Join me on PBIC Self-Paced and participate with the community as we go through this exciting 8-week journey together.

As soon as purchase is completed the 8-week course will begin - everything you need to get started will be in your welcome email.

By the end of this course, you’ll have the tools and resources to expand ideas, design characters, develop storyboards with the confidence and skillset to work as a children’s picture book illustrator.

Week 1. Learn the physical mechanics of a picture book and the things you need to consider before starting work on your story.

Week 2. Develop character maps, considering age, size, proportion, groups, interaction, movement and the importance of story, experimenting with animal and human possibilities.

Week 3. Explore visual storytelling with thumbnail sketches, page-breaks and the story arc. See how these affect the pace, rhythm and flow of your story.

Week 4. Develop your storyboard, considering page layout, design, text and image placement and adding detail to character and setting.

Week 5. Make a dummy book.

Week 6. Set up your final illustration, and explore illustration techniques.

Week 7. Illustrate your final piece.

Week 8. ‘What next?’ How to get your work out there, we discuss the importance of a portfolio, support, submitting work, self-publishing and money.