August 10, 2022
A superstar from the world of children’s books dropped in to Saint Mary’s Catholic College on Wednesday to share some tips about … drawing dragons!
Melbourne-based Marc McBride is the illustrator for the best-selling Deltora Quest series of children’s books, which have sold millions of copies around the world and been published in more than 30 countries.
The books are written by Australian author Emily Rodda (real name Jennifer Rowe) who has won the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year for Younger Readers Award a record six times.
Their latest collaboration is “The Glimme” which was shortlisted for the CBCA’s Book of the Year Award and the Aurealis Best Children’s Fiction award.
Marc has illustrated more than 200 book covers, 10 picture books and countless magazines during his career. He has also designed stamps, restaurant murals and worked as a set designer for TV commercials.
St Mary’s students from Years 5-9 enjoyed a series of workshops with Marc who took them through the process of creating an artwork.
His speciality is “fantasy” so the artworks he produced on Wednesday mainly featured dragons.
Marc explained where he gets his inspiration, how he works with colours and perspective, and how to use shapes and texture.
The students were then encouraged to produce their own drawings using the ideas that had been discussed.
Marc will also be visiting Taabinga State School during his visit to the South Burnett.
