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Book Week with Kelly Canby

Where
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When

Friday 22 August from 2pm to 2:45pm

Join award-winning author and illustrator Kelly Canby for a creative drawing workshop inspired by her book, A Leaf Called Greaf.

Where do picture book ideas really come from? Sometimes, they begin with a feeling, a quiet moment, a spark of joy, or a sudden storm of emotion.

In this creative and heart-led workshop, award-winning author and illustrator Kelly Canby will share how her books often start not with a big idea, but with a small feeling worth following. Inspired by her most recent picture book A Leaf Called Greaf, she’ll guide students through gentle reflection and expressive drawing prompts to help them ‘catch’ their own unique emotion and turn it into something visual.

You’ll get to hear about her process, watch a live demonstration, and then create your own feelings-based drawing, no art experience required, just curiosity and a pencil, or crayon, or marker...

Suitable for children aged 6-8 years.

Students will need paper and pencils, crayons or textas. A variety of colours please. 

Check out all the Book Week events happening online at the State Library here.

This event will be held online via Zoom. You will be sent the link to join the session with your booking confirmation. For help with joining and participating in Zoom Webinars: Joining and participating in Zoom Webinars.

This session, artworks, film and sound clips are protected by copyright and may not be recorded, reproduced or used in any way without the express written consent of the State Library of NSW.

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State Library of NSW

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