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Writing & Illustrating Children's Picture Books

Whether for fun or profit, learn the inside secrets, tips and tricks of how to make your own picture books for 3-7 year-olds, revealed by professional children’s author-illustrator Christyan Fox. 

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Phone: 02083980287

Email: christyan@christyanfox.co.uk

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Illustrating a Children's Picture Book 

Learn to adapt your artwork skills to suit a picture book format for 3-7 year-olds with advice from an award-winning author-illustrator.

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Writing and Illustrating a Children's Picture Book
(Buy both
-- get 15% off)

Bringing together everything from the two separate courses for those who’d like to illustrate AND write their own children’s picture book. 

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Turn your ideas into a fully-fledged picture book text for 3-7 year olds with advice from an award-winning author illustrator. 

Writing a Children's Picture Book

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About the Courses

Have you ever dreamed about wanting to write or illustrate (or both!) a children’s picture book of your own but don’t know how to make a start?

 

Or would you like to make a career out of children’s publishing?

 

You might be a complete novice who would just like to be able to write or illustrate some of your ideas in a more professional manner... perhaps for your own children, grandchildren, nephews or nieces.

 

Or maybe you’re already a professional writer, fine artist, graphic designer or illustrator who’d really like to make a career change and give children’s publishing a try.

 

Welcome to Christyan Fox: Writing and Illustrating Children’s Picture Books. There are many ‘Learn to Draw’ courses and videos on-line, as well as hundreds of general creative writing courses... many of them from well-intentioned amateurs.

 

But there’s very little university-quality, professional information available for people who are serious about wanting to write or Illustrate their own Children’s Picture Book, perhaps with the intention of finding a publisher or agent and making a career in publishing.

 

Christyan has been writing and illustrating his own books (as well as collaborating with other authors) for the last 35 years, with over 50 books published worldwide. He’s also taught in Universities and the V&A in London, as well as one-to-one mentoring in the subject for the last ten years, so he knows a thing or two.

 

Here you’ll find a series of Free Video Resources that will teach you the inside secrets, tips and tricks of the trade that you usually can’t find online or in books.

 

If you’d like to go further down the career path there are 2 video-based courses for Writers or Illustrators, with downloadable transcript notes and other resources. Those who'd like to write and illustrate their own text can buy both courses at a 15% discount.

 

*Please note that these courses are focussed on picture books for the 3-7-year-old market. If your interest is in writing Middle Ground (roughly 8-12 years) or Young Adult teen fiction, these courses will not cover those areas.

How will I be learning?

This great learning package is delivered through a combination of free and paid teaching videos, together with substantial downloadable transcript notes and resource material. The individual courses are split into 6 parts (each part contains up to 6 separate videos of around 20-30 mins each ) designed for flexible study, so you can take things at a pace and time to suit you – wherever in the world you are.

You can follow everything at your own pace, but to get the best out of this course you should allow plenty of time to watch the videos, take notes, read and reflect on the transcript notes and resources, and complete the illustration and writing tasks.

Not sure which course to take?

Some people (usually illustrators) start out with the ambition to write and illustrate their own texts.

 

There are many others who don't start out that way, but think it might be something they'd like to tackle... one day.

 

If you're a writer you don't have to illustrate, and if you're an illustrator you don't have to write.

 

But many people want to know what's involved with the opposite side of the writing/illustration equation, so they can better-understand their creative partners.

 

Whichever group you're in, that's why we offer the chance to buy both courses at a 15% discounted rate.

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