Illustrating explained

Duration: 45 minutes

Virtual excursion

Stage 3 Stage 4

English

Have you ever wondered how picture book illustrators work to bring a story to life?

Here's a sneak peek

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Details

In this virtual excursion you will take part in an exclusive ‘behind the scenes’ investigation into the process of bringing a picture book to life. You will see original drafts, sketches and artworks from our extensive picture book archives that demonstrate how illustrators develop and plan their illustrations, bringing adding depth and meaning to the words on each page.

Please note: This virtual excursion is only available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Curriculum outcomes

English

EN3-RECOM-01 Fluently reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes, analysing text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension

EN3-UARL-01 Analyses representations of ideas in literature through narrative, character, imagery, symbol and connotation, and adapts these representations when creating texts

English

EN4-URB-01 examines and explains how texts represent ideas, experiences and values

EN4-ECA-01 creates personal, creative and critical texts for a range of audiences by using linguistic and stylistic conventions of language to express ideas

EN4-RVL-01 uses a range of personal, creative and critical strategies to read texts that are complex in their ideas and construction

Please note

This session, artworks, film and sound clips are protected by copyright and may not be recorded, reproduced or used in any way without the express written consent of the State Library of NSW.