Draw Your Own Anime Characters: Portraits (Ages 13-18) (Ongoing) (Live Online)

In this ongoing course students will learn and practice how to draw portraits of their own original anime/manga characters. This class is demo-lead and will cover basic drawing techniques for sketching character facial features in 3 views, gender bending, aging, inking, and coloring character portraits. This course is for beginners and those new to drawing cartoons, anime, and manga. It runs at a very easy pace, so no prior knowledge is necessary. This course is open to students using traditional and digital drawing tools. 

There are 16 total lessons in this course (2 lessons per week). Day 1 lessons are demo-lead and students will follow along with the instructor using any templates or resources posted to the classroom page to learn the drawing technique. Day 2 lessons are practice sessions and students will practice or discuss the drawing techniques demoed on Day 1. Weekly homework assignments are where students can really show off what they learned and express their creativity by creating their own original characters. Homework will be assigned and posted to the classroom page on Day 2. Students must submit their homework by the due date to receive helpful feedback from the instructor.

This course will follow the WEEKLY SCHEDULE below and course content will cycle every 8 weeks. This means the course will start over at week 1 when week 8 ends. Students are free to join in or drop from any week. 

SUPPLIES:
If students will be drawing by hand, they'll need...
• Paper (8.5 x 11 inches)
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Marker (black and fine-tip)
• Color Pencils or Color Markers
• Ruler or Straight Edge

If students are going digital, they'll need...
• Access to a digital drawing app
• Any additional tools needed to use the drawing app (e.g. stylus, laptop, computer, tablet, or mobile device)
• See the SUPPLY LIST below for recommended free and paid drawing apps

LESSON SCHEDULE:
• Warm Up (10 min)
• Draw with Me (45 min)
• Final Q/A (5 min)

WEEKLY SCHEDULE:
Week of November 21: Color Your Character
Week of November 28: Sketch Your Character (Front View)
Week of December 5: Sketch Your Character (Side View)
Week of December 12: Sketch Your Character (3/4 View)
Week of December 19: Sketch Your Character (Gender Bend)
Week of December 26: Sketch Your Character (Age) 
Week of January 2: Sketch Your Character (Facial Expressions)
Week of January 9: Outline Your Character
Week of January 16: Color Your Character

LATE & MISSED CLASSES: Students are expected to arrive on time for class or a few minutes earlier. Class recordings are posted after each class and available to view should any student not be able to attend class. 

CLASS EVALUATIONS & FEEDBACK: Feedback from parents and students are always welcomed and definitely appreciated! My goal is to make this class helpful and accessible to my students, so let me know how I’m doing! Responses about class time, flow, and structure, and lessons students do or don’t find helpful will be reviewed to help me improve this and/or future classes.

REFUNDS: This class operates under Outschool's refund policy for ongoing classes. This means parents can stop their subscription to the course at any time. Parents will receive a full refund if they stop their subscription within 24 hrs of payment before class starts. Stopping the subscription after class starts or after the 24 hr period will stop any future charges, but will not result in a refund for the course. Refunds will not be given for late or missed classes. Learn more about receiving refunds for ongoing classes here: 
https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/2272596-understanding-ongoing-classes

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