All creatives with a passion for art who would like to expand their digital painting skills.
Short Courses
Digital Painting Short Course
Date & Time
- July 7, 8 weeks,
Sundays and Tuesdays, 6pm-9pm
Qualification
- SAE Digital Painting Certificate
Course Fee
- AED 6000
What you need to know about this course
This short course introduces students to the fundamental working methods of the digital painter to create illustrations and paintings.
It is ideal for students with a keen interest in art and the desire to expand on their current skills.
The course teaches basic fine art principles and how to integrate these techniques into a digital workflow.
Who it's for
Entry Requirements
There are no academic requirements to participate in this programme. The student needs to be a minimum of 17 years of age upon commencement of the course.
Software Packages
- Adobe Photoshop
Outline
- Photoshop interface for the digital painter
- Fine-art drawing exercises
- Drawing with a Wacom drawing tablet
- Still-life painting
- Toning in grayscale
- Environment painting
- Introduction to perspective
- Working with thumbnails to create believable environments
- Speed painting
- Introduction to quick tonal studies
- Painting a portrait
- Introduction to color
- Adjusting color temperature to achieve believable portraits
- Drawing and painting from the imagination
- Bringing it all together from thumbnail to finished painting
- How to maintain digital sketchbooks and portfolios
Lecturer
Bingu Ratnapala
Bingu Ratnapala is a classically trained artist in illustration, cartoon animation and preproduction techniques. He has worked as a concept artist, illustrator and storyboard artist for clients such as Etihad Airways, Nissan, Interpublic and Mbc studios.
