Program Description
Event Details
Students! Come out to "Illustrating a Picture Book Workshop with Farida Zaman." Farida will introduce you to the process of illustrating children’s picture books and then guide you through a simple warm up exercise of sketching children’s faces with different emotions.
Suggested materials for participants Include:
- 2B Pencils
- HB Pencil
- Eraser
- Sharpener
- 12” ruler
- Coloured pencil set
- Black thin marker
Farida Zaman is a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist and writer, who is well known for her whimsical, uplifting designs of flowers, plants, and a wide breadth of subject matter in watercolour, gouache, acrylics and digital art. She has illustrated over 16 picture books, including My First Book of Hindi Words, Two Shoes, Blue Shoes, New Shoes!, and The Yoga Game, and is author-illustrator of I Want To Be… A Gutsy Girls’ ABC, with more books coming soon.
For Grades 2-3.
Canadian Children’s Book Week connects Canadian authors and illustrators with children and teens across Canada. The week of events is organized by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, a national, not-for-profit organization founded in 1976.
How to participate
Register 1 attendee per participant/class. You will be emailed an invitation link to Zoom prior to the day of the event.
Tech Requirements
All devices are accepted.
Your privacy is important to us
No recordings, screenshots, or photographs will be permitted by hosts or participants.
This event will be hosted on Zoom by Halifax Public Libraries.