Join award-winning author and illustrator Freya Blackwood for a special Book Week online event! Back by popular demand, this fun and inspiring session invites students to step inside Freya’s imaginative world. Discover the stories behind her beautiful illustrations, learn what sparks her creativity and see how she brings her unforgettable characters to life – all through pictures.
Students will enjoy hands-on drawing activities that spark imagination and encourage creative expression. The session will finish with a live Q&A, where students can ask Freya their own questions.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about the ways writers and illustrators tell stories
- Engage in guided drawing activities
- Experiment with using pictures to tell a story
Cost: Free
Duration: 1 hour (This live program will be delivered online via Webex).
Students participating in this program will need:
- Four sheets of A4 plain drawing paper
- Grey lead pencil
- Colour pencils
About the artist
Freya Blackwood is a multi-award-winning illustrator and writer. Her picture books are beloved for her warm and perceptive drawings. Since publishing her first picture book in 2003, Freya has worked with writers such as Libby Gleeson, Margaret Wild, Jan Ormerod, Nick Bland, Mem Fox and Kirli Saunders.
In 2010, Freya won the UK’s most prestigious prize for illustrators, the Carnegie Medal for Illustration, for her book Harry and Hopper. And in 2015 she did what no other creator has ever done, taking out three CBCA Book of the Year awards in a single year.
Freya lives in Orange, New South Wales, with her daughter, Ivy.