JLI welcomes you to our new drawing basics class format that includes the beginnings of the illustrated genre in cartoon and comic art. This quarter we will look at the characters of the Walt Disney Studios and the artwork of legendary animators, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.

Classic characters like Pinocchio, Bambi, and Captain Hook, will be drawn in a how-to format. By the end of quarter each artist will come away with skills including drawing characters with action lines, guidelines to drawing human and animal characters, and compositional storytelling rules.