While observing the class back in September, I noticed that a lot of students loved to draw comics!
I was really excited about this and started thinking about a class comic book!
We had our first lesson on comics this past week. This was a great experience for me because I didn't know much about comics, how their made, or drawing cartoons.
This lesson was a lot of information and practice, to prepare the students for the next lesson when they will actually make their comic!
We talked about how professional comic books are made- which is really interesting! We watched a video explaining the process of writing the script, to drawing, to inking, to coloring, and then printing!
We also talked about the different parts of a comic book and why there are important.
We talked about what makes a successful comic book, and how perspective is very important in helping the reader to experience the comic. We talked about different points of view, like eye-level, low angle, bird eye, worm eye, profile, and more.
Then we an activity to help students get a feel for drawing characters and practicing perspective. I handed out character sheets, which had lots of examples of eyes, mouths, hands, heads, and bodies for students to reference. I asked them to create their own character, give it a name, and then draw it from 4 different perspectives.
I was so impressed with how creative the class is! Some of them had really well developed characters. Others drew really funny people. It was so interesting to see the style and direction that each child went with the assignment.
There are a few students who don't like drawing as much, and it was nice to sit with them and explain that drawing can be hard, but they can still be creative, and that it's ok to practice drawing and get better, or even trace some of their cartoons!
If students finished early they were to start working on their script for their comic!
I am so excited to see what they come up with next week!
