Workshop: Doodle on, Dude!
"The results of your wonderful presentation were nothing short of amazing." –– Caroline Ward, Coordinator of Youth Services, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, Connecticut
Karen took a chance on telling a story through doodling and discovered a new format. In this workshop, she demonstrates how she put together DOODLEBUG: A Novel in Doodles (July 2010), and explores doodlewriting with kids.
This workshop was piloted in April 2010 during Draw On!, a monthlong celebration of drawing sponsored by the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art. It was developed during visits to Rogers Park Middle School and Pembroke Elementary School in Danbury, Connecticut, and the Cyrenius H. Booth Public Library in Newtown, Connecticut.
- To bring out the doodler in anyone.
- To improve attitudes toward artistic ability and develop new confidence in creativity and learning styles.
- To inspire children to use drawing to tell stories, to focus, and to learn new things.
- To share techniques involved in visual storytelling, including symbols, facial expressions, and character development.
- To share doodling techniques, including creating your own fonts, drawing letters, and mathematical doodles.
- To share comic book techniques, including use of grey tones and proportions.
- Sometimes we draw sharks, too.
Most appropriate for groups of 30 or fewer. $500, with additional mileage charge if you are further than 30 miles from Bethel, Conn. Day rate $1200 (three presentations). If you have special considerations, please get in touch and we'll discuss.
Watch the Doodlebug Tutorial!
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TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS:
Here's a Doodlebug workshop kit from Macmillan, including other great books as well.
