Comics & Graphic Novel Art Club | Ages 10-13 (Live Class)
What's included
1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Hello, I’m so glad you’re here! Let’s meet each week to talk about, share and work on comics! This class is an unmuted, chatty fun place to meet and see friends and talk about art, ideas and more! Each class may have more or less actual instruction time, depending on how much discussion the kids get into (which is, more often than not, a LOT)! I am facilitating the discussion along the way and guiding students with art concepts in the context of what they are sharing and making. There is a lot of "between the lines" casual instruction during these times, including learning social-emotional regulation, respect and listening to others, and learning to feel empowered about your own ideas and thoughts! We analyze and practice many storytelling and art concepts, such as: character development, plot, pacing, panels, dialog, narration, perspective and composition, color, value, sketching, pencil and pen technique and more--however the emphasis of this class is on friendship and discussion. When students share story progress, I’ll help them think through critical storytelling components like what your character’s narrative arc might be, what obstacles stand in their way and how they resolve their story problem. Each week we will look at/draw from/read from/discuss the following graphic novels and comics! TOPICS SCHEDULE: Week of Oct 7: Drawing HANDS! We can do this! Week of Oct 14: Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier Week of Oct 21: The Traveling Witch; stand-alone series of comics! Week of Oct 28: Our own ghostly ghouly comics! Week of Nov 4: Wolf Walkers, by Samuel Sattin Week of Nov 11: Warriors, by Erin Hunter Week of Nov 18: Spy School, By Stuart Gibbs Week of Nov 25: Fairest of all: a villain's graphic novel, by Serena Valentino Week of Dec 2: Skip, by Sarah Burgess Week of Dec 9: My Neighbor Totoro, by Hayao Miyazaki Week of Dec 16: Week of Dec 23: Week of Dec 30: Week of Jan 6: Week of Jan 13: Week of Jan 20: Week of Jan 27: Week of Feb 3: This is an ongoing class that has no end date so long as your learners are interested! Be aware that there may be weeks "off" throughout! See you there!
Other Details
Supply List
Club materials: A few pieces of blank paper A pencil and eraser Markers or Colored Pencils Optional: Comics you’re already working on Drawing tablet or device you like to work on Markers, colored pencils or any other color you may want to use
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Temple University
Hello! My name is Bear!
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My classes are easy-going, mics-on spaces where we discuss and practice the process of art making, from fundamentals like line, shape, value and color, to connecting over what we love, what we struggle with, how to persevere through doubt and disappointment in our art making and ultimately learn how to trust the process and develop trust in our intuition.
I have a fun, energetic, patient, encouraging personality. I believe learning can always be fun and exciting!
I teach targeted art skills and fundamentals while building a safe social-emotional space where students can explore how to think like an artist, see like an artist and begin to be in the world as an artist!
All my digital illustration courses are guided step-by-step. My comics and animation classes are more club-style where we work on projects independently while hanging out and being social.
I am a self-taught award-winning, exhibiting, working artist. I have a degree in journalism from Temple University and I worked for years in journalism, editing, graphic design and marketing before quitting it all to become a working artist.
As an artist and writer, I have taught elementary, middle school and high school art and creative writing in classes including: drawing, painting, comics, stop motion, character design, and fundamental art principles like line, perspective, color, composition and more. I am a member of the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators and the Art Brand Alliance. You can usually find me writing or working on a picture book dummy, creating sculptures, painting or reading!
Through guided drawing and painting, group brainstorms, games and by analyzing the books and movies we love, I will guide learners to explore and discuss a variety of storytelling principles like character development and narrative arcs, as well as art principles like gesture drawing, composition, color theory, light theory, visual storytelling and more.
If your kid is into beautiful chaos (aka being able to express themselves, find their voices, find value in collaboration and mutual support), where kids get to keep their mics ON (aka learn how to listen to others and value other opinions and perspectives), and don’t mind unpredictable outcomes (aka learn that being creative is a process not an end result when you’re learning), then maybe they’ll like my Outschool classes.
All my classes are actively anti-racist, LGBTQIA2S-celebrating, intersectionally safe spaces.
Reviews
Live Group Class
$15
weekly1x per week
50 min
Completed by 82 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-13
4-11 learners per class