How do I draw a story?

The whole family is welcome to a workshop where Elín Elísabet, a visual artist and illustrator, teaches easy methods for starting a story.

There will be separate exercises for the youngest and other exercises for older guests, and Elín gives good advice in the process and shares her experience. Elín teaches guests how to create characters based on ourselves and teaches how to make a character recognizable on the silhouette alone. Guests are encouraged to use their own daily lives as inspiration for story material.

• What did I eat for breakfast?
• What was the strangest thing I saw yesterday?
• What makes me unique?

Elín Elísabet (b. 1992) is a visual artist and illustrator who works mostly in Reykjavík and Borgarfjörður eystri. Elín graduated from the Drawing Department of the Reykjavík School of Visual Arts in 2016 and has since worked independently on a variety of projects related to drawing and art, including comic book creation, visual art making, book illustration and touch drawing. She completed a BA in Visual Arts at the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2024 and these days focuses on oil painting and poetry. www.elinelisabet.com

ACCESSIBILITY: The Children’s Library is accessible for wheelchairs through the exhibition hall Hvelfing. Library staff can give guidance. Restrooms are wheelchair accessible and gender-neutral.