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Teenage Cartoonist To Instruct At Library
Posted Oct 5, 2006 by Clarisa Gerlach
Updated Oct 5, 2006 at 08:48 PM
By HAROLD VALENTINE
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Some believe everyone has a special talent – it’s just a matter of finding it.
Luckily for Town ‘N Country resident Leah Lopez, 16, her talent was evident as a toddler, her mother Bobbi Lopez said, drawing on anything she could get her hands on.
This year Leah has realized a second gift, the ability to teach. Since March, when she launched Leah’s Cartooning Parties Inc. with the help of her mother, Leah has taught hundreds of children how to draw cartoons.
Leah will be teaching another class at the College Hill Library, 2607 E. Martin Luther King Blvd., Oct. 5 at 4:30 p.m.
Although she usually teaches younger children or a mix of ages from 4 to 19, she is expecting a mostly teenage crowd at the library. Leah said she will adjust the content she will be drawing to suit teenagers, such as anime characters.
“She is really just a wonderful artist,†said College Hill librarian Jen Obermeiyer. “She’s so young and talks to kids on their level.â€
Leah has a partnership with the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System to teach classes in libraries throughout the county. She gets $75 per class, assuming the library provides supplies for attendees, and she said she’s done about 15 workshops in libraries alone.
“Naturally, after all the different crowds you become more comfortable because the first few times, it was pretty rough,†Leah said. “But now it’s pretty natural.â€
Leah also teaches at a variety of events and venues, including birthday parties, churches, daycare centers, parks and Bobbi is currently looking into assisted living facilities.
Bobbi said the business has been going well, adding that there’s nothing like Leah’s Cartooning Parties in town.
“You can’t find anything like this on the Internet,†she said.
Bobbi said she’s particularly proud of her daughter because she’s able to juggle a busy business schedule and still gets straight A’s at her school.
Leah also focuses her creative talent on fine art, however, she said this has been somewhat compromised because of her busy schedule. She said her students often have new and fresh ideas, which she finds edifying, and she has her special moments while teaching.
“I love it when they drop everything and they’re all focused,†Leah said. “They’re not thinking of anything else, just what they’re doing at the moment.â€
For more information about the workshops, visit http://www.cartooningparties.com or call 957-5524.
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