Overview
EXPRESS YOURSELF!
Description: Bring your characters to life through expressive faces, dynamic poses, and fun dialogue in this art class! In this class, you will learn how to draw emotions, write realistic conversations, and turn your ideas into your very own comic strip or short scene. This class is perfect for young artists who have some experience in comic making but want to know how to take their art and writing to the next level.
Sketchbook, art pens, pencils, and a ruler.
On top of this, you can bring any other supplies you would be interested in using to color your comic, such as markers or paints.
If you have access to a drawing tablet or iPad, you can bring that to use instead of a sketchbook, pens, and pencils, but if you choose this option, make sure you have drawing software downloaded on your device, such as Photoshop or Procreate. If you do not have access to any software, you can also try Krita to get you started, which is a free digital painting application.
Dialogue and Expression Drawing
with Mykaela Armstrong
Date: Wednesdays, Jan 7 to Feb 25, 2026
Time: 3:30 to 5 pm
Price: $120/100 ESAC Members
A $25 fee will be charged for all class refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to two (2) weeks prior to the FIRST DAY OF CLASSES. Thereafter, no refunds, transfers, or credits will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the class.
Mykaela Armstrong
Instructor
Mykaela Armstrong is a writer, artist, and musician, and she produces art that shows the world from unusual perspectives. She likes to delve into the uncommon and unique, and she uses her art to reveal the more abstract parts of her mind. Mykaela loves working in a variety of different media, including pencil, pen, acrylic, and digital art, and she has produced many pieces of art, which can be viewed in her portfolio. On top of this, in the literary world, Mykaela's short story "She" was published in the 2017 Oracle, and she was a finalist in the 2022 Tennessee Williams short story contest. Currently, she is working on combining her love of art and her love of writing to create a graphic novel, and she hopes to continue creating art and stories in this way for the rest of her career.
Refund Policy
- A $75 fee will be charged for all workshop refunds due to a withdrawal. Refunds will be given up to one (1) month prior to the workshop start date. Thereafter, norefunds will be given, unless the ESAC cancels the workshop.
