Current & future events

Discover the joys of illustration through a series of mini creative projects over a weekend with Merlin Evans. Drawing Expanded © Merlin Strangeway 9

Go in-depth painting your own plant portrait on this week-long summer school. Red Roses © Elaine Searle 1

Learn how to depict the human face and figure at this week-long summer school. Portrait © Lara Apponyi

Make your own sketchbook from scratch then fill it with a range of illustration techniques on this week-long summer school. © Merlin Evans

Learn the essentials of creating successful picture books on this week-long summer school. © Claire Evans

Turn your life experiences into a graphic novel at this week-long summer school. Planet Earth © Heather Steed

The first ever retrospective of one of the most influential author-illustrators of all time – on tour in Winchester. Grammar School page, Ethel and Ernest © Raymond Briggs, 1998

A celebration of Quentin Blake's lifelong collaboration with author John Yeoman – on tour in Derby. A Drink of Water © Quentin Blake

An exhibition of previously unseen Quentin Blake illustrations for Roald Dahl’s The BFG – on tour all over the UK. (Currently unpublished) drawing from the first version of The BFG © Quentin Blake (crop)

Ground-breaking graphic design that transformed children’s learning, from the 1940s to today. Selected book covers, with permission of Otto and Marie Neurath Isotype Collection at University of

Sketch out a short storyboard for a mini dummy picture book at this afternoon masterclass with Claire Alexander. The Snowbear © Claire Alexander crop

Explore identity, visibility and representation at this online workshop on diversity in illustration. Feel the Intention © Amberlee Green