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Comics and Graphic Novel Art Club

Do you love drawing, making comics, playing games and chatting with other creative kids? In this club we’ll look at comics, create characters and panels from prompts and games, share our work with each other and collaborate!
Young Illustrators Studio with Bear Howe
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1 live meeting
50 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

This class is an unmuted, chatty, fun place to meet weekly to see friends, talk about and share comics, ideas and more! Each class will have sharing, chatting, and either instruction time, prompts or games!

I facilitate the discussion along the way, 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: Draw This GAME!
Week of Nov 25: Lo and Behold, by Wendy Mas 
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
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 materials you may want to use
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined February, 2021
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Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Temple University
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 pursue my passion and become a working artist, writer and educator 8 years ago! I have had to create portfolios and submit many, many times!

Growth Mindset:
I teach targeted art skills in a safe social-emotional space where students can explore how to think and see like an artist, learn to fail and try again and build confidence in their own intuition and work.

As an artist and writer, I have taught elementary, middle school and high school art, illustration, animation and creative writing in classes including: drawing, painting, comics, stop motion, character design, and fundamental art principles like line, perspective, color, composition and more.

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$20

weekly
1x per week
50 min

Completed by 83 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-13
4-11 learners per class

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