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49) Paper and Pen – Story Illustration for teens, ages 10-14, taught in Arabic

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About this class

Do you like stories? Do you want to learn how to write and illustrate an enjoyable story for children? You just need a pen, two sheets of paper, and a lot of imagination.

Students will be given an introduction about the history of children’s stories throughout different times and will hear how individual artists have illustrated the same story in different ways and about the profession of story writer and illustrator in general.

Class Outline
  1. Overview of the history of children’s stories and the most important Arabic writers and illustrators. Students will look at different illustrations of the same story and study different types of story characters
  2. Brainstorming to collect ideas, thoughts or inherited stories. Based on this, students will either write their own story or re-phrase a known story using their own language
  3. Developing the stories and refining the language
  4. Students will explore how to create and develop characters in order to construct a coherent story.
  5. Students will work on the illustration of the overall atmosphere of the scene
  6. Work day – students keep developing the final illustration of the story
  7. Work day – students keep developing the final illustration of the story
  8. Final illustration

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class\

Participants are required to buy there materials and bring them for every class

  • 1 small sketchbook for taking notes
  • 1 pencil HB
  • Sharpener
  • 1 canvas book size A 3
  • 3 different round tipped brushes; i.e. sizes 0, 6 and 12 or similar
  • 1 acrylic colors set
  • Pallet
  • Water container
  • Old cloth

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
  • Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
  • Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
  • Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
  • Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
  • Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Thu, 13 Oct, 2016
End: Thu, 1 Dec, 2016
Lessons: 8
Days: Thursdays
Time: 5 pm to 7 pm
Location: VCUQatar Room 254
Cost: QAR 850

Instructors

Reem Al Askari Sm 150 200 80

Reem Al Askari

Reem is a Palestinian children’s stories illustrator. She has lived and worked in Doha for almost ten years. She received a bachelor degree in Fine Arts from Damascus University, Syria and has regularly participated in group exhibitions in several Arab countries. She has illustrated nearly 40 story books and has conducted many workshops for children in Qatar and in different other Arab countries. She has received several prizes for some of her books.

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