Learn the Building Blocks of Comic Art

Every comic starts with simple shapes, lines, objects, and scenes. Through guided drawing exercises, students learn how comic artists create backgrounds, settings, and visual elements that make stories come alive.

Create Characters Full of Personality

Learn how artists use facial expressions, body language, emotions, and design choices to make characters memorable. Students create heroes, villains, sidekicks, and original characters while developing their own artistic style.

Tell Stories Through Comics

Discover how comic artists use panels, framing, sequencing, and storyboards to guide readers through a story. Students progress from simple visual comics to full-page stories before creating several original comics of their own.

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome!

    2. Gather your materials

    1. Cover Page!

    2. Quick Note

    3. Daily Practice 1 - Graduated Stick Figures

    4. Daily Practice 2 - Three Scenes

    5. Daily Practice 3 - Drawing objects with 3D shapes

    6. Daily Practice 4 - Free Draw

    7. Daily Practice 5 - Backgrounds

    1. Daily Practice 1 - Character Study

    2. Daily Practice 2 - Shading

    3. Daily Practice 3 - Day in the Life

    4. Daily Practice 4 - One-Panel Visual Comic

    5. Daily Practice 5 - Three-Panel Comic

    1. Daily Practice 1 - Duck Detective

    2. Daily Practice 2 - Heads & Faces

    3. Daily Practice 3 - Roll-an-Expression

    4. Daily Practice 4 - Emotions & Expressions

    5. Daily Practice 5 - Character Design

    1. Daily Practice 1 - Storyboard

    2. Daily Practice 2 - Establishing Shots

    3. Daily Practice 3 - Sequencing

    4. Daily Practice 4 - Full Page Comic

    1. Make your own comic #1

    2. Make your own comic #2

    3. Make your own comic #3

About this course

  • $39.99
  • 26 lessons

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

  • What materials do I need?

    You'll need the Thistles & Biscuits Comic Arts curriculum, pencils, erasers, and something to color with. Students will draw regularly throughout the course as they build characters, practice comic techniques, and create original comics.

  • Is this course really self-paced?

    Yes. There are no live sessions, no deadlines, and no scheduled class times. Your student works through lessons whenever it fits your schedule.

  • How does the mastery-based feedback work?

    When your student submits an assignment, our instructors review it and either approve it or send specific feedback for revision. Students revise and resubmit until the work meets the standard. No moving on until it's solid.

  • How long does the course take to complete?

    Most students finish in 3–5 months, but there's no time limit. Some families move faster, some slower - the course works either way.

  • What do students get when they finish?

    A certificate of completion. The course is transcript-eligible through Wild Oasis Learning, or students can self-report the credit to their own school or program.

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