Drawing for Beginners: Drawing Stories (Saturdays)

This term, we will tell stories visually through drawing, a medium offering the chance to look closely around you and also within. We invite you to observe with curious eyes and then choose what you want to tell graphically.

These workshops will cover topics such as sequence (movement, continuity, rhythm...), character design (expression of emotions, gestures, faces) and the relationship between text and image (vignettes, speech bubbles, onomatopoeias) to draw the story we want to tell: from a dream to something that we would like to happen in the future. In our creation, we need inspiration, and the Museum can be the ideal place to look for it. The exhibitions of Tarsila do Amaral and Masterpieces on Paper from Budapest will be our place of work for some sessions.

Throughout the course, we will explore various techniques, such as charcoal, watercolor, and markers, and experiment with various mediums for painting. We will create a small book or illustrated magazine to document the process followed on this course.

Conceived as a series of progressive workshops held over the course of the school year, in which students learn techniques and concepts, the course encourages participants to enjoy art by making art, suggesting a closer, more proactive look at artwork.

Part Three: 6 workshops (from March 29 to May 17)

March 29: Drawing Stories
In this introduction to graphic storytelling, we will learn different ways to tell a story through a sequence of images.

April 5: Character Design
We will start creating characters, studying how to represent gestures and emotions, choosing clothing… to give them life and personality.

April 12: BOOM!
We will discover ways of linking text and image using speech bubbles, onomatopoeia, and different typefaces.

May 3: Animation
We will make a short animation of our drawings using folioscope, which creates the illusion of movement.

May 10: Faces and Figures
Geometric shapes, straight lines and a other tricks will help us draw portraits of people and figures in different positions and with different expressions.

May 17: Drawing What Isn’t There
We will draw a dream, a strange event, a wish for the future…. And we will pull all our drawings and stories together in a magazine or collective publication that will summarize our experience.

Conducted by: Mónica Martínez, Raúl Domínguez Pazo

Saturdays, 5:30 pm
Duration: 90 min.
Ages: 6–10
Language: Spanish
Limited capacity