Comics, Cartooning, and Manga Art Class

Calling all creative kids who are comic book, manga, and cartoon lovers. If your child is eager to express themselves creatively AND have FUN in the process while making their very own comic, manga and cartoon drawings, this class is the perfect fit! Join NYC's #1-rated art studio, The Art Studio NY, as budding artists taps into their authentic expression and learns to express themselves through artwork that inspires them most while learning the specific artistic techniques necessary to draw comic book, manga and cartoon artwork in their own unique style! Kids in this inspiring, fear-free and non-judgemental art class will explore and practice a wide variety of comics, cartoon and manga drawing techniques, including line quality, dimension, storyboarding, facial features, text bubbles, figures in motion, character development, how to capture facial and body expression, communicating feeling and mood, storytelling through drawing, personal style, and more. Artists will create their very own comic strips and develop their own unique characters!

In this engaging, inspiring comics, cartoons, and manga drawing art class for kids and tweens in NYC, participants will:

• ​Be nurtured and inspired with expert one-on-one joyful art instruction from a professional artist and educator that our NYC art studio is known for
• Learn a wide variety of comic, cartoon, and manga drawing techniques combined with the encouragement for personal self-expression in drawing
• Develop their own unique, personal drawing style while learning how to create comic strips, cartoon characters and manga drawings
• Receive personalized instruction while creating story boards, unique story characters, text bubbles, and personalized one-of-a-kind comic strip drawing techniques
• Learn a wide variety of artistic drawing techniques and art vocabulary unique to cartoons, comics, and manga art
• Unlock personal imagination while creating unique works of art that freely express their ideas and vision
• Receive the data-driven health and wellness benefits that art classes provide, included increased self-esteem, decreased anxiety and depression, stress relief, strengthened focus, stronger problem solving, and a sense of accomplishment