What's included
1 live meeting
20 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
In this Ongoing Pokemon Club, students will take their love of Pokemon cards to the next level and make cards of their own! During each club meeting, students will let their creativity run wild and create any Pokemon cards they like in any way they like as we chat and have fun, student lead conversations. Do they want to make a Pikachu card that is super powerful and can do a lot of damage? Maybe they want to make up new Pokemon and create a card of it? What if they want to make a card of a character that isn't a Pokemon like Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon? Or maybe they want to create a whole new Pokemon type and make an entire Pokemon card deck dedicated to it? The possibilities are endless! Students may bring and use anything supplies they wish such as pens, pencils, markers, crayons, stickers, glitter, their own Pokemon cards for inspiration, etc. After greeting students from my front webcam, I will switch to my tabletop webcam where I'll have actual Pokemon cards on the table for reference should they need them, as well as a view of me making my own Pokemon cards should they need inspiration. Again, this purpose is for inspiration only, students do not have to make the same cards I make nor do they have to follow the format of a traditional Pokemon card if they don't want to. The goal of this club is to keep it super fun, positive and encouraging for all the students. I always loved making my own Pokemon cards when I was little and think is it a great way to encourage creative thinking, and bond with other kids who have the same love of Pokemon! **Please Note: This is NOT a class and I do not plan on teaching anything to the students. What I am providing is a fun social club for student who have a love of Pokemon and a passion for creating to get together, chat and make Pokemon cards on any way they like.**
Learning Goals
By letting each student create Pokemon cards in any way they can imagine, they'll naturally gain skills needed to create the cards such as independent thinking, creative thinking, as well as reading comprehension, hand writing, mathematical skills and formatting skills depending how they choose to make their cards.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
**Please Note: This is NOT a class and I do not plan on teaching anything to the students. What I am providing is a fun social club for student who have a love of Pokemon and a passion for creating to get together, chat and make Pokemon cards on any way they like.**
Supply List
The supply list will be the exact same each week: Index Cards -I find that 3in x 5in (7.6cm x 12.7cm) index cards work well for Pokemon cards, however this size is not required. If you do not own index cards, other options for paper can be tracing a standard Pokemon card onto a piece of paper and cutting out the shape, or folding an 8 1/2in x 11in (22cm x 28cm) piece of paper into fourths and cutting along the creases. Anything the student likes to draw or decorate with -This can be pens, pencils, markers, crayons, stickers, glitter, tape, etc.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Hello, my name is Gabbi Bennetti, aka Art-In-Motion.
I chose Art-In-Motion as my business name because it best describes all the different types of art I'm passionate about; dancing, crafting, drawing and animating. I'm here to instill that same love and passion for art in your child like it was instilled into me!
DANCE:
I've been dancing since I was 15 years old, and the style of dance I specialize in is Hip Hop. I've also been teaching dance for over a year.
I was originally a Scottish Country dancer, then an acquaintance within those years of Scottish Country dancing encouraged a group of friends and I to give Hip Hop a try by showing us some basic moves.
It wasn't until I watched some fantastic Hip Hop dancers on the internet that I decided I wanted to get serious about it.
Lots of hard work, practice, and a whole lot of Hip Hopping later eventually awarded me with some amazing opportunities, such as competing and winning dance battles, teaching classes, take master classes from many famous dancers such as Marquese Scott, Salah, Boogie Frantick, Marie Poppins and her crew Femme Fatale, iGlide, Lil Buck and Fik Shun, and performed for Blumenthal Performing Arts, The McColl Center For Art + Innovation, BOOM Charlotte,
We Are Hip Hop: The Reveal, made it to the second to last round of an online YouTube talent competition called The CIRQUELIFE Project, and competed in Luminosity Gaming and elf Cosmetics' TikTok Gamers Greatest Talent.
CRAFTS:
I've been making all different types of crafts ever since I was little. I remember always making different toys and things out of tape, glue, paper, cardboard boxes, and pretty much anything else I could find for myself and other family members.
Some of my favorite crafts to do are sewing and crocheting. My mom introduced me to sewing when I was about 4, and I've been experimenting with it and teaching myself all sorts of new stuff ever since. I mostly enjoy sewing stuffed animals, quilts and upcycling/altering old clothes into something new.
I taught myself how to crochet when I was around 13, and have been teaching myself all different tricks to get better using books, patterns from websites and YouTube videos. I'm especially fond of crocheting amigurumis (crocheted stuffed animals). I love making different characters such as Pikachu, Toothless, Stitch and many more to sell at different comic-cons and vendor events.
Other crafts I enjoy doing (and sometimes selling) are painted rocks, figures out of clay, perler beads, knitting, embroidery and more.
DRAWING AND ANIMATION:
Similar to crafting, I've been drawing ever since I was little. From drawing fun little horses and butterflies when I was 3, to then drawing portraits of my dad when I was 8, I always new I had a passion for it. But when I really started getting better was when I began going to these artist sketch nights at a comic book store with older, more experienced artists. They gave me all sorts of tips on ways to ink, color and sketch, as well as ways to improve on anatomy and proportion.
Around this time, I was also teaching myself the art of hand drawn animation. It started when I received a Nintendo DSi which I wanted very badly for one specific program it came with, Flipnote, which is a very basic program focusing solely on hand drawn animation. By playing around with the program, and viewing animations as well as posting my own on Sudomemo (a social media for Flipnote), I got better and better.
Now that I have my own tablet and computer, it has allowed me to use different, more advanced art programs such as Medibang Paint Pro and Autodesk Sketchbook Pro to make digital art and animations. I've also been able to experiment with painting which I have found a love for as well.
My passion for art and animation has given me amazing opportunities to sell prints of my original artwork at comic cons and vender events, post my original hand drawn animations on YouTube, have my original animations featured on other YouTube channels, draw live sketches at comic cons, vendor events and Free Comic Book Day events, and been a guest artist at ImagiCon 2019.
Whether it's dancing, crafting, drawing or animating, it's all art. Art is something every child needs to experience at least once. My philosophy when teaching is to keep in 100% fun and creative, while teaching good technique at the same time. I believe that patience, positive energy and encouragement are the key components to make any child a better artist, no matter what type of art they are passionate about.
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Live Group Class
$5
weekly1x per week
20 min
Completed by 75 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-10
1-8 learners per class