2009/10 Fall/Winter Session

The 2009/10 Fall/Winter Session of the Animation Portfolio Workshop is now underway. All of the 28 six hour classes take place on weekends. The Fall/Winter Session began on Saturday October 3, 2009 and finishes on Saturday February 20, 2010 - just as portfolios are due.
We have a great group of focused students working hard on their Life Drawing and their Drawing for Animation. Life Drawing Instructors Myke Bakich and Jose Rivas and Drawing for Animation Instructor Vince Peets are working closely with each student in the group as they plan to eventually complete their animation portfolios.

Info Sessions at Sheridan

Former Animation Portfolio Workshop students Faisal Raja, Adrian Kaiser, Lisa Wang, Sonia Furier, Daniel Lee Poy and Xiaoyu Wang will be presenting Info Sessions at Sheridan College in room A-107 on Wed. April 1 (11am - 12pm), Fri. April 3 (12pm - 1pm)and Wed. April 8 (11am - 12pm). If you want to find out about the workshop and see drawings from past students you are welcome.

2009 Spring/Summer Session

Do You want to get into a top animation school? You can. The Animation Portfolio Workshop teaches classes in Life Drawing and Drawing for Animation. Our instructors are professional artists and animators. Our teacher's assisntants are talented young artists. We teach students how to put together entrance portfolios to get into top animation schools like Sheridan and Seneca Animation Arts Centre.
We are now registering students for the 2009 Spring/Summer Session. It starts on May 2/09. Go to http://www.portfolioworkshop.com/ .

Animation Portfolio Preparation Time!

The 2009 Fall/Winter Session is in portfolio preparation mode. These students have been working hard and building up momentum since October 2008. Now their work is paying off as they are selecting their best drawings for inclusion in their February and March animation portfolio submissions to top animation schools like Sheridan and Seneca.
These shots show the students working one on one with Animation Portfolio Workshop instructors Myke Bakich and Vince Peets.

APW classes at the new ROM

In addition to studio time (classes in Life Drawing and Drawing for Animation) a vital part of the Animation Portfolio Workshop involves a number of classes spent drawing at the newly renovated Royal Ontario Museum. The ROM offers hundreds of opportunities for Animal Drawing, Object Drawing and Room Drawing for the animation entrance portfolio.
These photos, taken by current APW student Iven Simonetti show our students working with APW teacher's assistant Shen Howe-Lee drawing various birds and animals.

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Graham Finley Talks about the Workshop

APW visits Seneca Animation Arts Centre

We shot this interview awhile back. APW visited Brian Lemay in his office at one of the top animation schools in Canada, Seneca Animation Arts Centre. In this short segment, Brian speaks frankly about the kinds of portfolio submissions that have success. The drawings on his desk are by former Animation Portfolio Workshop students (including Auguste Chang) and the character designs shown are by Brian himself. Enjoy.