In this Flexible Schedule course students will have a chance to learn all the basic drawing techniques while recreating their favorite Ghibli characters and scenes at their own pace.

Each week students will have a one or two projects to work on and new drawing techniques to explore. We will be covering basics on understanding anatomy and proportions while drawing faces and posture, working on creating a balanced composition, developing a character, combining references, shading, speed drawing and much more. The course is created to be fun, engaging, but also useful. 

I will be uploading a video with a full length drawing process at the beginning of each week, so that the students can follow along and draw together with me. Drawing process will be divided into a few steps with detailed information on what we are doing and why. I will only be doing a line drawing in the video, but I will be also giving useful tips and options for coloring (which will be optional). Students will have one week to finish each piece and send it to the teacher through private messaging or upload it to the classroom.

Students will receive a personalized constructive feedback on their work each week, as well as support and encouragement when needed during the drawing process. I will also promote student communication with each other by posting an interactive activity for the students to work on together each week, which will include trivia questions about their favourite Ghibli animation and characters. Students will also be able to discuss and compliment each other’s weekly projects in our virtual classroom.

Here's a full list of the themes covered in this course:

Week 1 Cat Bus from "My Neighbor Totoro". We will learn how to draw animal body parts, such as fur, paws, claws, whiskers and teeth. We will focus on creating a drawing from the basic shapes. 
Week 2 Baron the Cat + draw Jiji the Cat
Week 3 Chihiro and No Face from "Spirited Away". We will talk about face proportions, posture and creating a scene. + Introduction to portrait drawing and character design.
Week 4 Haku Dragon from "Spirited Away". We will learn about different formats in drawing and will further discuss drawing animals (especially the magical ones)
Week 5 Kiki from "Kiki's Delivery Service". We will learn about drawing faces at different angles and talk about shading. *** This project includes optional watercolour painting part***
Week 6 Princess Mononoke. We will learn about negative space, creating an interesting background and drawing a face in a profile angle.
Week 7 Castle from "Howl's Moving Castle". We will learn about the focal point in a detailed drawing and practice drawing different textures (wood, metal, cloth, chimney smoke) + Week 8 Main characters from "Howl's Moving Castle"
Week 9 Calcifer from "Howl's Moving Castle"  We will practice speed drawing, touch base on food illustration and learn to draw fire. 
Week 10 Tea party from "Spirited Away"
Week 11 Scarecrow scene from "Howl's Moving Castle", learning about composition
Week 12 Sosuke and Kimiko from "Ponyo" We will learn how to combine different references and practice drawing faces and various sea creatures. 
Week 13 Main characters from "Secret World Of Arrietty"
Week 14 Drawing dragons "Tales of the Earthsea", combining reference with our own 
Week 15 Figure drawing, a scene from "When Marnie Was There"


No specific experience is required to join the course.

Please note that this class is a "flex" class, meaning there are no live meetings and all interactions between the students and the teacher happen on the class page. It's a great option for busy families and international students. The live version of this course can be found here https://outschool.com/classes/dbd2422c-74d2-4733-96f8-9fad0da681ad?sectionUid=c6c1814e-4fc3-4e18-9edb-8b8140b85a21#uszM9xWtVi