NOTES FROM SAW
Here’s the place to check out everything that’s been going on at SAW including what we're learning, reading and drawing.
Replay of Drawing (Not) on Location with Alabaster Pizzo!
Catch the replay of our most recent Friday Night Comics Workshop! We had an amazing time with the brilliant Alabaster Pizzo, artist of Prayer to St Terese, and Mimi and the Wolves. She had us drawing from google maps, searching for places we wished to travel - interiors and exteriors, and making our comics there. We went deep and had fun, like most Friday Night Workshops. We hope you've been having a good time enjoying this creative community full of art-making!
Friday Night Comics Recap: Oppo(sites and giggles) with November Garcia
If you missed our most recent *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Workshop, catch the replay below!
"We had an amazing time with November Garcia who had us writing out our problems, but drawing the opposite expressions. Very therapeutic! We went deep, had fun, dealt with some real woes. Thanks to Ms. Garcia for helping us work this stuff out!"
Friday Night Comics Recap: Book Review Comics with E. Haidle!
If you missed our most recent *WE BELIEVE IN COMICS* Friday Night Workshop, catch the replay below! We had a great time with Elizabeth Haidle who had us making book reviews in comic form. We mixed up characters and made animals tell the story of our favorite childhood books and even made up some books! It was a lot of fun. Come take a look!
Friday Night Comics Recap: Birds as Main Characters with Will Betke-Brunswick!
Catch the replay of our most recent Friday Night Comics Workshop with Will Betke-Brunswick! We had a fantastic time with Will, who had us drawing birds, and having us reaching our goals with our little bird characters. It was so much fun, what a delightful time. Come join us for the replay or the next workshop!
How To Make a Webcomic
An article by SAW Instructor, Jess Ruliffson, going over a recent PRO-CALL we had with REIMENA YEE on how to make a webcomic; tools to make webcomics; webcomics vs. print; and more!
Friday Night Comics Recap: Your Teenage Self with Sarah Mirk!
Catch the replay of our most recent Friday Night Comics Workshop with Sarah Mirk! We first explored a 10 minute drawing challenge—in the top quarter of the page, draw a full body portrait of yourself as a teen wearing one of those significant clothing items. You can draw simple (you can be a blob)! Then, we tried to incorporate some details that help visually tell the story of who we were—Maybe label the important clothing item, tell us what it is and when and where you got it. What would you carry around as a teen?
Upcoming SAW Pro-Call with Remeina Yee Jan. 31!
We bring in comic professionals from all walks of life to guest speak (virtually) at SAW. These guest speakers give SAW students/members some insight from their personal experiences throughout their comics career and welcome questions at the end of each session. Come join us!
Our next Pro Call is with Remeina Yee!
Replay of Friday Night Comics with Sarah Maloney
Catch the replay of our most recent Friday Night Comics Workshop with Sarah Maloney @maloneydoodles! We explored CREATING PLACE in our comics where we were asked to draw some shoes and then to consider where those pair of shoes would take us. We hope you've been having a good time enjoying this creative community full of art-making!
Replay of Friday Night Comics with Aidan Koch: Experiments in Climate Drawing
We had a really lovely time with Aidan Koch who had us talking and drawing about climate change. What we were afraid of, what we were hopeful for, what we were doing in our communities. It meant a lot, a lot of people shared and a lot of people felt better and more connected in the end. Come take a look and share your concerns with us. We hope you have a good time enjoying some creative community and art-making!
Upcoming SAW Pro-Call with Georgia Webber on Career and Health Jan. 10
Come join us in our most affordable, online ongoing-community SAW FLOW + PUBLISH MEMBERSHIP GROUP (comes with a two-week free trial) to join in on MONTHLY PRO-CALLS!
SAW Pro-Call with Georgia Webber on Career and Health.
Georgia Webber is a comics artist, editor, and facilitator living in Newfoundland. She is entirely occupied by the intersection of health and art, making music, comics, and facilitating courses from this point of fascination.
Replay of Expressing the Self Through Character with Yasmeen Abedifard
We had a great time with Yasmeen Abedifard @yasmeen.abedi expressing the self through characters. We learned how cartoon characters have a unique way of evoking empathy and about mirroring emotions in the characters we create. We made some great 1 page comics with the complex characters we created in the workshop!
If you missed it, here's the replay!
Drawing Health with Georgia Webber
Creativity and health practices come together every Saturday, 10 AM Eastern, forever.
In case you've missed this amazing opportunity, we've partnered with Georgia Webber at Drawing the Inside Out.
Drawing Health is an ongoing series of live practice sessions that connect health and creativity for a sustainable and satisfying art practice.
Experimental Comics Recap with Lawrence Lindell
Last week, we had Lawrence Lindell guide us through making experimental comics!
If you missed it, check it out here!
IN-PERSON Weeklong Comics Retreat!
This Weeklong Comics Retreat is designed to break you out of your regular routine and drop you into a room alongside other cartoonists and comics lovers. We will be prioritizing time in the studio drawing and workshopping projects in small groups.
IN-PERSON Intro to Drawing
In this 6-week program you will be guided through the basic principles of figurative and landscape drawing with a view to developing an eye for composition and strengthening your artmaking confidence. Come prepared to draw from life and imagination. These are adult, in-person workshops.
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop with Robyn Smith!
About this Event: SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop with Robyn Smith!
Friday April 29th, 2022 @ 7PM EST Robyn Smith is a Jamaican cartoonist known for her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town, illustrating DC Comics' Nubia: Real One (written by L.L. McKinney) and Black Josei Press' Wash Day (written by Jamila Rowser). She has an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has also worked on comics for College Humor, Nike, and The Nib. She loves cake and her cat, Benson, and holds onto dreams of returning home to the ocean.
TOM RETURNS! In-Person July Visionary Comics Workshop!
Week-Long Comics Workshop for Students, Teachers and other Visionaries! Led by SAW founder Tom Hart, a workshop about discovery + potential!
More Graphic Novel Editing, Another Comparison
Try to focus on "what I have in my hands right now" (skills and abilities) not “who I wish I was of Future Me Who is Much Better at Drawing and Socializing and Unafraid of All Things.”
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Drawing Health with Georgia Webber
SAW Friday Night Comics Workshop - Drawing Health with Georgia Webber. Join us February 11th, 2022 at 7PM EST for this FREE workshop!
I Don't Know How to Celebrate My Achievements
Do you ever have trouble celebrating your milestones? Your achievements? No matter how “small” they may seem? See what SAW Instructor and friend, Jess Ruliffson, shared about her thoughts about these feelings.