How to Make Comics Workshop in Consecon, Prince Edward County

Monday, August 23 - Friday, August 27, 9am - 12 noon

Draw your own characters into your own story
and put it all together into a comic book.

Kids aged 8 and up.
Cost: $150 per child. Includes art supplies, snacks and hst.
Where: Consecon Art Space, Mill Street, Consecon
(Blue-doored brick building next to the bridge)




Pre-registration necessary. Please contact Martha at:
martha.newbigging@sympatico.ca

About Martha Newbigging: All workshops are offered by artist and children's book illustrator, Martha Newbigging. Martha has given comic book-making workshops in public schools throughout Ontario including Kente & CML Snider Public Schools in Prince Edward County and Bayside P.S. near Belleville. The Ontario Arts Council has supported Martha's March Break Animation Workshop for 2 years in a row in Prince Edward County. She has also visited dozens of libraries in Ontario and British Columbia to talk to kids about being an illustrator. Martha believes in providing art-making skills to children and allowing their own vision and creativity flourish within the medium being explored.

These comments from teachers who have had Martha facilitate comics workshops in their classrooms: "The students learned so much and the final product was beyond our imagination. Great fun was had by all!" -- Carl Des Granges, Bayside PS. "Martha is a dynamic and talented individual who relates well to children. Her teaching methods inspired the children in my class to be creative and produce excellent final products. Students were very proud of their artistic accomplishments." -- Susan Ross, CML Snider PS. "I found Martha's workshop to be extremely organized and effective in teaching drawing skills to the students. The students loved the program and were extremely proud of the art work they produced." -- Dawn Carleton, Kente PS.