TEACHING COMIC-ART
How to teach through alternative comic-art. Brush pen and digital.
How to get better at drawing.
Respect and value every line you draw. Some of them might not turn out as you imagined, but they are opportunities and not mistakes. If you don’t cherish, love and respect your own creation, how can you expect anyone else to?
Practice is important.
To repeat and start over is to gain experience and get better at your skills.
Never forget to respect the one you were before.
Empathy.
Feel for your creation. Like with any relationship, it takes work. When you have empathy with the picture in front of you the picture will show empathy for you. The two of you have a lot in common, never forget that.
Be the example.
Show your finished drawings and comics. Show your sketches both good and bad. Show your artistic process. Be generous with your own experiences of learning comic-art and drawing. Share how and what you learned on the way that led you to where you are now. This is as important for teachers as students, sharing your experiences is the best way to learn together and from each other. Always be generous.
Show and tell.
Show others art, talk about what inspires you with their work. There is much to be learnt from talking together with a group of people about what they see in the art being presented. Don’t forget to listen. Everyone talking has something important to share, it’s up to you to figure out what.
Make comics together.
Just by sitting together with others drawing is a great way to inspire and develop your way of drawing and telling a story. Open yourself to be inspired.
Be the example.
Show your finished drawings and comics. Show your sketches both good and bad. Show your artistic process. Be generous with your own experiences of learning comic-art and drawing. Share how and what you learned on the way that led you to where you are now. This is as important for teachers as students, sharing your experiences is the best way to learn together and from each other. Always be generous.
Be the example.
Show your finished drawings and comics. Show your sketches both good and bad. Show your artistic process. Be generous with your own experiences of learning comic-art and drawing. Share how and what you learned on the way that led you to where you are now. This is as important for teachers as students, sharing your experiences is the best way to learn together and from each other. Always be generous.
Don’t fear drawing complex timelines and compositions. Remember there is much to learn from chaos. Look at a picture for a long time to learn how it’s composed.
Cut up to learn and experience composition.
Make a grid of frames. Draw a story in the frames. Cut out your frames. Throw them into the air and put them together as they have fallen. See what kind of new story you have. If you like you can add speech bubbles and text.
Not knowing what they say?
Start from an a4 paper (standard office size). Draw speech- and other forms of bubbles randomly on the paper. Add characters and background to your picture. Let it rest for a day or more. When you get back to the comic, fill the bubbles with text. If you want to, leave some bubbles empty. Silence speaks volumes. Let the viewer be part of the creative process, it’s their story to.