Botanical Diorama Workshop with Fiona Robinson

Meet acclaimed picture book author and illustrator Fiona Robinson of Out of the Shadows, The Bluest of Blues, Ada’s Ideas, Whale Shines, What Animals Really Like, The Useful Moose, and The 3-2-3 Detective Agency. Fiona will share her talent for creating collages with a special botanical diorama workshop!  Participants will first sketch their scene ideas and then paint their creatures and backgrounds using collaging elements, such as wood veneer, wool, and painted textures. Their birds, animals, trees, flowers, hedges, fences, landscapes etc will be added to show background, midground and foreground inside a 3-D matchbox style diorama. 

$20 – all materials are included. Good for ages 5 – 12. Younger children must be accompanied by an adult. 

All workshop materials are provided. Great for children ages 5-12. Children must be accompanied by an adult. 

About the instructor

Fiona Robinson is an author and illustrator of books for children. Originally from the North of England, she now lives in Brooklyn, New York. She has been praised by Publishers Weekly for her “humor tinged with heart,” and her work has been honored by the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Her favorite things include drawing, reading, drinking tea, and telling her stories to children. She doesn’t like loud noises or clapping and often reads newspapers and magazines back to front. She loves to think that opening the cover of a book is like opening a portal to a different world. Fiona’s illustrations have been selected for the Original Art Exhibitions at the Society of Illustrators.