Price range: $150.00 through $300.00
This four-week online class on bringing botanical art and rich environments to your comics meets on Tuesdays 4-6pm PST/7-9pm EST – March 23rd – April 13th, 2027.
About the class:
Forage for creativity in the natural world with teacher Mel Gillman. In this four-week class focused on making comics about flora and fauna, Mel will share practical tips drawing botanical-inspired art and naturalistic backgrounds and writing comics with the environment as a character and part of the story. They’ll tackle big topics like climate change, pollution, and invasive species, and strategies for using comics for environmental education.
Date:
This is a four-week, online workshop on Tuesdays 4-6pm PST/7-9pm EST – March 23rd – April 13th, 2027. The class is capped at 25 participants. Everyone who signs up will receive a Zoom link via email and then a recording of the workshop afterwards.
What you need:
• Drawing supplies. You can draw on paper or digitally, whatever you prefer. You’re welcome to use whatever materials you have on hand, whether it’s colored pencils, watercolors, or ink pens.
About the teacher:
To make them affordable, all of our classes and workshops are offered at a sliding scale cost.
Supporter - This payment level pitches in a little extra toward the teacher’s income and helps pay artists to create new comics at Crucial. Thanks for your support!
Standard - This is the basic rate for the class, which covers our costs.
Discount - We want people of all income levels in our classes, so choose this rate if you paying the standard rate is a stretch for you.
We set aside three spots in each class to be offered for free to people who would find it a hardship to pay the discount rate for any reason. These free spots are first-come, first-serve. If you would like to take a class for free, please send us a short email about yourself, what class you would like to take, and why. If a free spot is still available, we’ll send you a discount code to register for free! Email: editors@crucialcomix.com
