Edited by:
Alice Barberini
In person courses
Enrollment deadline
Registrations will be accepted subject to availability.
Language: ItalianoTotal hours: 43,5
Cost: 430,00 €
Course with final certificate
Accessible with Italian Teacher Card
Agenda
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21.7.2025 09:30–18:30
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22.7.2025 09:30–18:30
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23.7.2025 09:30–18:30
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24.7.2025 09:30–18:30
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25.7.2025 09:30–18:30
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26.7.2025 09:30–13:00
Creating a picture book
The picture book is at the heart of Alice Barberini’s course, which aims to provide participants with the necessary tools to design and develop a personal project.
The theoretical part focuses on analyzing the relationship between text and illustration through a selection of reference books.
In the following design phase, space is given to inspiration, exploring possible stories to tell.
Once the material to work on has been identified, the instructor shares useful strategies with students to help recognize the right idea among many creative insights.
Once the right idea has been chosen, it is first developed into text and then into a storyboard, where words and images complement each other.
To this end, compositional techniques that are helpful during the drawing and design stages will be examined, guiding the reader through the pages of an airy and dynamic narrative.
The course includes the supervised creation of one or more final illustrations, intended as the foundation of a project that can be continued independently.
Illustration by Alice Barberini, In the tube, Orecchio Acerbo, 2020.
1. Brief Introduction: Characteristics and structure of the picture book
2. On the Idea: How it originates and what makes an intuition the winning idea
3. From Idea to Text: How to guide the reader. The importance of the ending
4. Review of the Projects
5. The Storyboard: Exploring a new language where text and image work together to tell a story
6. Inside the Image: From choosing the format to studying individual frames
7. Storyboard Review
8. Development and Final Realization: Creating one or more final illustrations
Basic drawing skills.
Technical art materials are the responsibility of the participant.
- Sketchpad or notebook (minimum size A4)
- Pencils of various hardness (HB, 4B, 7B or 8B)
- High-quality watercolors (e.g. Winsor & Newton)
- 300 gsm hot-pressed watercolor paper: pad or large sheets to be cut (minimum size A4)
- 4 round-tip watercolor brushes, high-quality sable or synthetic: one small (size 2), two medium (sizes 4 and 8/10), one large (around size 20)
- Optional flat brushes for backgrounds
- Kneaded eraser
- Pencil sharpener
- Masking tape to secure the paper
- Wooden or plexiglass board to secure the paper
- Container for water
Alternative techniques: Advanced students who wish to work with other techniques should contact the profesor.
It is recommended to bring a water container, a palette (or plates) for mixing colors, and a cloth for drying.
Centro Sociale di Rugolo
Via Rugolo, 1
31026 Rugolo di Sarmede (TV)
Creating a picture book
Edited by:
Alice Barberini
