Art teacher

Roger Mason is a DBS-checked art teacher with a range of experience teaching different age groups how to draw cartoons and comic strips. Working at SAE Institute London (3D Animation and Film courses) and the University of Teesside (Concept Art MA), subjects include fundamentals of drawing, comic art, storyboarding and character design.

Workshop participants move quickly into practical work and produce a large amount of art. Pens are preferred to pencils to boost productivity and to shift the focus away from the ‘finished piece’.

Using practical demonstrations, slides of artwork and one-to-one guidance – as well as drawing on his professional experience of working to tough deadlines – Roger proves that all drawings have value and that everyone can draw. References and CV are available. Please enquire about private tuition. 

EXPERIENCE

Whitecliffe College, Auckland
March 2020 — current
I’m teaching drawing skills to students on the Certificate in Digital Media and Design. The course focuses on drawing from the imagination—cartooning—and enables participants to visualise their ideas quickly and clearly. Some topics covered include storyboarding, character design, observational drawing and comic art.

Waiheke Island Adult Learning Centre
2018 – 2020
Illustration, storyboarding and life drawing workshops.

Digital Arts Network, Auckland
September 2018
Cartooning workshop producing quick thumbnail sketches. Helpful in pitches and ideation sessions.

Long Sutton County Primary School, Lincolnshire
September 2016 – 2018
Official patron of creativity of my old primary school.

SAE Institute London
September 2008 – 2017
3D Animation, Game Art, VFX and Film courses, teaching cartooning, creative drawing skills, storyboarding, character design. Modules that I designed include Fundamentals of Drawing, Illustration, Character Design, and Storyboarding.

Schools
October 2006 – current
Comic book drawing workshops which improve story-telling, drawing and reading skills. Participants create their own characters and use them to tell stories. Advice on art materials and a career in art. Schools where I have taught include: Ballard School, Hampshire; Pilgrim’s Way Primary School, Southwark; Longdean School, Hertfordshire; Chestnuts Primary School, Harringay; Wharncliffe Side Primary School, Yorkshire and Haberdasher’s Askes’ Boys School, Elstree.

 

 

Testimonials:

“Your relaxed professionalism was a breath of fresh air.” — Herb Wiersma, University of Teesside.

“The workshops were expertly facilitated and my team and I really enjoyed the experience. The drawing skills have helped us with our creative process, and Roger’s teaching skills and professionalism are excellent.” — Malin Andersson, Samsung Design Europe

“The children really enjoyed your art teaching, as did the teachers.” — Patricia Chantrey, St Joseph’s RC Primary School, London.

“I found it fun and I found it helpful, he made drawing people so easy.” — Pupil at Ballard School, Hampshire.

“I learned more about drawing in this class than I did in two years at art school.” — Eddison Smith, student.

“Roger’s relationships with pupils are good. He is a friendly, firm and positive adult who relates well to a wide range of children. His teaching is purposeful and he brings a high level of skill and subject knowledge to activities… It has been a pleasure to work with him and I have no hesitation in supporting any work he may seek in a primary school.” — A C Howe, Whitmore Primary School, Hackney.