School Workshops – UK Wide Cartoon Classes from a Pro Cartoonist
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School Workshops from enhanced DBS art tutor
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School workshops for all ages & abilities
Book your school workshop and hire a cartoonist for your day!
Searching for school workshops and looking to book or hire a cartoonist to run a day of classes at your school? Give your students a creative and inspiring experience with a full day of hands-on cartooning sessions led by a professional comic artist. Our engaging workshops cover drawing techniques, character design, visual storytelling, and how to bring ideas to life through art. Perfect for all ages and abilities, these sessions combine fun with learning — encouraging imagination, confidence, and artistic expression. Hire a cartoonist for a day of classes and turn your school day into an unforgettable creative adventure!
*We hold enhanced DBS certificates and have facilitated school workshops in mainstream and SEND Schools for many years. Available to book / attend throughout the UK.
Our aim is to pass on loads of encouragement and exciting tips in each of our school workshops to draw action, emotion, spatial awareness, form, shadow techniques plus so much more, for each child to take away and create their own amazing cartoon drawings for years to come.
If you prefer for us to compliment a particular course subject to help the children illustrate their own stories for example, we can certainly occomodate that with pleasure.
Cartooning tips for all ages and abilities!
Typical school workshops cartoon worksheet
Easy to follow step by step drawing tuition in all school workshops whatever the age and ability of the student
Explore expression within the school workshops
Famous faces popping up in your school workshops
For those who think they can’t draw, we show them, that they definitely can!
Face2Face + Online
School Workshops
Supporting Creative Education
to PRUs, SEN & Mainstream Schools
Who run the school workshops?
Husband and wife team, Chris and Irene Altham (we both hold an enhanced DBS)
Chris has 37+ years as a commercial cartoonist, working for clients around the world.
Irene has 22+ years working in senior management for a medium sized mental health charity.
“It is an absolute pleasure to pass on our cartooning experience and encouragement to the next generation of budding cartoonists through these school workshops.”
Draw from our experience in creative education
We illustrate easy to follow step by step cartoon tuition along with cartooning tips for the students to develop and add their own flare. The cartoon classes are inspiring, supportive, friendly and lots of fun.
Recent Cartoon School Workshops…
Bursley Academy, Bradwell, Newcastle, Staffs
For Bursley Academy we had the pleasure of running 5 cartoon workshops in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, to approximately 150+ children, split over two half days. The samples of work below are just a snippet of the great drawings the children created on the day.
Smallbrook School, Shrewsbury
It was a pleasure to run a half day workshop at Smallbrook School, part of Outcome First Group of specialist schools. The young people there immersed themselves in the classes and came up with loads of great drawings. Their ages ranged from 11 to 14 years so we worked the lessons suitably for their ages.
Unlock your students creativity with our fun and educational Cartoon Drawing School Workshop, designed for budding young artists who dream of bringing their stories to life! In each hands-on session, students can explore comic art, character design, and storyboarding, while learning professional tips and techniques used by real-world illustrators and animators. From mastering expressive facial features and dynamic poses to understanding storytelling through panels, this school workshop covers all the industry essentials that inspire imagination and develop artistic confidence. Perfect for beginners and aspiring artists alike, this engaging program will help every student turn their doodles into powerful visual stories.
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Facilitating School Workshops…
Facilitating cartoon art school workshops involves creating an engaging, supportive environment where students can explore storytelling, character design, and visual expression through drawing. The facilitator guides participants through the creative process, demonstrating key techniques such as exaggeration, expression, and motion while encouraging individual styles and imaginative thinking. School workshops often balance structured lessons with open-ended exercises, allowing students to practice sketching, develop their unique characters, and collaborate on short comic strips or animation concepts. By fostering creativity, offering constructive feedback, and integrating fun, hands-on activities, the facilitator helps students build confidence in their artistic abilities and develop a deeper appreciation for the art of cartooning.
School Workshops for Keystages 1,2 & 3 throughout the UK
Book your School Workshops with us
and be assured of a Create Day!
What sort of cartoon drawing tips do we cover?
Quick on the draw cartoons
Starting with simple shapes and working within the outerline, we will show how quickly characters can be created with a few flicks and dots of the pen.
You don’t always have to use lots of colour, with these head drawings we’ve made use of the solid background colour plus the white to give individuality to each character.
Cartooning as a job...
Our workshops focus on teaching students how to effectively use cartoons to convey a message, a skill that is highly relevant in advertising and marketing. Cartoons are often incorporated into logos, making them an important aspect of branding.
We help students to capture emotions through their cartooning, while also honing their drawing skills for people, animals, plus everyday scenes and objects.
It is well documented that drawing helps children develop pre-writing skills, fine motor skills, and hand-eye coordination, all of which are crucial for their overall growth and development.
There are so many opportunities to have a creative career. Just a snippet include; comic artist, book illustration, animator, cartooning for advertising, character design, colourist, storyboard illustrator.
Inspire Creativity with Our Cartooning School Workshops!
Bring imagination to life with our cartooning workshops for schools, led by a professional cartoonist with an Enhanced DBS check for complete peace of mind. Students will learn insider cartooning tips and techniques, including how to create expressive characters, tell stories through drawings, and develop their own unique artistic style. Our engaging sessions are tailored for all ages and abilities, helping to boost creativity, confidence, and visual storytelling skills. Whether it’s a primary art day, secondary school enrichment activity, or a creative careers event, our cartooning workshops make learning fun and educational.
With a full day of cartoon drawing workshops led by a professional cartoonist you students will encounter an amazing and memorable creative day! Perfect for primary and secondary schools across the UK, these engaging school workshops inspire students of all ages and abilities to express themselves through art while learning real cartooning techniques. Each session is packed with fun, hands-on drawing activities that boost confidence, creativity, and storytelling skills. Whether it’s part of an art week, enrichment day, or a creative learning project, our expert cartoonist will guide your pupils step-by-step to create their own unique characters and comic strips. Book a full day of cartoon drawing tuition today and give your students an unforgettable artistic experience that combines learning, imagination, and plenty of smiles!
Some of the clients Chris has worked for over the years.
The cost for booking school workshops
Prices are based upon – providing educational cartoon workshops ‘in school’.
1 Hour = £165
3 Hours = £300
Up to 5 Hours = £480
*Travel expenses may apply depending upon distance from our studio to your school, but these costs will be confirmed prior to any booking.
All work protected under copyright ©2023 to Chris Altham.