Art Workshop for Teens – MAKING A COMIC STRIP

Create Characters • Tell Stories • Draw Comics

📍 Location: Toronto Public Library – Fort York Branch
🕒 Time: 12:15 – 1:40 PM
🎨 Medium: Pencil & markers (all supplies provided)
👥 Group Size: Small group
🎓 Level: All levels welcome – beginners encouraged
👩‍🎨 Instructor: Professional artist Louis Sobol

About the Workshop

From Peanuts to Calvin & Hobbes, comic strips are a classic and much-loved art form. In this fun, hands-on workshop, teens will explore the basics of comic storytelling while creating their own original characters and short comic strips.

We’ll spend half the session designing a small cast of characters—thinking about personality, expression, and style—and the other half creating two or three 4-panel comic strips that bring those characters to life through simple stories and visual humor.

What Teens Will Learn & Do

• How comic strips work: structure, pacing, and storytelling
• Creating expressive characters with distinct personalities
• Drawing facial expressions, body language, and simple action
• Planning and sketching short 4-panel comic strips
• Using pencils and markers to finalize comic artwork
• Turning ideas and jokes into visual stories

Reference images will be provided for inspiration, and students are encouraged to experiment and develop their own style.

Why Join?

• Learn comic-making from a professional artist
• Build confidence in drawing and visual storytelling
• Create original characters and completed comic strips
• Enjoy a relaxed, supportive, and creative environment
• Take home your own mini comic creations

No prior art experience is needed—just imagination and curiosity!

This event is not hosted by or sponsored by the Toronto Public Library.