Edinburgh Science Festival: The Great Museum Sketchpedition
In this fun and interactive sketching tour and workshop, explore some of the National Museum of Scotland's galleries with children's book author-illustrator, John Fardell.
About Edinburgh Science Festival: The Great Museum Sketchpedition
All Ages
John will be sharing his enthusiasm for finding illustrated story inspiration from the museum's exciting exhibits, from amazing animals to intriguing machines, and will be giving us masses of tips and techniques from his own working methods for mixing reality with imagination, and developing draft doodles into picture stories and comic strips. Ideal for all ages and confidence levels!
Meet by the Edinburgh Science Festival info desk, Level 1. Children must be accompanied by an adult – accompanying adults do not require a ticket.
Presented by John Fardell
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