[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-creating-childrens-picture-books-new-online-courses":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"You may recall how my fab friend \u003Ca href=\"http://davidoconnell.uk/\">David O'Connell\u003C/a> and I created a picture book called \u003Ci>Jampires\u003C/i>... \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/522996_original-cca97e0be0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nWell, we've both made lots more books since then and we're \u003Ca href=\"https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/writing-and-illustrating-a-childrens-picture-book/\">teaching a course\u003C/a>! Have you ever wanted to write or illustrate your own children's picture book? If you're new to this whole publishing malarkey, we have some tips and insights that might help! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"4319\"/>\\r\n\\r\nThroughout the Curtis Brown Creative course, filmed by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.hadleybrothers.co.uk/\">the Hadley Brothers\u003C/a>, we'll be teaching you in online videos and assigning homework that you'll be able to share and discuss with classmates on a forum. You can have three options: \\r\n\\r\n1. You can choose the \u003Cb>writer's course\u003C/b> with Dave. He'll talk you through the elements of writing and structuring a picture book, adding humour, tips on publishing and more. I really trust him because I got to know him as an illustrator as well as a writer (and we \u003Ci>both\u003C/i> wrote and \u003Ci>both\u003C/i> illustrated \u003Ci>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.jampires.com/\">Jampires\u003C/a>\u003C/i>!) so he really understands both elements of creating a picture book. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/523081_original-150e58b542.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n2. Or you can do the \u003Cb>illustration course\u003C/b> with me! That's mostly filmed in my studio and I'll walk you through telling stories with pictures. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/524395_original-b8a4fbfda7.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\n3. The third option is a \u003Cb>course on both writing and illustrating\u003C/b>, with both Dave and me. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/523967_original-91717390ef.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nIt was fun working with Dave on this. A lot of it is filmed individually in our studios, but I think my favourite bit is when we're sitting around agent Anna Davis's kitchen table (she was our course editor) and Dave and I put together thumbnails for a whole monkey picture book from scratch.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/524116_original-05b390feb8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\\r\n\\r\nFind out more \u003Ca href=\"https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/writing-and-illustrating-a-childrens-picture-book/\">on the Curtis Brown Creative website\u003C/a>. The \u003Cb>first courses begin on 10 & 17 Oct this year\u003C/b>, for ages 18+, so sign up soon! (And you can find out more about \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jampires.com/\">\u003Ci>Jampires\u003C/i> here\u003C/a>!)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/524748_original-2afe6a2128.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">","2018-09-17T17:37:00.000Z","creating-childrens-picture-books-new-online-courses",[],"creating children's picture books - new online courses!",1776628729789]