Virtual Saturday Stories with acclaimed illustrator Audrey Helen Weber
April 19 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Meet acclaimed illustrator Audrey Helen Weber in their studio in Massachusetts for a behind the scenes look at their wonderful illustrations and inspirations for creating Gwendolyn and the Light written by Susan Yoon. Audrey will read the book and then participants can follow the live drawing workshop, The Shapes of Nocturnal Animals! Audrey will lead everyone through drawing a simple animal, choosing large or small body parts along the way to make a unique species of mysterious nocturnal creature, showing how changes to Gwendolyn’s face make her have different feelings and expressions! Materials needed are paper and your preferred drawing implement!
Good for ALL ages 5 and up!
Audrey Helen Weber is a picture book author and illustrator from Massachusetts. A love of painting, storytelling and visual narrative motivates them to create colorful images on paper using gouache, watercolor and acrylic paint. Aud is the creator of On the Day the Horse Got Out and The Wind & the Clover, and the illustrator of Gwendolyn and the Light and Tumblebaby. Their commercial clients include Aesop, Chobani, Hermes, Gorman and Christy Dawn. Aud’s work has also appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker online, and Frankie Magazine. The original paintings from their zine, Parade, were recently featured in the “Le Immagini della Fantasia 42” at the Stepan Zavrel Foundation in Sarmede, Italy. Aud’s fifth picture book will be released later this year and they are excited to be able to continue to make art for kids, young and old alike.For more about Audrey ~ https://www.audreyhelenweber.com/