James Foley
Author & Illustrator
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My sessions are funny, entertaining, interactive and inspiring. (They’re educational too, but don’t tell the kids that). I love encouraging students to make their own stories and to enjoy the creative process. I work with students from grades 1-12, and adults too.
I do 3 x 1hr sessions per day.
A typical 1 hour meet-the-author talk will include:
- my creative journey from childhood to now;
- showing the students examples of stories and illustrations I made when I was their age;
- talking about the general process of writing and illustrating, and revealing early drafts;
- reading a story; doing a demonstration drawing; and if there’s time I lead the students in a drawing activity.
My talks can cover topics such as …
- my creative journey: how I became an author/illustrator
- the making of The Last Viking / The Last Viking Returns
- the making of In The Lion
- the making of My Dead Bunny
- the making of Brobot
- visual literacy of picture books
- Visual literacy of comics and graphic novels
- the picture book creation process
- The comic-book/graphic novel creation process
I can run workshops on …
- how to draw cartoons
- creating comics/graphic novels
- zombie animal zoo – designing zombie pets through collage and/or clay sculpture
- secrets of character design
- how to make clay character maquettes
- digital illustration techniques
- how to write/illustrate picture books
- making a collaborative picture book in a day (requires 5 school contact hours, 12-20 students max)
if you’re after something else, please get in touch
I also do …
literature festivals, professional development sessions for teachers, workshops for adults, artist residencies, murals and community projects.