Met the Cameron Village Regional Library Anime Club - Upcoming Classes at the Cary Arts Center

Thank you Nicole for introducing me to the members of the Library Anime Club. It was very nice meeting you all. Now I will have to look up "Black Butler" and the other funny anime that you highly recommended (was it something sounding like "Orion"?). Hope everybody was inspired to continue to work regularly with your sketchbooks after our short drawing demo session. The links listed on the column to the right include several art materials tips, drawing and paper craft templates, and my list of recommended reference and drawing technique books. That should keep you busy until our first official "Manga Sketching Workshop" sometime in the Spring.

Cary residents might want to keep an eye out for my upcoming "Cartoon Sketching - Manga Style" 3-lesson series in the Winter catalog of the Cary Arts Center. Starting on February from 4:30 pm-5:30 pm and 6:00 pm -7:00 pm every Monday after school, we will cover tentatively:

1. Fantasy Creatures.
2. Superheroes.
3. Dragons and monster design.
4. Ninja sketching school.

We also got a 2-hour Manga Sketching Workshop for Teens planned for the last Saturday of January 2012.

Lego Fest at Raleigh Convention Center

Lego is the classic educational toy that can be enjoyed by the whole family as proved by the enthusiastic crowd attending this year's Lego Fest at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Ninjago had the entire team in life-size scale models guarding the spin-jitsu play area.
The accurate Hogwarts model was particularly impressive. It even featured the Chamber of Secret under the castle.
Meeting the legendary Boba Fett.
Close encounter with the Batman.
Sponge Bob was quite popular with the kiddies.
Captain Rex from Clone Wars. Lego kits with their variety of themes and limitless free-style applications make for nice creative gifts for the young at heart and inquisitive minds.