NOTES FROM SAW

Here’s the place to check out everything that’s been going on at SAW including what we're learning, reading and drawing.

 
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Friday Night Comics Recap: Book Review Comics with E. Haidle!

If you missed our most recent *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Workshop, catch the replay below! We had a great time with Elizabeth Haidle who had us making book reviews in comic form. We mixed up characters and made animals tell the story of our favorite childhood books and even made up some books! It was a lot of fun. Come take a look!

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Replay of Friday Night Comics with Sarah Maloney

Catch the replay of our most recent Friday Night Comics Workshop with Sarah Maloney @maloneydoodles! We explored CREATING PLACE in our comics where we were asked to draw some shoes and then to consider where those pair of shoes would take us. We hope you've been having a good time enjoying this creative community full of art-making!

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Replay of Friday Night Comics with Aidan Koch: Experiments in Climate Drawing

We had a really lovely time with Aidan Koch who had us talking and drawing about climate change. What we were afraid of, what we were hopeful for, what we were doing in our communities. It meant a lot, a lot of people shared and a lot of people felt better and more connected in the end. Come take a look and share your concerns with us. We hope you have a good time enjoying some creative community and art-making!

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Replay of Be An Imposter with Josh Bayer

We had a great time with Josh Bayer @joshmbayer (Instagram account) drawing characters with objects, learning and using shading techniques that amplify our comics, and bringing the holiday season into it, we talked about making a stories of objects we exchange, Josh mentioned that a good way to start a comic plot is to make a list i.e. objects we exchange, things we struggle to buy, things we want to buy, disappointing gifts, disappointing reactions, etc.

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Replay of Expressing the Self Through Character with Yasmeen Abedifard

We had a great time with Yasmeen Abedifard @yasmeen.abedi expressing the self through characters. We learned how cartoon characters have a unique way of evoking empathy and about mirroring emotions in the characters we create. We made some great 1 page comics with the complex characters we created in the workshop!

If you missed it, here's the replay!

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SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop: Drawing Clothes with Teresa Wong!

SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Drawing Clothes with Teresa Wong! Join us this Friday for a FREE Comics Workshop with Teresa Wong. Wong is author of the graphic memoir Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression. Her comics have appeared in The Rumpus and Event. She is the 2021–22 Canadian Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary. Don't forget to share your work after the workshop below in the comments, as a post using the "Friday Night Comics" topic, on social media using #fridaynightcomics #sawcomics @comicsworkshop, or all of the above!

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