Jersey Festival of Words
Tickets: £12
At CCA Gallery
10-16 year-olds
Introduction to Drawing the Graphic Novel
(Creating a one-page comic from initial idea to inked page)
Emily Haworth-Booth is a comics artist who won the Observer/Comica/Jonathan Cape Graphic Short Story Prize in 2013, was runner up of the same prize in 2008 and a finalist in the 2007 Nivea Funny Women Awards. Her comics have been published in the Observer, Miss Vogue, and the Guardian online. Emily is currently drawing a graphic novel about her quest for good health and is represented by the literary agency Johnson & Alcock. She teaches the Drawing the Graphic Novel courses at the Royal Drawing School and also runs workshops nationwide at venues including the Saatchi Gallery, Hay Festival and St George’s Hospital.
In this intensive workshop students will create their own one page graphic short story or comic. Through individual and partner work, group discussion, one-to-one feedback and demonstrations, each student will develop an idea for an original drawn story based on an event or memory from their own life. They will storyboard and edit their story in the workshop and be shown how to pencil and ink a final version which they can complete at home later. Participants will need to bring a meaningful personal photograph with them, either printed out or saved on a phone/digital camera. The workshop will be friendly and encouraging and is open to all levels – no artistic experience or ability required.
Workshop duration: 1:30 hours
Up to twenty places