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Maggy Roberts, our Illustrating\u00a0Children’s\u00a0book tutor, asked if Jenny could write something for our college news blog. Jenny passed the Illustrating\u00a0children’s\u00a0books course with distinctions and she is in the process of writing\u00a0children’s\u00a0stories for publishers. Below are Jenny’s\u00a0experiences\u00a0from the course.<\/p>\n

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For as long as I can remember I wanted to write and illustrate children\u2019s books. It took me a long time to work up the courage to really give it a go, but I finally took the plunge and began to write. It\u2019s taken a lot of reading, a lot of writing and many rejections and tears, but I\u2019ve finally had success, which is the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me.<\/p>\n

I still wanted to know more about the illustrating side of things, so I was thrilled to come across the \u2018Illustrating Children\u2019s Books\u2019 course. It not only covers some of the technical aspects of illustrating, but it gives you the opportunity to be creative by following the set briefs. I\u2019ve never been an overly confident person, but Maggy\u2019s constructive feedback and encouragement was wonderful and when you doubt yourself, you really appreciate that support. I found all the activities loads of fun, and I know I will continue to use some of the different techniques that I experimented with a long the way.<\/p>\n

Probably the most important things I learned doing the course is not to play the comparison game, and to have more confidence in my own work, and as I\u00a0couldn’t\u00a0imagine not drawing or painting it has inspired me to do further study in illustration which I\u2019m really looking forward to.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d recommend this course to anyone who has a passion for children\u2019s books, it really gives you an appreciation of what our many wonderful illustrators do to complete a story and bring characters to life, and as Maggy told me in the very beginning, you might achieve your own dream.<\/p>\n

Jenny \u00a0(Illustrating Children’s Books Diploma D6)<\/p>\n

Below is one of\u00a0Jenny’s\u00a0pieces of artwork she completed on the course.<\/p>\n

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