Our third semester of courses begins this evening! If you didn't get signed up during our pre-registration, don't fret! You will be able to register for any of the courses throughout the semester. However, remember that we have some amazing homework designed to push us creatively and as business owners that we review together during the first two months, so get registered soon!
We're so excited to open up registration for Semester III courses!
We also have our past two semesters available for registration so you can get started from the beginning!
we'll only be offering the 20% off through September 4th, don't miss out!!
We start every semester with 20% off for early registration!
Get 20% ALL courses, including class passes, from Friday, September 1 - Monday, September 4
We only offer 20% off once a semester, so don't miss out!
Do you have awesome artwork or calligraphy skills on paper and no idea how to translate that to the computer? Digitizing your work is the first step in translating your beautiful artwork from paper to pixel.
With a digital copy of your work, you can use your hand-done artwork in layouts and designs, create prints, get products made, use it in your branding and online presence... the possibilities just open up! Digitizing can mean the difference between restarting a whole project because your client changed their colors or just doing a couple tweaks on Photoshop and reprinting. It can mean that you do the same amount of work and maximize your profit when you sell multiple prints of your piece. It can mean you create your own custom patterns made from your own artwork (awesome!) and proceed to use those patterns as wallpaper, fabric, envelope liners, you name it!
We'll be starting at the beginning and walking you through scanning, editing and using calligraphy and artwork in your layouts and designs. This will be a beginner to intermediate course.
Although instruction will be using specific examples and methods in the Adobe Creative Suite (specifically, Photoshop), we do not require you to purchase Photoshop in order to take the course. The same principles could be applied to other photo-editing software, including free alternatives like GIMP. We do love Photoshop though (this isn't a sponsored post!) and it is often the industry standard, so we'd highly recommend taking advantage of the free trial from Adobe to see if Photoshop is for you.
Who doesn't love botanicals?? Timeless and classy no matter the medium, we love incorporating botanical artwork into our work and our office space (have you seen our temporary wall mural?).
Traditionally, botanical sketches are very detailed and precise. These make for beautiful drawings and paintings, and we absolutely love them!
In this course, we will explore a more whimsical interpretation of line botanicals. Victoria has been doing a version of this style since her art school days, for everything from botanicals to anatomy. We'll be learning how to loosen up a bit and create botanicals with loose movement and imprecisions. She'll walk you through how to embrace imperfections in your piece and stylize your botanical drawings.
We'll use both pen and brush to explore this style so you can see how it can apply to many different mediums.