Primary Schools Program
Richard works in rural, regional and suburban primary schools across Victoria, conducting cartoon workshops and storytelling.

Storytelling - Prep and Grade One
Richard combines storytelling with illustrations drawn on the spot. The students help out with actions and sounds, and many come away inspired to have a go at drawing their own characters.

Cartoon Workshops - Grades Two to Six
The cartoon workshops are hands-on and interactive. They aim to give students the tools and confidence to overcome the "I can't draw" hurdle and have fun, no matter what their ability.

The students learn simple cartooning techniques by drawing characters with a range of moods and expressions. They also learn how to create their own characters, by starting off with simple shapes and building the cartoon step by step. We cover shapes, character creation, expression, speech bubbles and action.

Costs
Richard presents four sessions per day for a cost of $465.00. Each session is one hour in length. Click on the link for a guide to session numbers.

Cartoon Workshops - Grades One to Six
Each session can have either one or two grades, to a maximum of 60 students. Each student needs at least 3 sheets of A4 paper, a pencil or pen and a firm surface to work on. Students can work on the floor, allowing the use of the library or a multi-purpose room.

Storytelling - Prep
Each session can have either one or two grades. Richard tells an interactive story, and draws the illustrations as the story unfolds. Students do not need to bring any special equipment, except their voice.

Richard visits a number of regional schools throughout the year. There's no extra charge for travel or accomodation to country schools.

In order to keep costs as low as possible, it's helpful if schools within the same region can be visited during the same week. Visit the News and Highlights page to view dates for planned regional trips.

If none of the dates suit, send us an email anyway, and we'll see what we can arrange. New regional visits are always evolving.

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