Manga & Comic Book Art Workshops at Waterstones Piccadilly

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet manga artist Céline Cresswell and comic book artist Sam Hart as they host live drawing classes in the art shop at Waterstones Piccadilly from 6pm on Wednesday 30th July!

Céline, author of Draw Manga Faces, Heads and Hairstyles, was at our Manga Mania event last summer and we're absolutely thrilled to have her back for a live drawing class. Sam Hart is freshly back in the UK from sunny São Paulo and will he hosting a comic art class to promote his upcoming book Comic Art Superheroes, publishing this December!

Workshops will be ticketed, please sign up to a slot using the below links. Tickets are just £5!

Céline Cresswell

Céline Cresswell is a UK-based illustrator, working in data science. She attended Loughborough University to obtain her master's degree in mechanical engineering, graduating in 2023. As of 2022, she began illustrating books. In 2024, her first published book Draw Manga Faces, Heads and Hairstyles was released to provide new artists a guided workbook space to learn how to draw manga characters.

With a diverse range of characters, clear instructions and plenty of drawing inspiration, Céline's book Draw Manga Faces, Heads and Hairstyles is the perfect guide to support beginner artists wanting to learn the popular manga style. Beginning with facial shapes, moving to features and expressions, and ending with hairstyles, the final chapter gives prompts where the reader can combine all their newfound knowledge to create full portraits of their own.

Copies of Draw Manga Faces, Heads and Hairstyles will be available to purchase on the day.

Sam Hart

Professional comic book and storyboard artist Sam Hart has more than 30 years’ experience drawing superheroes and action-packed stories about characters and properties. Living in Brazil, he created superheroes for advertising agencies, published his own comics and collaborated with Antony Johnston to illustrate the spy story The Coldest City, adapted to film in 2017 as Atomic Blonde, starring Oscar winner Charlize Theron. Now back in England, Sam is married, has two daughters and, as a side-quest, is researching the ancient and mysterious technique of watercolours.

Aimed at young teens and upwards, Sam's must-have guide Comic Art Superheroes, is the perfect introduction to creating dynamic, memorable comic book superheroes, supervillains and monsters. With step-by-step instructions and skill-building exercises integrated throughout for fun, fast results, you will build your characters from the ground up. With a foreword from John Higgins, prominent comic book artist and writer best known for his colouring work on two of the biggest and most groundbreaking graphic novels of all time Watchmen and The Killing Joke, this is the must-have guide to bringing your own comic art to life.

Sam Hart's book Comic Art Superheroes will be released in December 2025 and will be available to pre-order at the event.