School Visits

Vicky has been visiting schools and running workshops across the East Midlands since 2018, providing creativity and excitement around the arts and illustration.

Using books that she has illustrated as inspiration, Vicky can help teach students about the amazing world of book making, character creation and design, providing colourful workshops that will help get imagination and creativity flowing.

Examples of Workshops

Character Creation – Mythical Creatures – learn how to draw mythical characters, based on the ‘Brackenbelly’ Trilogy series
Character Creation – Good and Evil -a step by step guide on how to draw a human or monster, and what elements of design make a character look “good” or “bad”
Character Creation – Monsters – how to create a character from anything, whether that be a squiggle, a shape, or folded paper!
Design – Spies – draw your own animal spy characters! Based on the book ‘Moggy on a Mission’ choose your animals and learn how to draw it, then think of what gadgets your spy might have.
Design – Superheroes – learn how to draw a superhero, from the body shapes, to the costumes, right up to their powers. Then a masterclass on how to draw character in different poses.
Design – Colour Theory – learn how to create all the colours of the rainbow using the three primary colours. Look at different works of art/illustration and see if they can be replicated with the colours they have created.
Book Making – Illustrating Text – Working with creative writing or a piece of text from a book, discovering how to analyse that text and add illustrations to it
Book Making – Design your own book cover – looking at books Vicky has worked on and how she come up with the cover, then teaching students how to design their own.
Book Making – Posing Sketches – Learning how to draw characters and then move them into different positions, using the technique of physical posing and sketching
Career chat – Vicky talks through her life, love of illustration and what lead her to have it as a job. An opportunity for students to think about their career paths.

All workshops are designed to work for specific age groups between KS1 and KS2, however if you wish for certain workshops to be delivered to a certain age group then they can be adjusted accordingly.

Similarly, of you have a particular topic or book your school is working on and you would like to have a workshop that ties in, please email Vicky to discuss. Email – vickykuhn79@gmail.com

Gareth Baker

Vicky also runs workshops alongside Nottinghamshire based Author and Patron of Reading ambassador Gareth Baker. Not only has Vicky illustrated over 10 of Gareth’s books to date, but they also attend schools providing full day experiences with a “real life” Author and Illustrator.

These workshops celebrate books, writing and the joy – and importance – of reading.

To find out more about joint visits email Vicky – vickykuhn79@gmail.com or visit Gareth’s website – https://www.gareth-baker.com

Book Making

Vicky and Gareth offer a very special book making service, providing schools with their very own published book! Whether it be a book created by a class or the full school, Vicky and Gareth will run workshops alongside the publishing to help students with the writing and illustrative elements of their books, compiling it all together as a unique printed work that can be brought by friends and family.

For more information on the publishing service visit https://www.gareth-baker.com/publish