How to Draw Monsters and Scary Creatures: Creature Design for Young Artists
Class experience
I’ll teach a variety of drawing techniques unique to creating wild and scary creatures but also some fundamentals that are useful for any type of drawing. It's not a step-by-step drawing class in which we all draw the same thing. Instead I teach new tips, show examples, do demonstrations, and encourage students to apply these techniques in creating their own creatures. I’ll be mostly working in pencil and ink, but sometimes I’ll add color with markers or watercolor. Students can always add...
Students will learn a variety of tips and techniques for drawing in general and for drawing monsters.
KEVIN CATALAN, PROFESSIONAL COMIC BOOK ARTIST: Kevin Anthony Catalan is a freelance Comic Cartoonist with two published comic books, Space Knights and Tales of Space Knights, and is featured as a cover artist and guest artist for various other comics. Kevin was taught how to draw at a very young age by his father, an animator that worked at Disney and Warner Brothers, and was introduced to comics at age 9, instantly falling in love with the medium. Kevin graduated with a B.A. from San Francisco State University, majoring in Studio Arts with a focus on oil painting, and took various comic book classes. While in the University, Kevin tutored his fellow classmates in various subjects including Astronomy, Painting, and Comics Making. Kevin self published his epic action-packed comic book “Space Knights” a month after his college graduation in 2020, which has now been picked up by an independent Publisher. With all of this success as a comic book artist, teaching has been the most gratifying thing that has come out of his art career. Teaching is about growth on both sides. Kevin’s approach is to start a dialogue with his students, being able to ask questions and let them form their own way of tackling problems. There are no solid rules to art making, but they are lots of guides. So Kevin will help his students find their own individuality by showing them his methods but encouraging them to find their own unique interests and style. Outside of drawing comics, Kevin loves to play video games, watch movies, use his telescope to stargaze and exercise.
Paper Pencil Pen--any pen works but these are my favorite and the most versatile for the style of drawing we will be doing: https://tinyurl.com/ya3wkmmb
Do you want to raise happy, curious, and creative kids? Do you want their imagination nurtured, their critical thinking sharpened, and their skills developed? We love Art, Literacy, and Big Ideas, and we inspire children to fall in love with...
Group Class
$27
weekly1x per week
50 min
Completed by 102 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-16
1-5 learners per class