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.

An illustration of a hen painting an easter egg

DRAWING AND SKETCHING
with Jan Dolby


Mondays | 5 weeks | January 15 – February 12, 2024
6:30 – 9:00 pm | 16+ 

Aurora Cultural Centre

Sharpen your pencils and discover the basics of drawing and sketching, including fundamental perspective rules, composition, design, and shading.  Instructional handouts will guide students through their process. New students and seasoned artists welcomed. Materials List available. 

for kids
COMIC DRAWING WITH
with Jan Dolby


Mondays | 7 weeks | January 15 – March 4, 2024
4:30 – 5:45 pm | 7 – 10 years 

Aurora Cultural Centre

A series of basic lessons to help you with arranging characters, settings, and speech bubbles inside a panel, selecting the right tools for your project, exploring style and illustrating stories.

iPAD TABLET DRAWING 
with Jan Dolby


Sunday, January 28, 2024 
1:00 – 3:00 pm | 16+ 

Aurora Cultural Centre

If you’re an artist curious about the creative potential of digital art on your iPad or tablet, this workshop is designed for you. It covers essential topics for new users, including brushes, gestures, layers, color, file formats, and organization in Procreate. This workshop is ideal for those with prior painting and drawing experience and iPad/tablet proficiency. We’ll guide you through creating a canvas and using digital painting tools similar to traditional methods, allowing you to experiment and create your own artwork, such as a still life or any subject of your choice. 

Materials: Please bring your own iPad/Tablet and tablet pencil.

for kids
COMIC DRAWING WITH
with Jan Dolby


Mondays | 8 weeks | April 8 – June 3, 2024
4:30 – 5:45 pm | 7 – 10 years 

Aurora Cultural Centre

A series of basic lessons to help you with arranging characters, settings, and speech bubbles inside a panel, selecting the right tools for your project, exploring style and illustrating stories.

DRAWING AND SKETCHING
with Jan Dolby


Mondays | 8 weeks | April 8 – June 3, 2024
6:30 – 9:00 pm | 16+ 

Aurora Cultural Centre

Sharpen your pencils and discover the basics of drawing and sketching, including fundamental perspective rules, composition, design, and shading.  Instructional handouts will guide students through their process. New students and seasoned artists welcomed. Materials List available. 

iPAD TABLET DRAWING
with Jan Dolby


Sunday, May 26, 2024
1:00 – 3:00 pm | 16+ 

Aurora Cultural Centre

If you’re an artist curious about the creative potential of digital art on your iPad or tablet, this workshop is designed for you. It covers essential topics for new users, including brushes, gestures, layers, color, file formats, and organization in Procreate. This workshop is ideal for those with prior painting and drawing experience and iPad/tablet proficiency. We’ll guide you through creating a canvas and using digital painting tools similar to traditional methods, allowing you to experiment and create your own artwork, such as a still life or any subject of your choice. 

Materials: Please bring your own iPad/Tablet and tablet stylus.

for kids
CARTOON CREATIVE DRAWING
with Jan Dolby

July 8 – 12, 2024
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
SAFARI ANIMAL ZOO
with Jan Dolby

July 22 – 26, 2024
9 am – 12 pm
Ages 7-9

Southampton Arts Centre

An animal art class for kids who love tigers, elephants, monkeys, lions and rhinos! Perfect for children who love to create with colours, who want to learn to draw and think creatively. This class will create colourful and textured masks, collages, paintings and drawings. Full of fun and adventure to the Safari!

for kids
SAFARI ANIMAL ZOO
with Jan Dolby

August 12 – 16, 2024
9 am – 12 pm
Ages 7-9

Southampton Arts Centre

An animal art class for kids who love tigers, elephants, monkeys, lions and rhinos! Perfect for children who love to create with colours, who want to learn to draw and think creatively. This class will create colourful and textured masks, collages, paintings and drawings. Full of fun and adventure to the Safari!

for kids
CARTOON CREATIVE DRAWING
with Jan Dolby

August 19 – 23, 2024
9 am – 12 pm
Ages 10-12

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.

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