About the Author

Author/illustrator of children’s picture books and novels: Slobcat, Solo, The Hunter, The Hoppameleon, Dinosaur in Danger, Tortuga, The Great Green Forest, Look out Patrick! Monty’s Journey, The Cross-with-us Rhinoceros, Over the Steamy Swamp, Pig, The Wonderful Journey, The Giraffe who got in a Knot and more.
 
Paul offers up to three different 60-minute presentations in a day, to audiences of 70 - 100 at a time (ages 3 – 12 & adults) on the subject of picture books. He will also leave behind three or four signed, coloured felt-tip sketches done on the day. (Usually schools keep and frame these, but they fetch around £100 each if auctioned.)

Among other things, Paul's presentations will feature;

• An introductory drawing, TV presenter style- ‘How it is not done’
• Readings from my books
• Storytelling
• An interactive talk on ideas for stories
• The stories behind some ideas that became books (as well as some that didn’t!)
• A ‘proper’ drawing in front of the group, (showing how a picture is built up, starting with a mess and gradually developing form)

Paul also gives a demonstration of a variety of facial expressions through quick sketches during the telling of a story. All this is illustrated with actual examples of idea doodle-sheets, presentation thumbnails (a kind of cartoon strip minature of the story used to show to editors), rough drawings, finished illustrations, proof prints, the book as a large running sheet - prior to cutting -, bound proofs and finally the finished book, which is then read to the group, all followed by questions from the group.

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Booking Information

Home:	Surrey
Travels to:	South England preferably
Prices:	£460 + travel expenses/ accommodation expenses as necessary + VAT

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