In this on-going course students will have a chance to discuss their favorite Ghibli Studio cartoons and characters while learning how to draw them with pencils and pens. We will mostly use hard and soft graphite pencils and a black gel pen or a black marker for drawing, but students are welcome to color in their pieces by themselves after the class.

We will start each class by checking in with everyone, and students will be invited to share their personal art with the class (if desired). We will continue by looking at the week's reference and defining character's or scene's unique features. After that, I will show students how to create a drawing moving from basic shapes at first and slowly adding more features and details at the end. I will be checking in with the students' progress throughout each session. Students may ask the questions along the way and will be invited to share their result at the end of the class.

Each class will have a unique theme and a different approach. We will be covering basics on understanding anatomy and proportions while drawing faces and posture, creating composition, developing a character, combining references, speed drawing and much more. The course is created to be fun, engaging, but also useful. You're welcome to join at any time during the course!

Some students may have difficulties or move at a slower pace, but I will always be there to encourage them and give them some advice. If some students won't finish the drawing by the end of the class, they will be able to share their drawing after the class is finished and still receive a feedback.

I will be announcing the theme of the class in the classroom section one week prior to each class with the reference image attached. Students might want to print out the reference, but they don't have to. Our themes will include the following characters and cartoons in this order:

1 Ponyo eating ramen from "Ponyo"
2 Main characters from "Castle in the Sky"
3 Haku and Chihiro from "Spirited Away"
4 Ghibli-inspired fan art illustrations
5 Sophie in the hat shop from "Howl's Moving Castle"
6 Drawing Silhouettes (Kiki's Delivery Service and The Red Turtle)
7 Ashitaka's portrait from Princess Mononoke
8 A Scene with Baron from "The Cat Returns"
9  Character portraits and creating our own character
10 A scene in the grass from "My neighbour Totoro"
11 Action scene with Nausicaa
12 Kiki in the bakery from "Kiki's Delivery Service"
13 Character compilation "Spirited Away"
14 A scene with Baron and Shizuku from "Whisper of the Heart"
15 Princess Mononoke
16 Kiki in the sky from "Kiki's Delivery Service"
17 Forest Spirit from "Princess Mononoke" 
18 Castle from "Howl's Moving Castle"
19 Calcifer from "Howl's Moving Castle"
20 Sosuke and Ponyo dip heads in the water from "Ponyo"
21 Haku Dragon from "Spirited Away"
22 Chihiro and No Face from "Spirited Away"
23 Baron from "The Cat Returns"
24 Dragons from "Tales from Earthsea"
25 Howl with Wings and Sophie from "Howl's Moving Castle"
26 The Scarecrow scene from "Howl's Moving Castle"
27 Title scene with Totoro from "My neighbour Totoro"
28 Full-sized figure of Nausicaa from "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds"
29 Silly and Smiley Totoro and the Cat Bus from "My Neighbor Totoro"
30 Laputa Castle in the Sky
31 Tea party with Zeniba from "Spirited Away"
32 A scene from "Secret World of Arrietty"
33 A scene from " When Marnie Was There"
34 Title scene from "Cat Returns"
35 Fan art Totoro and Mei
36 Chihiro and Haku the dragon from "Spirited Away", iconic face-to-face scene
37 Cats from "The Cat Returns"
38 Drawing expressions with Chihiro from "Spirited Away"
39 Ponyo on a Boat
40 Sho from "Secret World of Arrietty"
41 Sophie and Calcifer from "Howl's Moving Castle", drawing hands
42 The Cat Bus
43 Fishing Totoros, fan art
44 Ponyo and Sosuke Portraits
45 Arrietty and the grasshoppers, "The Secret World of Arrietty"
46 Princess Mononoke wearing a mask
47 Portrait of Howl from "Howl's Moving Castle"
48 Taeko from "Only Yesterday"
49 Portrait of Nausicaa
50 Portrait of Sheeta "Castle in the Sky"
51 Fan art portrait of the Forest Spirit from "Princess Mononoke"
52 Special Bonus Project - Tiny Drawings
53 Marnie from "When Marnie Was There"
54 Mei and Satsuki from "My Neighbour Totoro"
55 Haku from "Spirited Away"
55 Kiki and Jiji from "Kiki's Delivery Service"
56 Jiro from "The Wind Rises"
56 A scene from "Ocean Waves"
57 scene from "Grave of the Fireflies"
58 Ponyo and the Flooded Forest
59 Figures of Sophie and Howl from "Howl's Moving Castle"
60 Cats from "Kiki's Delivery Service"
61 Pazu from "Castle in the Sky"
62 Chihiro and No Face from "Spirited Away"
63 Main characters facing a dragon from "Tales of the Earthsea"
64 A scene with Mei and Totoros from "My Neighbour Totoro"
65 Fan art with Princess Mononoke and the wolf


*All of the current sections are on the ongoing cycle meaning that the course will repeat itself, so regardless of when you join in you will be able to complete all of the drawings. The course is subscription-based, you can join or stop your subscription at any time. 
The full course is 65 weeks long, but students are also welcome to request a theme/character (in which case a certain course may be extended).*

I welcome everyone who loves drawing and watching animation to join this course!  

Please note that there is a flex version of this class that is a great alternative for busy families and international students:
Flex Course Part 1 https://outschool.com/classes/full-ghibli-animation-drawing-course-flexible-schedule-course-gIfXTkh6?sectionUid=43da312b-5969-472b-87bc-9be55d0333e6&showDetails=true