Charcoal Smart Phone Animation with Leo Crane

I attended the charcoal animation workshop with Leo and was very impressed with the course. In just one day Leo taught us a variety of techniques to use charcoal as well as how to execute a professional looking animation. He worked through a very well thought out structure for the day which facilitated us learning a strong methodology whilst also giving space for intuitive development. As someone who studied Fine Arts at a respected institution I can say with confidence that this workshop is of high quality and well executed. Highly recommended! Leo is also very friendly and interesting person who took the time to understand what every student was trying to get out of the course and catered his advice to the individual accordingly. The studio where Minerva Workshops is based is fantastic, its large and spacious and fit for purpose! Moreover, Lottie who runs the space and programming was extremely welcoming and accommodating, serving delicious food and refreshments. I felt well looked after and will be returning to attend more classes!

I took the Charcoal animation course with Leo on Sunday. He was fantastic at guiding us through and explaining how to create our animations. There were a wide range of experience and abilities between everyone on the class, Leo was great at navigating between all of us and taking us all along at the same pace. We all finished with a few short animations that we had created and an ability to continue creating them independently. I had a very fun Sunday afternoon with a really lovely group and came out having learnt a new skill.

I learnt so much in such little time- will definitely continue developing the skills I learnt in this class. Leo was an amazing teacher, he had a lot of patience and taught us some great techniques- and Lottie a wonderful host who provided a lovely lunch spread and endless cups of tea and coffee. I would recommend this class to anyone with an interest in drawing and who wants to see them come alive!