One-to-one picture book mentoring
Mentoring sessions with Birgitta Sif.
6 one-hour mentoring sessions via Zoom
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talk through your story ideas
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​build a storyboard
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strengthen design and layout
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bring your story to life through text and image
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expand your story structure
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Receive support and feedback during the sessions​​
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limited spaces available
Picturebook Retreat in ROME
May 2-7, 2025
Join Birgitta Sif in the heart of Rome in a picture book making retreat.
We’ll sketch in the beautiful Roman piazzas and make picture books on the roof-top terrace!
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You’ll storyboard your picturebook and dig deep into how to:
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structure your plot and develop your characters,
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bring your story to life through text and image,
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illustrate impactful book covers,
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build up and strengthen your storytelling skills.
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Birgitta will support and inspire you on developing your very own picturebook! Come on board and meet like-minded creatives, spending a week at a rooftop studio in Rome, exploring the secrets of children’s book magic AND getting your dummy book finished.
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Introducing Inky Larks Retreats where you find artistic inspiration, gentle accountability, and get your story one step closer to being pitched to agents and publishers.
Cambridge School of Art Picturebook Summer School
July 29- Aug 2, 2024- SOLD OUT
Take five days to learn about the process of illustrating a picturebook with a team of specialists from the MA Children's Book Illustration course from Cambridge School of Art.
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Our friendly and experienced staff will take you through the stages of making a picturebook, step-by-step, so that you gain an understanding of pacing, storytelling, text and image relationships, characterisation and more.
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Whether you're a novice or have some experience of illustration, come and join us in our beautiful studios for an intense week of drawing, learning, planning and sharing with like-minded people.
Picturebook Retreat in ROME
May 17-22, 2024- SOLD OUT
Join Birgitta Sif in the heart of Rome in a picture book making retreat.
We’ll sketch in the beautiful Roman piazzas and make picture books on the roof-top terrace!
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You’ll storyboard your picturebook and dig deep into how to:
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structure your plot and develop your characters,
-
bring your story to life through text and image,
-
illustrate impactful book covers,
-
build up and strengthen your storytelling skills.
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​
Birgitta will support and inspire you on developing your very own picturebook! Come on board and meet like-minded creatives, spending a week at a rooftop studio in Rome, exploring the secrets of children’s book magic AND getting your dummy book finished.
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Introducing Inky Larks Retreats where you find artistic inspiration, gentle accountability, and get your story one step closer to being pitched to agents and publishers.
Picturebook Retreat in ROME
March 26-31, 2023- SOLD OUT
Join Birgitta Sif in the heart of Rome in a picture book making retreat.
We’ll sketch in the beautiful Roman piazzas and make picture books on the roof-top terrace!
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You’ll storyboard your picturebook and dig deep into how to:
-
structure your plot and develop your characters,
-
bring your story to life through text and image,
-
illustrate impactful book covers,
-
build up and strengthen your storytelling skills.
​
​
Birgitta will support and inspire you on developing your very own picturebook! Come on board and meet like-minded creatives, spending a week at a rooftop studio in Rome, exploring the secrets of children’s book magic AND getting your dummy book finished.
​
Introducing Inky Larks Retreats where you find artistic inspiration, gentle accountability, and get your story one step closer to being pitched to agents and publishers.