All drawing activities will cycle back to the beginning every four weeks, or be variated spontaneously depending upon the skill level of each week's group of students.  Over a four week period, eventually each exercise will be introduced and practiced in class.

Weekly Class Activities:

1. Week of Dec. 5th:  

Topic: "Scribble Monster Face" 
Theme: Visualization and imagination exercises

Topic: "So Scary!" creature expressions
Theme: Learn and practice drawing cartoon emotions

Topic: Wings and things
Theme: Experiment drawing a variety of wing shapes


2. Week of Dec. 12th:

Topic: "Monster MadLibs"
Theme: Students suggest a range of monster parts to combine

Topic: Strange shapes for strange creatures
Theme: Base character shapes on ovals, rectangles, triangles, etc.

Topic: Spooky backgrounds with V's, B's, and Z's
Theme: How to convert alphabet shapes into scary scenes


3. Week of Dec. 19th:  

Topic: "Story Tag: You're An IT!"
Theme: Suggest themes for a scary story

Topic: Zombies, mummies, and aliens
Theme: Focus on drawing key elements of these creatures

Topic: Castles, crypts and caves
Theme:  Where do cartoon monsters live?


4. Week of Dec. 26th:

Topic: Horns, hooves, and fangs
Theme: Exercise your ability to draw these various monster parts

Topic: 20 second scenarios
Theme: Quickly brainstorm a "who, where, what" story

Topic: Tentacles, eye-stalks, and energies
Theme:  Exercise your ability to draw these various monster parts