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Saturday Workshop at the Institute: 10 May

By Tempo Lush April 29, 2014 April 29, 2014 Comics, Events, Workshops

9-14 year olds interested in giving making comics a try can come along to the Institute in London!
Book here!

Secret Agent Fun at Discover Children’s Story Centre

By Tempo Lush March 17, 2014 April 24, 2015 Artwork, Comics, Events, Lucy the Octopus, Workshops

I had such a great day on Saturday taking part in a comic making workshop as part of the Secret Agent Themed Season at Discover Children’s Story Centre in Stratford, East London on Saturday.

Sunday would see the skills of Sarah McIntyre, Gary Northfield and Alex Milway assisting any kids up to the mission of making fantastic comics and characters. Saturday however, the crack team of agents consisted of (left – right) myself, David O’Connell (who organised the day perfectly and created some brilliant worksheets), Laura Ellen Anderson and Jamie Littler.David (above) drew a fantastically evil scientist (below). My secret agent was called upon to sort him out! Here’s Laura wowing kids with her drawing talents…
This was definitely a highlight of the day for me – Laura and David having an improptu Tadpole Attack Squad draw off. It was a fierce battle!
When I heard that Laura had an octopus character in her Phoenix comic strip Evil Emperor Penguin, we had to have an Octopus draw off too! Was amazed at Laura’s unplanned linework – so good!
Some more Secret Agent themed art by Laura, myself and visitors to Discover…
Jamie did a mind-blowingly good take on the evil inventor including a Laser Shark!
Hmmm… Well, you try drawing Scooby-Doo without any reference then! I had to explain to the girl who asked for this who Scrappy-Doo is. Kids today, eh?!
Finally here’s a secret message, written using David O’Connell’s secret code!
So good to work with David, Laura and Jamie and especially at such a special place as Discover!

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Showing 165 kids the fun of making comics

By Tempo Lush March 6, 2014 April 24, 2015 Comics, Workshops

Earlier this week I had an intense but fun day running six comic workshops for children at Cranmer School in Surrey.

All in all, 165 kids worked to produce comic strips with some serious talent on display…

First I wowed them with my mastery of zoological form… Then they warmed up finishing off one of my strips… Finally, they were let loose making their own comic strips from scratch! Some great work was produced and featuring robots, dog people, living goalposts and all sorts!

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My WASP 2014 work…

By Tempo Lush February 28, 2014 February 28, 2014 Comics, Lucy the Octopus, Uncategorized

I’m so thrilled at how all the work’s turned out for this year’s Webcomic Artist Swap Project.
Amazing creators involved!
Also, I was chuffed at having the chance to work with Nicola Streeten and Rachael Smith. See the resulting comics below and visit tempolush.com/wasp for more WASP comics to appear over the weekend!

A Year at 50 – Written by Nicola Streeten. Art by me!

Lucy the Octopus – Written by me! Art by Rachael Smith

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Workshop Round Up: 2 Schools, 2 Libraries and a Museum!

By Tempo Lush February 25, 2014 February 25, 2014 Comics, Uncategorized, Workshops

It’s been a busy but fun time lately running loads of comic workshops.

I’ve started a project through Apples and Snakes. Poet and writer Inua Ellams and I are working with pupils of City of London Academy and Highbury Fields School, both in Islington. We’re developing a poem and a story that will be visualised and turned into a printed booklet.
We’ve got a few sessions to go and so far the children’s work looks extremely promising…

Here’s some great characters designed as a warm up for the City of London Academy kids..

Next up was last Tuesday’s half term holiday workshop at Walthamstow Library. Here’s some more character designs from them… That last one also includes a happy cat character I asked the kids to create, alongside some other possibilities… Next up, was a fabulous visit to the lovely Higham Hill Library…
These children learnt how to craft comics and told some fantastic stories…
Finally I made a return visit to the fantastic Cartoon Museum, which has this wonderful space to teach…
Visiting the museum on the day were the Crystal Palace Community Development Trust (Art Group). The teenagers had lots of emerging talent which they used in my Manga workshop…
Phew! Lots more workshops to come soon…