Ages: 10 – 14
Saturdays from 10:00am – 11:30am
Ages: 10 – 14
Wednesdays from 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Ages: 12 – 16
Saturdays from 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Ages: 16-Adult
Wednesdays from 7:30pm – 9:00pm
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
Learn to draw any existing character, no matter the style, and kickstart your independent artistic journey!
$360.00 +HST
Ages 10 -14
8 weeks
SATURDAY MORNINGS
10:00am – 11:30am
90 minutes per session
SESSION DATES: September 19, 26, October 3, 24, 31, November 7, 14, December 12
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS
A specialized character breakdown workshop that provides young artists with a malleable process to teach themselves how to draw characters in any style of their choice.
Each week, Cartoon Coach will guide artists on a journey through different animation drawing styles, carefully curated with classic characters from Saturday morning and after-school cartoons, spanning the 1970s to present day.
Artists will come to know The Cartoon Coach holistic approach called *the Locus of Focus and learn to build Strong Foundational Bones (Fundamentals & Principles), earn Powerful Creative Muscles (Improvisation, Experimentation, Practice) and to hone a Sharp Dedicated Mind (Process, Motivation and Determination).
Sessions are limited to 12 artists and broken down to 45mins of participatory instruction and 45 mins of hands-on workshop.
*For more information on the Cartoon Coach Locus of Focus, CLICK HERE.
WORKSHOP LAYOUT
WEEK 1 – MINIMALIST
Examples: Wander Over Yonder, Casagrandes, Power Puff Girls, Dexter’s Lab, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Loud House.
WEEK 2 – MODERN
Examples: Gravity Falls, Stephen Universe, Owl House, Star vs the Forces of Evil.
WEEK 3 – GROSS-OUT
Examples: Sponge Bob Square Pants, Teen Titans Go!, Fairly Odd Parents.
WEEK 4 – SITCOM
Examples: Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, Lower Decks, Final Space
WEEK 5 – ADVENTURE TIME
Blending super simple shapes and rubber-hose limbs, Adventure Time breaks all the rules and gets its own class.
WEEK 6 – GOLDEN AGE
Examples: Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Droopy, Mighty Mouse
WEEK 7 – ANIME
Examples: Astro Boy, DragonBall Z, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon, One Piece
WEEK 8 – SUPERHERO
Batman the Animated Series, TMNT, X-Men ’97, Gargoyles, She-Ra, the Tick
Batman the Animated Series, TMNT, X-Men ’97, Gargoyles, She-Ra, the Tick
CANCELLATION POLICY
Your purchase secures your spot in class, once you are enrolled the fee is non-refundable. However, in the event you can no longer attend, two weeks’ notice is required to transfer your purchase to a future workshop. If the two week deadline has passed, you are welcome to gift the class to another artist.
AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL
Develop and flex your creative mind and imagination muscles!
Ages 10 -14
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS
5:00pm – 6:00pm
60 minutes per session
Location:
Sweet Action Theatre Company
inside the Youngplace Building,
180 Shaw St., Toronto
CREATURE IN THE CLOUDS
SESSION 1:
$250.00 +HST
6 weeks
SESSION DATES: September 9, 16, 23, 30, October 7, 28
SESSION 2:
$250.00 +HST
6 weeks
SESSION DATES: November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9
BOTH SESSIONS:
$450.00 +HST (SAVE 10%)
12 weeks
SESSION DATES: September 9, 16, 23, 30, October 7, 28, November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9
AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL
A one-of-a-kind unique workshop that provides young artists, with a wide variety of creative challenges, thoughtfully crafted to expand their imagination and develop creative problem-solving skills.
Each week presents a different exercise designed to keep artists engaged with character creation, in any style, through a carefully curated mindful approach developed by Cartoon Coach called *the Locus of Focus.
Artists will build Strong Foundational Bones (Fundamentals & Principles), earn Powerful Creative Muscles (Improvisation, Experimentation, Practice) and to hone a Sharp Dedicated Mind (Process, Motivation and Determination).
Sessions are limited to 12 artists.
*For more information on the Cartoon Coach Locus of Focus, CLICK HERE.
WORKSHOP LAYOUT
SESSION 1
WEEK 1 – LAND OF A THOUSAND HEADS
An introduction to cartoon head construction where artists remain in the moment through improvisational decision making and the exploration of pure creativity by relinquishing control and allowing the characters to evolve through dynamism.
WEEK 2 – CREATURES IN THE CLOUDS
Provided with images of clouds, artists will be challenged to engage their imaginations as they squint at the cloud formations searching for hidden characters and creatures in the silhouettes. Once they spot a shape, they will trace the outline and engage their imaginations to evolve the character through spontaneous storytelling.
WEEK 3 – JAM-PACKED PUZZLE PAGES
Artists will learn to conquer the blank page by using every single square inch! Beginning with one simple character drawing, they will add another, and another. As space runs out, artists must flex their creative problem-solving muscles to create characters, creatures and objects that fit into the remaining spaces until the entire page locks together like a beautiful, unique, completed puzzle!
WEEK 4 – MAKEOVER MANNEQUINS
Artists will be introduced to cartoon character anatomy and provided with model sheets of existing character forms that have no faces or costumes, called mannequins. After tracing or replicating their favorite mannequin multiple times, the real challenge begins: turning that exact same foundation into a lineup of unique characters! Artists will be encouraged to alter the mannequin’s proportions to realize their creative vision!
WEEK 5 – EXPLOSIVE EXPRESSIONS
Equipped with mannequin head model sheets and a real mirror, artists will dive into a mindful discussion on how emotions and inner feelings physically reshape our faces. By studying their own mirrored reflections, and learning about facial muscles, artists will learn to use a mirror to help translate their own emotional performance onto paper, building their very own character expression sheet!
WEEK 6 – ARMOURED AND DANGEROUSLY SILLY
Artists will be dropped into a wacky, top-secret scenario where their wild ideas are the only defense against certain doom! Working as a team, artists will unlock their imaginations and engage cartoon logic to design a spectacular series of wacky props, magical machines, inventive gadgets, and magical artifacts. It is a high-stakes, hilarious test of pure creative problem-solving to save the day!
SESSION 2
WEEK 1 – LAND OF A 1000 GOBLINS
COMING SOON
WEEK 2 – THE MYSTERY IN THE MOSAIC
COMING SOON
WEEK 3 – BLOCK BOOST BADABOOM
COMING SOON
WEEK 4 – TWISTING TENTACLES
COMING SOON
WEEK 5 – SUPER STACK
COMING SOON
WEEK 6 – MICRO-COSMOS
COMING SOON
CANCELLATION POLICY
Your purchase secures your spot in class, once you are enrolled the fee is non-refundable. However, in the event you can no longer attend, two weeks’ notice is required to transfer your purchase to a future workshop. If the two week deadline has passed, you are welcome to gift the class to another artist.
COMIC BOOK PROCESS POWER-UP
Learn a foundational strategy for communicating imagination through the oldest form of story-telling; sequential art.
$560.00 +HST
Ages 12-16
8 weeks
SATURDAY AFTERNOONS
12:00pm – 2:00pm
2 hours per session
SESSION DATES: September 19, 26, October 3, 24, 31, November 7, 14, December 12
COMIC BOOK PROCESS POWER-UP
In this guided, 8-stage workshop, young artists will transform raw script ideas into a fully realized 3-to-5-page comic book. Participants gain hands-on story-telling experience through a foundational, malleable, proven process..
Artists will come to know The Cartoon Coach holistic approach called *the Locus of Focus and learn to build Strong Foundational Bones (Fundamentals & Principles), earn Powerful Creative Muscles (Improvisation, Experimentation, Practice) and to hone a Sharp Dedicated Mind (Process, Motivation and Determination).
Sessions are limited to 12 artists and broken down to 1 hour of instruction and 1 hour of hands-on workshop.
*For more information on the Cartoon Coach Locus of Focus, CLICK HERE.
WORKSHOP LAYOUT
WEEK 1 – BRAIN DUMPING
Unleashing a messy expulsion of imagination onto the page and then organizing ideas into a linear experience.
WEEK 2 – PANEL LAYOUT
Learning the basics of shot/panel selection and a new way to read comics while analyzing existing work and replicating exciting pages and panels to help absorb the language of story-telling through variety, depth, intensity, action and more.
WEEK 3 – SCRIPTING
Writing a script through experimentation, improvisation and sequential story-telling while learning how to pace a single issue VS a graphic novel and mastering the art of how to surprise your reader with a grand reveal.
WEEK 4 – BRAIN DUMPING: PART 2 – ELECTRIC BOOGALOO!
Appreciating the power of the cartoon/comic gesture, mapping out an entire narrative quickly in a single pass allowing freedom for focus on story-telling, page layout and panel composition while learning to lead with instinct and remain in the moment.
WEEK 5 – CH-CH-CH-CHANGES
Together, we will read each four-to-five-page comic and provide constructive feedback. Through this process, artists will learn to set their egos aside, embrace concepts like pivoting or pushing the envelope, and work in service of the story. Ultimately, learning how to filter feedback effectively, making educated decisions on what truly serves a unique creative vision.
WEEK 6 – TOOL TIME
Exploring a diverse range of comic styles focused on line clean-up techniques and then diving into a hands-on studio experimentation by choosing a single page from a story to test-drive an array of professional tools—including fine-liners, brush pens, calligraphy pens, India ink, and light tables. Artists are encouraged to step out of their comfort zones, trading the safety of familiar habits for the excitement of discovering new creative mediums.
WEEK 7 – COLOUR ME EXCITED
Following some basic light, shadow and colour theory, artists will have a chance to experiment with alcohol based markers, water colour, diluted ink washes, learning to mask sections of their art and experiment with texture driven techniques using toothbrushes, sponges, straws and so much more.
WEEK 8 – PRESENTATION & ANALYSIS
Celebrating and reflecting on the artistic journey, recognizing personal wins and progress – an essential part of the process! Together we will analyze what worked so it can be repeated and dissect what didn’t to transform slip-ups into valuable lessons. Parents and guardians are encouraged to join the second half of the session to view the final comic creations.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Your purchase secures your spot in class, once you are enrolled the fee is non-refundable. However, in the event you can no longer attend, two weeks’ notice is required to transfer your purchase to a future workshop. If the two week deadline has passed, you are welcome to gift the class to another artist.
CHARACTER DESIGN AND THREE DIMENSIONAL THINKING
DESCRIPTION COMING SOON
$360.00 +HST
Ages 16-Adult
8 weeks
WEDNESDAY EVENINGS
7:30pm – 9:00pm
90 minutes per session
SESSION DATES: September 9, 16, 23, 30, October, 7, 14, 21, 28
CHARACTER DESIGN AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL THINKING
FULL DESCRIPTION COMING SOON
Artists will come to know The Cartoon Coach holistic approach called *the Locus of Focus and learn to build Strong Foundational Bones (Fundamentals & Principles), earn Powerful Creative Muscles (Improvisation, Experimentation, Practice) and to hone a Sharp Dedicated Mind (Process, Motivation and Determination).
Sessions are limited to 8 artists and broken down to 45 mins of instruction and 45 mins of hands-on workshop.
*For more information on the Cartoon Coach Locus of Focus, CLICK HERE.
WORKSHOP LAYOUT
INDIVIDUAL CLASS DESCRIPTIONS COMING SOON
CANCELLATION POLICY
Your purchase secures your spot in class, once you are enrolled the fee is non-refundable. However, in the event you can no longer attend, two weeks’ notice is required to transfer your purchase to a future workshop. If the two week deadline has passed, you are welcome to gift the class to another artist.
WORKSHOP LOCATION
SWEET ACTION THEATRE COMPANY INSIDE THE YOUNGPLACE BUILDING
180 SHAW ST., TORONTO
