The workshops

 

• Caricature\Cartoon Drawing - Capturing Likeness by exaggerating and simplifying facial features.  (Can be Online or In Person)

• Word Sketch - Creating big drawings from small ideas using word prompts for inspiration. (Can be Online or In Person)

• Playdough Animation - Making characters and objects to animate in stop-motion (Can be In Person only)

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What happens during the workshops

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Caricature Workshop

 

1. Quick introduction - Michael will introduce himself and briefly explain what a caricature is. (2 - 5 minutes)

 

2. 'How to draw features' exercise. - Michael will break down how you can draw different parts of the face like the eyes, nose, mouth, ear and head shapes. Participants will draw along with him. (8 - 15 minutes)

 

3. Caricature drawing challenge - Michael will draw a person of your choosing  and participants will draw along with him. He will draw the face in simple steps at a speed that will allow participants to easily follow along and draw at the same time. (15 - 35 minutes)

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4. Caricature Prize - Michael will pick out a couple of people and provide feedback on their drawings. He will then select the top 3 drawings based on 3 categories. Best Likeness, Best drawing Technique and The drawing showcasing the most Flair/Creativity. Participants will then be asked to vote  for the best overall drawing from the top 3 selected drawings.  The winner will get a detailed colour caricature by Michael. The drawing will be completed after the event will be delivered to the winner by email. (2 - 5 minutes)

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Online Caricature Workshops can last between 20 minutes and 90 minutes per session

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In Person Caricature workshops can last between 30 minutes and 120 minutes per session

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Word Sketch Workshop

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1. Introduction to sketching - Michael will introduce himself and briefly talk about sketching and idea generation. (2 - 5 minutes)

 

2. Dream Sketch - Participants will be asked to make a sketch based on dream. The sketch can be based on something they dreamt about, a dream/goal they have or what their perfect day would look like. Michael will guide participants only with words. (5 - 15 minutes)

 

3. Group Word Prompt Sketching - Michael will present participants with 3 columns of words. The first column will include nouns, the second will be verbs and the final set will be nouns again. 1 word will be drawn from each column to create the idea for the sketch. Michael will make sketches based on the chosen words and will talk through his thought process as he is building his idea. Participants will either draw along with Michael's or choose to generate their own idea based on the same group of words. (8 - 30 minutes)
 

4. Individual Word Prompt Sketching - Participants will choose 2 words from the nouns columns and 1 word from the verbs column. They will then create their own masterpieces based on those words without direction from Michael. (5 - 15 minutes)

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5. Sketching Prize - Michael will select the 3 word prompt masterpieces and participants will then be asked to vote  for the best overall drawing from the top 3.  The winner will get a detailed personalised drawing by Michael which will be completed after the event and delivered to the winner by email. (2 - 5 minutes)​

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Online Sketching Workshops can last between 30 minutes and 90 minutes per session

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In Person Sketching workshops can last between 30 minutes and 90 minutes per session

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Playdough Animation*

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1. Introduction To Stop Motion Animation - Michael will introduce himself and talk about stop-motion animation. Michael will show participants some of his stop motion animations. (2 - 5 minutes)

 

2. Preparing for animation . Participants will appoint people to different production roles. (5 - 10 minutes)

The Stop Motion production requires people who sketch the characters and objects. 

Makers to sculpt the character and object out of playdough.

Animators that move and shoot the animation

Post production crew who are responsible for editing photos and putting the frames together into an animation.  

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2. Sketching the ideas, characters and objects. Michael will work with the group to sketch out ideas for their character or objects that they would like to appear in the animation.  (10 - 15 minutes)

 

3. Making things out to animate - Participants will be given playdough and will make their characters or objects. (20 - 40 minutes)

 

4. Animating - All sculpted characters and objects will be placed on the set. Stop motion animation is made by moving parts of characters/objects slightly and photographing each movement to create the animation frames. 3 or 4 cameras will be set up to provide several camera angles.  (20 - 40 minutes)

 

5. Post Production - The Post Production team will be divided into 3 or 4 groups. Each group will work on an iPad or computer to put the animation photo frames into a sequence.  The whole production team will then work together  to combines the sequences into a short playdough animation. (30 - 70 minutes) 

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In person Playdough animation caricature workshops can last between 90 minutes and 240 minutes per session​​