Thank you once again to Abner Cope and his wife Sandra! We all learned so much.

$40 covers all materials.

Ages 11 through adult welcome.

Zack Wood, an artist who studied manga and animation in Japan (the country of manga!), will teach this popular style of comic.

In this workshop you’ll learn how to develop a comic page, from sketching, to inking, to adding halftones.

The first two hour session on Saturday February 23rd will cover examples of manga, sketching a comic page, and beginning to ink the drawing. The second two-hour session on Saturday March 2nd will continue inking, whiting-out changes, and adding half-tone sheets for shading. You can see pics from a previous Manga Workshop HERE and Zack’s artist talk about his own comics HERE.

SIGN UP HERE! Prepaid registration is required. 8 seats are available as of February 14th.

ABOUT MANGA & YOUR TEACHER:

Manga means ‘comic’ in Japanese and is a style of comic in Japan which is widely read by all ages. (Manga is also strongly connected to anime, the popular animated film genre.) The stories cover various themes such as romance, horror, historical drama, sports, and more. The style is singularly recognizable and modern, but was developed in 19th century Japan! Learn more HERE.

Zack was featured in a New York Times article about American students heading to Japan to study Manga in preparation for careers in film, games, and comics. He currently has a graphic novel under consideration for publication in Japan. You may be more familiar with the work of his mother, R. Wood of R. Wood pottery, or his father, painter Lamar Wood who also runs the Brick House gallery.

Here’s another article by Nancy Lendved about Zack in Athens Patch. It offers a great explanation about the medium. From the article: Wood thinks anyone interested in drawing comics would gain from studying manga. “The Japanese developed manga as a mode of expression using unique symbols to convey the story. Design elements are used to convey emotional states. It’s all about the characters. They made comics into a new media to be read quickly, rather than be seen as art. The speed they read comics there is insane.” Wood explains that unlike here, where “comics are for kids or ‘weird adult men,’ in Japan, there’s manga for housewives, businessmen, boys, girls. It covers sports, cooking, tax codes and medical breakthroughs. Like movies here, it’s acceptable for everyone.”

Visit his website HERE for some examples of his gorgeous work.

Space is limited so please sign up here for this free event.

About the Artist:

“The essence of three dimensional illusion in two dimensional art rests within the design of the elements of light and shadow within the composition. The impact of the illusion depends on the contrast between these two essential elements. My work is driven by the formal essence of light.” -Abner Cope

ABNER COPE was an associate professor of art at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, with an emphasis in drawing and painting. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree (1980) from Eastern Michigan University with a major in drawing. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree (1974) from Georgia Southern University where he majored in painting with a minor in printmaking.

Mr. Cope has created many drawings and paintings of the figure and has had national exhibitions of his work. His artwork has won numerous awards in Chicago, Toledo and Dayton and are included in various private and corporate collections throughout the Mid west.

He also has taught drawing and painting at the University of Dayton, Dayton Art Institute, Sinclair Community College, Clark State Community College and the Riverbend Art Center. A major mural by Mr. Cope is hanging in the Hallie Q. Brown Library at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.

(sourced from his website copegallery.com)