Manga, Dragons, and more

Manga, Dragons, and More

August 4th – 7th, 2026

Ages 10 - 18

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm (4 days)

Instructor: Ashley Gaboury, BFA

Popular with adults and teens alike, Manga is a well-known style of drawing seen in Japanese comic books. This class will focus on developing inking and colouring techniques and help to bring characters and creatures to life. We will explore drawing dynamic character poses, drawing eastern and western dragons and other fandom inspired characters/creatures in this session. Please bring printed images of your favourite Manga/Anime or Animated characters (e.g. Studio Ghibli is Anime, and Arcane is Japanese Animation) & creatures in their signature

poses. Supplies included. Beginners welcome. Students are invited to bring their own set of coloured pencils or art markers to this class (water-soluble or alcohol-based).

Manga, Dragons, and More – Supply List Purchasable in store at a discount!

Supply List:

· 9 x 12 Sketchbook 60lb or more

· Sketching pencils – HB, 2B

· 0.5 or .03 Permanent pen black - Faber-Castell or Copic

· Brush nib pen – black - Faber-Castell or Copic

· White soft coloured pencil - Prismacolor Premier

· White eraser

· Small click eraser

· Sharpener

· Ruler 12"

· White gel pen

· Brick White or Warm Gray 1 Copic marker

Optional

*12 – 24 Soft coloured pencils

* 10 – 12 Artist’s quality markers - Copic or Tombow preferred

*Marker paper – Strathmore suggested

Note: If using Tombow or other water-based markers please bring Bristol Board/Mixed Media paper instead of Marker Paper

Recommended Marker Colours Copic or Tombow

Lt/Md Warm Grey W2 or W3 #N89 Warm Gray 1 or #N79 Warm Gray 2

Light Peach E000 or E00 #850 Flesh

Light Brown E11 or E33 #942 Tan

Brown E15 or E37 #977 Saddle Brown

Light Blue B00 #451 Lt Blue or #491 Glacier Blue

Lt/Md Blue B02 or B14 #452 Process Blue

Yellow Y13 or Y06 #062 Pale Yellow or # 055 Process Yellow

Orange YR04 #993 Chrome Orange

Red R29 or R46 #835 Persimmon

Red Violet or Violet RV69 or V17 #757 Port Red or #676 Royal Purple

Please bring any other colours you have or would like to use.