• Saturday March 30th (1pm - 6pm) 
• $100 Admission Fee *includes FREE Hicotea book!
• $90 for WIA Members *includes FREE Hicotea book!
• Seats limited to 25 people only
• Art supplies will be provided
• No advanced drawing skills needed.
• All sales are final.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

 

1:00 - 1:30
INTRO: Monsters and Aliens: a collage

• monsters in video games, comics and toys
• visual and conceptual resources to create characters

1:30 - 3:30
SESSION 1 - 2 hours - individual activity: 

• Create a monster from microorganisms, fungus, and other forms of life.
• Each participant will receive cards with the image of a living organism and facts about it. 
• These organisms don’t have a discernible face, so their qualities can be transformed in many ways.
• discussion

3:30 - 6:00
SESSION 2 - 2 hours - group activity

• From the results of session 1, participants will write and illustrate a short comic. 
• If working in groups, they can combine the characters they previously created, they also can explore different relationships between them.
• discussion

6:00-7:00PM 
BOOK SIGNING / Opening Reception (FREE)

SUPPLIES PROVIDED

• Watercolors - basic colors
• Inks - in basic colors
• Plastic eye dropper
• Synthetic pointed (round) brushes
• Sheets of watercolor paper. 9’’x 12’’ 
• Palette / plate
• Jars or glasses to clean the brushes and add clean water to the watercolors
• Paper towels
• Clean rag
• Pencils, erasers, sharpeners, etc.
• Sea salt and bleach to bring texture, watercolor pencils.