Sample arts and photos from the class I taught this last week at the Schulz Museum July 11-15, 2011. Click for a larger image.
Here are my drawings I did while teaching as well.
Category Archive: Summer Cartooning Camp
May
06
2011
2011/7/11 Summer ‘Cartooning 101′ class at the Schulz Museum
I will return this summer to the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA.
July 11-15, 2011 – Drawing 101
MONDAY–FRIDAY ? 9am–12:30pm
Have a fun-filled week designing and drawing your own characters—from superheroes to cute critters—and developing stories and comic strips. Join cartoonist Brian Kolm to learn the basics of cartooning and create your own mini-comic book.
Apr
22
2011
My upcoming appearances and classes – spring/summer 2011
Just an update of where you can find me this Spring and Summer
Looney Toons Family Fun Day at the Cartoon Art Museum – San Francisco CA (ages 10-14)
Saturday April 30 – all ages with admission to museum
CAM-JAM 2011 : Animation – Cartoon Art Museum – San Francisco CA (ages 10-14)
May 22, 2011 – Artist event
Cartoon Boot Camp at the Cartoon Art Museum – San Francisco CA (ages 10-14)
June 6-10, 2011 – Story Board to Animatic
June 13-17, 2011 – Intro to Stop-Motion
June 20-24, 2011 – Dynamic Character Design
Kids on Campus at Chabot College - Hayward Ca
June 20-24: Cartooning: Monsters & Critters
June 27-July 1: Cartooning: Star Wars Art
Schulz Museum – Santa Rosa CA
July 11-15, 2011 – Drawing 101
Aug
08
2010
Lego Animation in Santa Rosa
Last week I had the treat to teach Lego Animation at the Schulz Museum as part of their summer program for kids. We had 7 groups of kids who all produced over 1 min of animation each.
I was impressed how the young students experimented to achieve different effects and work hard to do the best they could using the limitations of the Lego’s.
The videos of the final work will be on-line in the next week or two.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the students!
Jul
12
2009
Taste of Tooning at the Schulz Museum report
I just want to give a shout out to all the students who made my class, a Taste of Tooning (July 6-10,2009) at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA a great time. I will look forward to returning next spring and/or summer.
Thanks to thanks museum staff Jeff, Jessica, Cherie for making the class go so smoothly.
Thanks to Sean Simons who is teaching the upcoming animation classes at the museum and who helped on Stop-Motion day. Check out his work at: http://www.bigseansimons.com/
Thanks to artist Peter Swehla who helped me teach on Friday and drew the characters from his comic Steam Soldiers. www.comicbookchallenge.com/pitch.php?id=2838
Click to view the images below bigger.
May
13
2009
June 6, 2009 – Meet me at Free Day at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA
I will be a guest at free day at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA on Saturday, June 6 from 1 to 3 pm. I will most likely be in the education room upstairs promoting my summer classes that I am teaching.
Where: 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa Rosa, California 95403
Contact info: (707) 579-4452 | http://www.schulzmuseum.com/
Classes I am teaching:
Classes for Children Entering Grade 4 and Above
Spend some time at the Schulz Museum enjoying hands-on activities and time in the Museum. All classes include projects to take home, daily snacks, breaks, and professional art instruction. All materials and snacks are provided.
COST: Weekly Rate â— $125 for members; $156 for non-members
Day Rate â— $30 for members; $35 for non-members
MONDAY–FRIDAY ◠JULY 6–10 ◠9am–12:30pm ◠Grades 4 and up
Taste of ‘Tooning
Students will get their feet wet learning everything from the basics of cartooning to putting their comics into motion with stop-motion and other animation techniques. Join Brian Kolm, professional cartoonist and creator of Beyond the Great Chimney, for a week of hands-on cartooning.
Monday Masterpieces: Art and Cartooning for Kids
Spend one or more Monday afternoon learning to draw and develop stories and characters with professional cartoonists.
COST: Per Session Rate â— $30 for members; $35 for non-members
JULY 6 IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE!: Draw superheroes and side kicks with cartoonist Brian Kolm.
Jul
20
2008
Schulz Museum Summer Camp 2008: Animation
I taught an animation class July 7-11, 2008 at the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA. The class was a lot of fun and the kids worked really hard.
First off is an animatic (a filmed storyboard) for our own action packed cartoon “Super Surf Knight.” I came up with the concept and characters and the kids helped storyboard and design the characters and settings. The kids also did the audio.
We also had fun doing some stopmotion animation too….
Jul
11
2008
Web resources for the Animation students at the Schulz Museum class.
Here are some animation (stop motion) resources for my students and their parents at the Schulz Museum this week. Everyone did a great job
http://www.stopmotionworks.com/ – Stop Motion Link, News, History, etc.
http://www.animateclay.com/ – the site has a free (PC) Stop Motion Program called Anasazi Stop Motion Animator plus links to other programs to use.
http://www.stopmotionmagic.com - Site for animators who are creating/learning Stop Motion Animation.
http://www.stopmoshorts.com/ - Inspiration
www.istopmotion.com <= program we used in class for stop motion and pencil tests. (MAC)
http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/ <= Adobe After Effects, used to composite/time animation drawings.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/ <= iMovie and Garage Band were used for video and audio editing (MAC)
http://www.animationmeat.com/ – storyboard sheets to download and print.
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