Upcoming Summer Camps and Workshops

As promised this is a list of my upcoming Summer Art Camps and workshops including class barcodes at the Cary Arts Center. You can find their full descriptions in the catalogs.
First we have the week-long camp programs:

• Fantasy Creature/Kaiju Monster Design (age 11-15) 58717 Mon-Fri Jun 11-15 9 a.m.-noon.
  
• Fantasy Creature/Kaiju Monster Design (age 8-10) 58651 Mon-Fri Jun 11-15 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.
• Kawaii Overload: Mermaids, Fairies, & Kittens (age 6-7) 58623 Mon-Fri Jul 9-13 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.
• Heroes and villains Inspired by Ancient Cultures (age 8-10) 58695 Mon-Fri Jul 16-20 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.
• Heroes and villains Inspired by Ancient Cultures (age 11-15) 58730 Mon-Fri Aug 13-17 9 a.m.-noon.
• Robots, Ninjas, & Monsters (age 8-10) 58691 Mon-Fri Aug 20-24 9 a.m.-noon.
• Robots, Ninjas, & Monsters (age 6-7) 58624 Mon-Fri Aug 20-24 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.
• Arts Day camp (Rachel Baranski's camp) (age 10-12) Fantasy Character Design Mon-Fri Jun 25-29 1 p.m.- 4 p.m.

We will also have stand-alone Teen sketchbook workshops on Saturdays, and 3-class sessions of Cartoon Doodling Dojo on Mondays where we conduct some speed-sketching demonstrations and address participants' specific questions and interests in manga-style cartoon sketching. New and continuing students are welcomed to join us.

• Teen Sketchbook Workshop (age 11-16) 59727 Sat Jul 14 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Teen Sketchbook Workshop (age 11-16) 59729 Sat Jun 9 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Teen Sketchbook Workshop (age 11-16) 59730 Sat Aug 11 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
• Japanese Pop-Culture Mania (age 11-16) 59731 Sat Jul 28 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
• Cartoon Doodling Dojo (age 5-8) 59732 Mon Jun 18- Jul 9 4:30 p.m. -5:30 p.m.
• Cartoon Doodling Dojo (age 5-8) 59733 Mon Jul 23- Aug 6 4:30 p.m. -5:30 p.m.
• Cartoon Doodling Dojo (age 8-12) 59734 Mon Jun 18- Jul 9 5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
• Cartoon Doodling Dojo (age 8-12) 59735 Mon Jul 23- Aug 6 5:45 p.m. -6:45 p.m.
  

Sachiko Umoto Animal Drawing Hardcover Book

Thank you to all the parents and kids for your participation in the "Fantasy Creatures" class at the Cary Arts Center. It was nice to learn from so many of you how much the students enjoyed this initial drawing class, and look forward to seeing you again in upcoming classes. I will soon post a list of all my future "Manga Cartoon Sketching" classes and summer camps. For those of you already signed up for several classes rest assured that we can customize your individual sketching activities according to your interests and skill levels. Pictured above is the reference drawing book that I recommended to many of you: Sachiko Umoto's "Illustration School: Let's Draw Cute Animals"(you could also check for its hardcover version in the Barnes & Noble bargains section). Thanks again and keep on drawing!

Fantasy Creatures Field Handbook Template

Print, Sketch your own fantasy creatures on the blank pages, and color them all with markers, crayons, or colored pencils. Fold using classic mini comics format.

Second Teen Manga Sketchbook class completed at the Cary Arts Center!

Thank you for participating in the sketchbook workshop yesterday, and stay posted for future class announcements on this blog or the online catalog at the Town of Cary's website. After working on individual challenges according to the students interests, got a few new ideas to develop future course activities around drawing human faces and figures in a variety of situations, add more basic cute animal construction sheets, and found another use of the popular kirigami mini comic model as a base for a pop-up booklet. We completed the session with a lucky draw for a Mystery sketching kit and a handmade sketchbook from Sketchbook Central.

Registration for the Next Teen Manga Sketchbook will open soon

Just found out that in a couple of weeks, we'll be having a follow-up session for: Teen Manga Sketchbook (age 12-15) at the Cary Arts Center.
Design and sketch character and creatures typical of Japanese comics using pen and ink, markers and colored pencils. This will be another introductory level class that will cover character design, comic book page layout, some Kaiju/Giant Creatures construction, and address any specific challenges that the students might have.
Instructor: Alberto Lung
Sat Feb 11 1-3 p.m.

Update: Already got 5 students registered for this sketching session, so hurry up if you want to secure your spots.

First Teen Manga Sketchbook Class completed at Cary Arts Center

Just got back from teaching the first Teen Manga Sketchbook at the Cary Arts Center. We had a good turn out, and we had a fairly broad and productive introductory session with a group of boys and girls ranging in age from 11 to 15 years old. We went over some basic tips on constructing faces, drawing fighting figures, some animal drawing, designing zombies and spy characters wearing tactical vests. Every student got his or her face drawn to take home as a souvenir, some original sketches for practicing their inking technique, a dragon illustration, a vintage 3B pencil, and some handout sheets to further practice their sketching and coloring skills. We finished the session with a lucky draw for a handmade sketchbook from Neko Heavy Industries. All the completed class reviews were enthusiastically positive, so I look forward to offering similar follow up sessions where we can cover basic Kaiju/Creature/Dragon design and update some ninja and samurai characters with a sci-fi flair. Thank you to all the students that came to class today and keep on sketching!

Stay tuned for the next Manga Sketchbook class: As soon as we can schedule our next session, we'll let you know by e-mail when registration opens and announce it in this blog as well.

Cartoon Sketching (age 9-12)
Design and sketch characters and creatures typical of Japanese comics using pen and ink, markers and colored pencils on Mondays after school.

Fantasy Creatures
57823 Mon Feb 20-Mar 5 6-7 p.m.
Super heroes
57824 Mon Mar 12-26 6-7 p.m.
Ninja Sketching School
57825 Apr 9-23 6-7 p.m.
Dragons and Creature Design
57826 Apr 30-May 14 6-7 p.m.