From Autobiography to Illustrated Story
Getting to Know the Object
A course by Paloma Valdivia , Illustrator, Writer and Editor
About the video: Getting to Know the Object
Overview
“In this lesson, I will share with you a method that I use to recognize and become familiar with the selected object, and thus take the first steps in creating the story. ”
In this video lesson Paloma Valdivia addresses the topic: Getting to Know the Object, which is part of the Domestika online course: From Autobiography to Illustrated Story. Learn how to create a picture book starting from a personal story and an object from your childhood.
Partial transcription of the video
“Or Orlando Bloom Encountering the Object In this unit we will begin to work, we will look for an object that has been in our childhood home, something that has been with us since we were children. To do this, I will teach you a trick on how to better explore that object. Investigate at home, explore, search, ask and find something that catches your eye. In my case, I found this magnifying glass. This magnifying glass belonged to my great-aunt. He was one of the favorite people in my family. My great-aunt played with me in the yard, sewed my clothes, he taught me to take care of plants and h...”
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Course summary for: From Autobiography to Illustrated Story
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Ink Illustration, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Pencil Drawing, Picturebook, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Writing
Paloma Valdivia
A course by Paloma Valdivia
With a design degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and a postgraduate degree in illustration from the Escola d'Art i Disseny de Barcelona, illustrator, writer, and publisher Paloma Valdivia has taken the children and young adult’s books world by storm.
With work translated into more than twenty languages, she has been recognized internationally with the New Horizon Award of the Bologna Children's Book Fair (Italy), the BIB PLAQUÉ of the Bratislava Biennial of Illustration (Slovakia), the Municipal Literature Award of Santiago (Chile), The Best Book Awards granted by UNESCO and the German Graphic Arts Foundation, and the Little Bird Award, among others.
Besides having her own publishing house dedicated exclusively to children’s books, Ediciones Liebre, Paloma has collaborated with publishers and entities including Amanuta (Chile), Fondo de Cultura Económica (Mexico), Kalandraka (Spain), La Joie de Lire (Switzerland), Fatatrac, (Italy), and Enchanted Lion Books (USA).
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