Blog

ONSITE: Animating on Your iPad (A)

October 25, 2021

Students will learn several types of basic animation in Procreate for the iPad. This is a more specific look at the animation abilities of this program.  The basics of drawing are expected as a prerequisite. We will learn simple boil animation gifs, how to animate motion, and finally create a looping .gif.

read more

ONSITE: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners (A)

October 25, 2021

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they give you the power to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Learn to create documents for print or digital platforms using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. We will edit images in Photoshop, design graphic elements […]

read more

ONSITE: Animating on Your iPad (B)

October 25, 2021

Students will learn several types of basic animation in Procreate for the iPad. This is a more specific look at the animation abilities of this program.  The basics of drawing are expected as a prerequisite. We will learn simple boil animation gifs, how to animate motion, and finally create a looping .gif.

read more

ONSITE: Quick + Easy Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic

July 13, 2021

Adobe Lightroom is a powerful program that allows you to catalog and enhance your digital photographs. We will cover its most useful features like importing, making collections, fix exposure and color, applying local adjustments, using graduated filters, creating fun presets and converting images to black and white.

read more

ONSITE: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

July 13, 2021

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Cloud. When used together, they give you the power to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Learn to create documents for printed or digital platforms using Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. We will edit images in Photoshop, design graphic elements […]

read more

ONLINE: Digital Vintage Collages

July 13, 2021

Create vintage/retro digital collages in Adobe Photoshop using copyright-free imagery from encyclopedias. In this class, you will learn how to use selection tools, layer adjustments, and art objects to cut, modify and assemble images on a digital canvas. Conversations about elements and principles of art and design will support the development of a delightful composition.

read more

ONSITE: Editing the Digital Photograph in Adobe Lightroom

July 13, 2021

Adobe Lightroom is a powerful program that allows you to catalog and enhance your digital photographs. We will cover its most useful features like importing, making collections, fix exposure and color, applying local adjustments, using graduated filters, creating fun presets and converting images to black and white. Each week, students have the opportunity to practice […]

read more

ONSITE: Illustrating on Your iPad

July 13, 2021

Take your drawing and painting skills to the iPad! In this class, we’ll dive into the Procreate drawing app to create digital drawings. Through tutorials and exercises, we’ll explore both beginner and intermediate techniques that Procreate offers.

read more

ONSITE: Digital World-Building + Character Design (Ages 12-14)

July 13, 2021

What makes a character or fictional world feel real and keep us captivated? Explore what goes into designing fully fleshed-out fictional ideas while diving into digital drawing using Photoshop and a Wacom drawing tablet. We’ll explore brainstorming strategies as well as drawing exercises and tutorials to create original characters and environments that are crammed with […]

read more

ONSITE: Digital Botanical Collage

July 13, 2021

Make your own botanical-themed digital collage in Adobe Photoshop using copyright free imagery for personal use. In this class, you’ll learn how to use selection tools, layer adjustments, and art objects to cut, modify, and assemble images on a digital canvas. Conversations about elements and principles of art and design will support the development of […]

read more

ONSITE: Music Video Production (Ages 15–18)

July 13, 2021

Produce an original music video! You’ll learn art direction, how to shoot dance/choreography, handheld camera techniques, green screen compositing, and editing to music rhythms. Learn to design, shoot, and edit a 2–4 minute music video using music of your choice.

read more

ONSITE: Adobe InDesign Basics for Professionals

July 13, 2021

Do you want to improve the quality and consistency of your organization’s communications materials? Learn to create print or digital documents in Adobe InDesign. We’ll cover importing and formatting text, placing and editing images, as well as working with typography and logos. You’ll learn to pull all of those elements together to create an attractive […]

read more

ONSITE: Intermediate Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign

July 13, 2021

This intermediate-level class is an 8-week course that will go deeper into the three key Adobe Creative Cloud applications: Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. We will explore more tools for InDesign, more features of Illustrator (including 3-Dimensional tools), and more tools and techniques of Photoshop. Students should be familiar with the basic tools, functions, and features […]

read more

ONSITE: Stop-Motion Animation with Puppets

July 13, 2021

Bring a handmade puppet to life! Learn all of the basics of the stop-frame animation process and create your very own handcrafted puppets. This course covers the fabrication of puppetry, storytelling, set building, and the technique of stop-motion animation. Plan to leave with with an understanding of stop-frame animation techniques, your puppets, and your very […]

read more

ONSITE: Creative Digital Lettering (Ages 12-14)

April 20, 2021

From bubble letters to 3-D words, explore lettering basics! We’ll have fun using a Wacom tablet and Adobe Photoshop to draw and color letter forms and phrases. This class is a great way to dive into the basics of digital drawing no matter what kind of experience you have.

read more

ONSITE: Digital World-Building + Character Design (Ages 12-14)

April 20, 2021

Learn the history and basic principles of character design. Character designers are essential to the development of movies, video games, comic books and all manner of modern entertainment. Use traditional drawing skills as well as Adobe Photoshop and a Wacom tablet to develop your own OC (original character). A basic understanding of figure drawing is […]

read more

ONSITE: Creative Digital Lettering (Ages 9-11)

April 20, 2021

From bubble letters to 3-D words, explore lettering basics! We’ll have fun using a Wacom tablet and Adobe Photoshop to draw and color letter forms and phrases. This class is a great way to dive into the basics of digital drawing no matter what kind of experience you have.

read more

ONLINE: An Afternoon in Adobe InDesign: Learn the Basics

April 19, 2021

Learn the basics of Adobe InDesign to create, revise and update documents. Using your own Mac or PC computers and software, share files from the instructor, and work with your classmaters on several projects. We’ll go over the basics of using tools, and create a simple document “from the ground up.”

read more

ONLINE: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator + InDesign for Beginners

April 19, 2021

Students will learn the basics of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign in order to create, revise and update documents. Using their own Mac or PC computers and software, students will share files from the instructor, and work together on several projects. Photoshop: We’ll select, adjust and work with photos. Illustrator: We’ll build a shape-based graphic […]

read more