ART TEACHING
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I found out not very long ago that I´m quite good engaging with kids in matters of teaching. Even though I have some basis on Pedagogic Studies, I surprised myself recently. Having a refreshing sense of fun (on both parties), plus parents feedback which was definite.
It is my primary objective not necessarily to help give shape to a future artist, but by shaping an improved storyteller, I get to train a person with a developed sense of communication who will achieve to make a group of people empathize with their message. This is a much higher form of “show and tell”; in a world that is hyper-communicated, children are from early age shocked (not stimulated) with amounts of information and most of it is wrongly expressed and misinterpreted. A proper education in time, going back into the basics of visual imagery plus text, will allow the student to be better prepared in a stream of chaos. In other words, the people who get to tell the story are the people who get the foot on the door. Besides, the artistic sensitivities are sharpened in a cool way the kids can recognize from the pop culture they consume daily.
Currently I work at the Christian International School of Prague, Park Lane School and Riverside School.
I also offer private classes for different age ranges (from kids to cool grown-ups).
(I know it's not the best possible picture, but the students' identities should be protected)
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So, what is it?
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Each week we will gather to learn how to improve our drawing, narrative and storytelling techniques so we can channel our natural style in a comic book, the very core and deepest root of the pop-culture that dominates the current cultural landscape. We explore styles, character development, the spaces where they belong to (and where they not!), we test them in different story structures. All the consequent artistic needs that might pop up in this process will be part of the learning process.
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Cool but, then what?
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By training our patience and focusing our skills we will sharp artistic techniques, our natural voice will not be lost as we give a third dimension to our stories. Towards the end of the semester we will publish a magazine. But that´s not the end! Then the horizon expands towards improving our drawing style in professional levels and/or even doing an animation short project!
Also this Summer
ANIMATION SUMMER CAMP!
Through August we can meet three times a week to reach the goal of creating animated shorts!
Drop me a line at slabysilny@gmail.com
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