In The Classroom

Are you looking to improve your drawing skills? Interested in what goes into designing characters? Jan thrives on sharing her love for art by teaching you how to improve your artistic skills. See below for a list of upcoming classes and workshops.

“Great! the teacher was really nice and she did awesome crafts and helped us a lot. The crafts were fabulous, cute and pretty. I wish I could do another camp there!”

Sophia age 7

Young Artist, Southampton Arts Centre summer 2025

illustration of a pile of Pumpkin People

Aurora Cultural Centre classes

COMIC DRAWING FOR CHILDREN
with Jan Dolby


Mondays | January 12 – March 9, 2026
4:30 – 5:30 pm | 7 – 12 years 

Aurora Cultural Centre

In this fun-filled 8-week youth drawing program, learn the building blocks of the comic art form, with beginner steps to arrange characters, build settings, speech bubbles, and explosions in panels. Discover and explore drawing styles that illustrate and reflect your stories.

LEARN CARTOONING
with Jan Dolby


Wednesdays | January 14 – February 11, 2026
4:30 – 5:30 pm | 16+

Aurora Cultural Centre

In this exciting, 5-week teen drawing program, learn the fundamentals of cartoon drawing!

By breaking down different parts of cartoon and anime characters, students will learn how to draw hair, eyes, hands, faces, emotions, perspective, style, noses, body proportion and so much more!

It is the perfect program to learn fun basic drawing skills needed to create anime and cartoons. Digital devices are welcome to the class.

DRAWING CLUB INTERMEDIATE
with Jan Dolby


Wednesdays | January 14 – March 4, 2026
6:30 – 9:00 pm | 16+ 

Aurora Cultural Centre

This 8-week program is tailored for experienced artists looking to refine their drawing skills and explore new techniques.

You’ll enhance your observational skills, improve your line quality, master perspective, work with proportion/space in a fun and encouraging environment.

Southampton Art Centre classes

for kids
CARTOON CREATIVE DRAWING
with Jan Dolby

Summer 2026
July 13 – 17, 2026
9 am – 12 pm
Ages 7-9

Southampton Arts Centre

A drawing class for kids who love to doodle! Perfect for children who love cartoons and want to learn to draw and think creatively. This class introduces the basics of comic creation. Simple facial expressions, speech bubbles, understanding characters, storytelling, drawing one and two panel comics and finally their own mini comic book creation! Drawing exercises are interactive, hands-on and open-ended, allowing each student to use their own imagination to express themselves artistically.

for kids
DRAW YOUR FAVOURITE
CHARACTER
with Jan Dolby

Summer 2026
July 20 – 24, 2026
9 am – 12 pm

Ages 7-9

Southampton Arts Centre

Learn how to draw your favourite book and comic characters – Dog Man and Kat Kid, Stitch, Olaf, Minions, Waldo, Pete the Cat, Paddington Bear, Kung Fu Panda, Inside Out, Unicorns and superheroes to name a few.  Using drawing exercises, interactive crafts and games, it’s a fun drawing class that encourages kids to tap into their vivid imagination.

for kids
DRAW YOUR FAVOURITE
CHARACTER
with Jan Dolby

Summer 2026
August 17 – 21, 2026
9 am – 12 pm

Ages 7-9

Southampton Arts Centre

Learn how to draw your favourite book and comic characters – Dog Man and Kat Kid, Stitch, Olaf, Minions, Waldo, Pete the Cat, Paddington Bear, Kung Fu Panda, Inside Out, Unicorns and superheroes to name a few.  Using drawing exercises, interactive crafts and games, it’s a fun drawing class that encourages kids to tap into their vivid imagination.

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