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Learn Cartooning: Queer Cartoons 1

Learn how to draw cartoons as you create your own characters and tell your own stories.

Jean Kropper

5.0 (4)

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2 hours

4 to 60

$45 (or 4 payments of $11.25 via- Afterpay)

Online Classes

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Art

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Drawing

What you'll do

Learn cartooning online. Cartooning is a powerful way to create and share your own stories. It is a potent tool for rants and rebellion, so you can comment on the world around you. You can turn people you know into characters and comment on life and relationships. Your cartoons can be scanned, emailed, or posted online. So often other people's stories are told, this time, you can learn skills to tell your own. And in a safe space.

You don't need traditional drawing skills here, so let go of the "But I can't draw" fear. Cartoon characters do not need to be realistic, in fact, they often aren't realistic at all: think SpongeBob SquarePants, Peppa Pig, or Mickey Mouse.

In this online workshop, we are focusing on learning and building skills to draw expressive faces. Much of cartooning is about showing strong emotions and drama at pivotal points in a story. I'll give you simple challenges to develop your confidence and build up skills step by step. I will provide a detailed worksheet to inspire and guide you. See you there!

Note on the worksheet: The week before the workshop, I'll send out the worksheet. Please print it out ahead of time, so you can refer to it and draw on it during the workshop.

Knowledge required

Beginners with no drawing experience are welcome. Remember, cartoons do not have to be realistic, so come and have a go.

What to bring

Pencils, a pencil sharpener, and an eraser or rubber.
Black marker (fine or medium point).
Several sheets of blank paper.
Ideas or photos of people for potential cartoon characters.

Your teacher

Jean Kropper

5.0 (4)

Jean Kropper is a paper artist, paper engineer, hand bookbinder, cartoonist, printmaker, designer and paper sculptor. She has her own boutique design studio Paper and Pixel, has taught in the USA, Canada and all around Australia from Arnhem Land in NT to Burnie, Tasmania. She has written three books on hand papermaking, card making and handbookbinding that together have sold over 30, 000 copies. If you want to learn a way of telling stories using paper, Jean is the one to see!

She is passionate about teaching, whether it be to adults at the Art Gallery of NSW, design students at TAFE, teenagers at art centres or kids in libraries. She loves to work with absolute beginners and experienced artists alike.