Teaching Portfolio
Teaching Art
Liza Yemialyanava — lecturer with more than 4 years of
international experience (Shanghai/China, Warsaw/
Poland) in designing and delivering Art course content
to students. Currently based in Kyiv/Ukraine.
Artworks presented in this portfolio were created by
students under Liza’s guidance. To see Liza’s personal
artworks, please, visit galauko.com
Portfolio
Guiding students in the preparation of their personal
portfolio to apply to British, American, and French Art
Universities and Foundation courses.
Students successfully applied to Cambridge School
of Visual and Performing Arts Foundation course,
University of the Arts London, Kingston University.
Illustration
1-year long course for 15-18 y. o. students
interested in illustration and graphic
communication.
The course is focused on personal projects,
such as series of illustrations, posters,
comic stories, illustrations for packaging.
The program includes both digital and
analog techniques, helps students to
develop their research and analytical skills.
The program of the course includes
group work, which gives students a
chance to try different roles, inspire
each other and get experience in
teamwork.
Illustration
For beginners
1-year long course for 12-15 y. o. students which want
to get familiar with this major.
This is a very playful program that includes exploring
various techniques and tools, a lot of fun and drawing
without fear.
Students learn how illustration differs from
other fields of art.
Throughout the course, students improve
their drawing skills, experiment with art
supplies, and learn how to talk about
their work.
Character design
1-semester course for students interested in
concept art, game design, comics, and
illustration. Includes analog and digital practice.
Storytelling
1-semester course focused on narrative practices for students
interested in graphic novels, comic stories, presentation skills, scriptwriting, book creation.
General Arts
A course, which includes theory and practice
is easy to follow for students with and without
drawing skills.
The course was designed to help students
get familiar with different art majors and
develop their creative thinking.
Summer camp
1-month activity for students interested in art.
Included elements of scenography, sculpture,
drawing and painting, photo shooting, and
group work.
Book design
2-weeks workshop about experimental bookbinding for MA students, held at L’École de
design Nantes Atlantique in Shanghai.
The workshop included a lecture and practical
part — students created mini publications on
topics related to their master’s thesis.
Exhibitions
Organizing an exhibition is a great experience!
Exhibitions at CSVPA China are shows, where
students’ best artworks are professionally displayed
in the space for the public. It’s also a great end to
the graduation year for students.
Preparation of the exhibition includes managing,
curating, calculation a budget, managing a team
of teachers and students.
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Online Teaching
It was an important experience that allowed to supervise students on their short and
long term illustration projects. Online teaching required particular accuracy in setting
assignments, as well as great care for the involvement of students in classes.
Contacts
--galauko.com
Currently based in Gdańsk/Poland