Back in 2000, one of my cartoonist colleagues asked if I’d step in and do a course he had been teaching at a local community college. It was a weekend workshop for elementary school children, Introduction to Art with Cartoons. I loved it and continued for 6 years. Soon after, I tried another local county adult education program with a similar format but tailored the content for grownups. IN 2007, I retired to Asheville, NC and soon took my courses to UNCA/OLLI where I’ve given a variety of art courses.
Along the way I am still learning how to teach, an ability way different than giving a PowerPoint presentation. Real teaching is hard. (Real teachers are looking at the ceiling.) What I actually do is help folks learn, to describe some basics and then coach them through some exercises. Drawing is mostly practice and learning to see. A little humor can ease those moments when the results are discouraging. Singing out loud on paper?
Cartooning, Montgomery Community College, Sidwell Friends Academy, Arlington Adult Education, UNCA/OLLI and Anne Arundel Community College/PLP
Basic Drawing, UNCA/OLLI and Anne Arundel Community College/PLP
Intermediate Drawing, UNCA/OLLI
Drawing Animals. UNCA/OLLI
What to do with those beautiful travel pictures (with Dennis Murphy at UNCA/OLLI)
Caricature UNCA/OLLI. Making fun of the way we look.
Editorial Cartoons, Cartoonists and Cartooning. UNCA/OLLI Zoom
Artful Memories from the Comic Pages, UNCA/OLLI Exploring the characters, stories, marketplace and artists of some of the great Sunday comics.