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Creative Arts · Grade 6

Visual Storytelling and Illustration

Learners tell stories with pictures. They choose which moment of a text to illustrate and whether the picture should match, extend or contrast with the words; control what viewers feel with shot types and camera angles; plan comic and storyboard sequences with panels, gutters, closure and pacing; and design characters whose silhouettes, shapes, expressions and poses read clearly and stay consistent from drawing to drawing.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 125 minutes
  • Visual storytelling check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Choose a moment to illustrate and decide whether the image matches, extends or contrasts with the text.
  • Use shot types and camera angles to control what viewers see, know and feel.
  • Plan a sequence of panels with a clear reading path, using gutters, closure and pacing to tell a story.
  • Design characters that read clearly through silhouette, shape language, expression and pose, and keep them consistent with a model sheet.

Lessons

  1. Choosing what to illustrate 6 steps2 practiceabout 30 min
  2. Shots and angles 6 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  3. Panels, gutters and pacing 6 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  4. Designing characters 6 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  5. Visual storytelling check 10 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Color by NumberA little color. A beautiful discovery.
  • Paint StudioBrushes, stamps, shapes and a paint bucket for any picture you can imagine.
  • Pixel StudioMake pixel art square by square, with mirror tools and a frame strip.

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