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WORKSHOP FOCUS
Through the critical analysis of award-winning and other exemplary picture books, this course will further investigate the skills and knowledge necessary to refine and hone your craft as a picture-book creator.
As an in-depth and advanced study of the genre, participants will delve deeply into the following topics:
- dynamic word/image relationships,
- individual voice and style as defined through technique and media,
- illustrative skills,
- compositional strategies and design in image,
- page and spread,
- how historical and cultural trends impact the form,
- and the contemporary picture-book market.
Join illustrator and author Dominic Catalano for this thought-provoking and challenging workshop dedicated to the fine art of the picture book.
Workshop Fee of $995 includes cozy, individual cabins; all meals (provided by a top-notch chef); airport pickup service, if needed; and an intimate teaching setting in the living room of the Founders of Highlights for Children!
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Dominic Catalano
Dominic holds an MA in fine arts,
an MFA in illustration, and most recently was awarded a PhD
in art
education from Ohio State University. He is an assistant professor
at Bowling Green State University in
northwestern Ohio. Dominic has illustrated twenty-five trade
and mass-market picture books, four of
which he also wrote—Wolf Plays Alone, Frog Went
A-Courting, Santa and the Three Bears, and
Mr. Basset Plays. His work has also appeared in numerous
children’s magazines and reading series.
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