#anatomy classes

Ashtanga Yoga: Mysore, Teacher Training Courses, and Anatomy

Anatomy and physiology as western medicine understands it has not traditionally been apart of the Ashtanga Yoga system as it has been taught over many generations and centuries. But today as yoga related injuries are becoming more and more common and more people are interested in doing yoga, perhaps we need to reinvestigate the place that western science’s understanding of the musculoskeletal…

Ty’s writing class has easily become his most popular. A year ago a YA author took it and so loved it that she recommended it to all her author friends. So, when people ask me if the class will help them with writing anything other than comic books; yes, yes it will! (Currently half-filled so let us know asap if you want in) And, as Ty has pointed out elsewhere, he’s now had several instructors from local art colleges/programs take his anatomy class and ask for use of his handout sheets. As he said no to all requests, the only place you can get ‘em is in Ty’s class. (Still two-thirds of the spaces are available...)

UPCOMING CLASSES: Feb/March – April 2016HOW TO WRITE COMICS

(formerly WRITING FOR COMICS Part One)

LOCATION:  392 Spadina Avenue Second Floor, Toronto Ontario

DATES:  TUESDAYS 7 – 10pm, February 23 – April 5, 2016

FEES:  $350 Payment accepted by cash, cheque or PayPal (There will be a fee for NSF cheques).

REGISTRATION/INQUIRIES:  email [email protected] to book a space, and to make payment arrangements. Please note that spaces are limited for each class; registration is on a first-come first-reserved basis.

PREREQUISITES: none.

MATERIALS:  bring what you need for taking notes; laptop, paper, pencils, pens, etc.

Plot, tale, character, dialogue, set pieces, scenes  and act structure —we cover it all.  Seven intensive workshops, will teach you the basic language of fiction, with an emphasis on comic and graphic novels as a script form.  This is a writing class like no other writing class you`ve ever had.

Students are expected to create stories, plots, pitches and scenes in the workshops.  Bring a pencil (with a healthy eraser) and a willingness to dig in and write, write, write!

Most of my industry awards were for my many years writing for Batman.  As a result, this course is my favourite to teach, and a favourite with students.  This class generally fills very quickly–so reserve a spot as soon as possible..

(This course is followed by  Writing for Comics Part Two, which focuses on world building, continuing series, genre, comedy, tragedy, and a study of classical story forms.)

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HOW TO DRAW THE HUMAN FIGURE (FROM YOUR HEAD)

LOCATION:  392 Spadina Avenue Second Floor, Toronto Ontario

DATES:  Wednesdays 7 – 10 pm February 24 – April 6, 2016

FEES:  $350  Payment accepted by cash, cheque or PayPal (There will be a fee for NSF cheques).

PREREQUISITES: none.

MATERIALS:  Bring paper or a sketchbook, pencils and erasers for drawing. Paper, sketchbook, laptop for notes.

REGISTRATION/INQUIRIES:  email [email protected] to book a space, and to make payment arrangements. Please note that spaces are limited for each class; registration is on a first-come first-reserved basis.

Visualizing the human form in three-dimensional space is one of the basic skills needed to make comics, and our bootcamp class makes this often difficult skill surprisingly easy, with a unique geometric approach to skeletal and muscular systems.  In seven weeks, you’ll understand the movement  of the elbows, shoulders, hips, knees and hands, basic human proportions, the muscle system, and balance (yes, in just seven weeks!) without needing a model to see it in your head.   Previous drawing experience is not required, we can teach this method to anyone willing to learn.

Bring lots of paper and pencils, this is a class for drawing, not for listening to lectures.

Summer classes are posted and filling up...sign up now if you’d like to take HOW TO INK COMICS or HOW TO DRAW THE HUMAN FIGURE (FROM YOUR HEAD):

HOW TO INK COMICS

PREREQUISITES:   none

DATES:  Tuesdays 7 – 10 pm, June 23 – August 4, 2015

FEES:  $340 + $10 supplies fee** (for students who have taken this class before, and would like to repeat it, the price is $290)     Payment accepted by cash, cheque or PayPal (There will be a fee for NSF cheques). Payment is due by the end of the first class.

(**this class makes use of extensive handouts and pages printed on board for inking practice. This fee covers the cost of all the printing)

MATERIALS:  Inking tools and ink will be provided each week for use in class. Bring paper or a sketchbook, pencils and erasers for drawing. Paper, sketchbook, laptop for notes.

REGISTRATION/INQUIRES:  email [email protected] or call us at 905-822-2961 to book a space, and to make payment arrangements. Please note that spaces are limited for each class; registration is on a first-come first-reserved basis.

There’s so much more to this craft than tracing the pencils and calling it a day. This course in the nearly lost art of inking and embellishing, prepares the student to work with different brushes, crow-quills, markers and alternative tools. We feature lots of hands-on exercises with textures, line-weights, contours, rendering, and light and shadow, all in service of telling the story, and the development of the artist’s personal style.

From classical geniuses such as Hal Foster, Will Eisner and Wally Wood to modern day masters like Walt Simonson, Danny Miki, Paul Pope, Darwyn Cooke, Chester Brown, and Kevin Nowlan, we examine the history and philosophy of spotting blacks, and making lines.

And we get our hands dirty with new penciled panels and pages by different Marvel, DC, Mad Magazine, Independent or Simpsons artists to ink – every HOUR! Separating planes is what separates the rookies from the pros. Come learn how.

Bring your favorite tools with you (markers, brushes, twigs, etc.), but we’ll find you something to use if you’re missing a kind of brush or quill, don’t worry.

PLEASE NOTE:

Ty will do his best to help students catch up on any lessons missed if they miss a class; a makeup class won’t be the full three hours (as in-class instruction includes class participation, exercises, etc.) but will include all knowledge passed on.

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HOW TO DRAW THE HUMAN FIGURE (FROM YOUR HEAD)

DATES:  Thursdays 7 – 10 pm June 25 – August 6 2015

FEES:  $340 (for students who have taken this class before, and would like to repeat it, the price is $290)     Payment accepted by cash, cheque or PayPal (There will be a fee for NSF cheques).

PREREQUISITES: none.

MATERIALS:  Bring paper or a sketchbook, pencils and erasers for drawing. Paper, sketchbook, laptop for notes.

REGISTRATION/INQUIRIES:  email [email protected] to book a space, and to make payment arrangements. Please note that spaces are limited for each class; registration is on a first-come first-reserved basis.

Visualizing the human form in three-dimensional space is one of the basic skills needed to make comics, and our bootcamp class makes this often difficult skill surprisingly easy, with a unique geometric approach to skeletal and muscular systems.  In seven weeks, you’ll understand the movement  of the elbows, shoulders, hips, knees and hands, basic human proportions, the muscle system, and balance (yes, in just seven weeks!) without needing a model to see it in your head.   Previous drawing experience is not required, we can teach this method to anyone willing to learn.

Bring lots of paper and pencils, this is a class for drawing, not for listening to lectures.

a scalpel seems like a dangerous thing to lose track of

We have TWO spaces left in HANDS HEADS AND FACES.

HEADS, HANDS AND FACES 

DATES:  Wednesdays, 7 – 10pm, March 12 – April 23 2014

PRICE:  $325  (for students who have taken this class before, and would like to repeat it, the price is $275) Payment accepted by cash, cheque or PayPal (There will be a fee for NSF cheques).

REGISTRATION/INQUIRES:  email [email protected], or call us at 905-822-2961 to book a space, and to make payment arrangements. Please note that spaces are limited for each class; registration is on a first-come first-reserved basis.

MATERIALS:  Bring paper or a sketchbook, pencils and erasers. If you prefer to use a laptop for notes, bring that.