Experimenting with Illustration

Tutor: Tizzy Cottingham

26th June 2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Cost Per Person: £50
Materials Cost (payable on day to tutor): £5

Explore your imagination and creativity while experimenting with placing images and text on the page to explore the fundamentals of visual storytelling. 

There will be a choice of Haikus to illustrate. A Haiku expresses much in a few words, traditionally capturing a moment in time and invoking images of the natural world, perfect for bringing to mind simple images to combine in the design of a page. There will be reference material for the various subjects brought up in the poems or you can work entirely from your imagination. 

Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, whether you prefer realism or abstraction, you’ll explore various techniques to turn your ideas into one or more captivating illustrations. 

What to bring:

• Pencils, eraser, pencil sharpener.
• Paper cutting scissors or scalpel if preferred.
• A glue stick. 
• Apron/overall.
• Table covering (e.g. newspaper).
• Haikus will be provided but if you know of one or more that you would like to illustrate please bring it/them with you.

What to bring (depending on your preferred method of working):

• Gelli printed papers or other papers for collage will be provided but you might like to bring your own.
• Fineliners 
• Coloured pencils
• Watercolours/gouache, a palette, a selection of brushes, water pot(s).
• Pastels of any preferred type.
• If you would like to use stencils and you would like to use your own brushes/daubers and ink pads please bring them. Stencils, ink pads and brushes/daubers will be provided. 

What will be provided:

• Rough and ‘good’ paper