. Full amount if booked in less than 30 days prior.
  • You pay your for your own accommodation. We have options for all budgets in beautiful village house around The Talking Table venue. 
  • We will guide you to accommodation in the village, from the more affordable to the more luxurious. The choice is yours. Prices will be in the range from around 40 to 100 euro per night

To book: Click here.

Brought to you by The Talking Table.

See also:

Schoenbek: ’n Onderhoud met Joukje Akveld en Piet Grobler

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