Ben Rothery: Creature Creations Interactive Workshops

Led by award-winning author and illustrator, Ben Rothery, this interactive session shows kids how to create their very own creature.

In this fun-filled workshop, Ben will demonstrate:

• How to draw and design creatures, from anatomy to imagination

• A Q&A on Ben’s artistic process

• Design your own creature based on Ben’s work

Designed for kids 7+, this is the perfect chance for young artists to develop their skills and learn from an expert. They’ll learn more about the creative process, and have fun too!

This event is followed by book sales and signing.

Tickets: £5

Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult, and all attendees need a ticket to this event.

Ben Rothery

Ben Rothery is a detail-obsessed illustrator from Norwich, via Cape Town. He combines multiple processes to create intricate and delicate illustrations and repeating patterns, full of fine detail and vibrant colour.

Much of Ben's work is inspired or informed by his love of nature - he grew up wanting variously to be a shark, dinosaur or David Attenborough crossed with Indiana Jones, but settled upon illustration as a compromise that allowed him to bring those fantasies to life on paper. In 2021 he won the prestigious Silver Pencil Award for Hidden Planet, and his work is published throughout the world.

Ben works from a small but perfectly formed studio, which he shares with an unnecessarily large collection of very sharp pencils.