Photoshop For Artists And Designers

Beginner and accomplished artist/designers.
A course for Creatives to learn how to use Photoshop to produce and manipulate digital illustrations from scanned, hand drawn artwork.
Students must be comfortable using computers and have some drawing experience.
This course is not suitable for those who are not computer literate.

The initial session will deal with scanning in your artwork at high resolution, ready for manipulation.
Once scanned, you will be taken through the basics of opening your digital files in Photoshop.
From there you will learn techniques such as 'cloning', 'resizing', 'distorting', 'colourizing' etc.
Crucially you will also learn how to 'stack' and manipulate your scans using 'layers' to create a digital collage. This is essentially the heart of the digital process. Once stored on separate layers, your artwork can be very easily manipulated to almost any outcome - changing colour, size, copies, texture etc.
You will be shown how to ensure drawings are suitable for digital work, and how to digitally combine these with found and/or hand-made tones and textures, as well as how to add coloured areas and transparent areas adding drama and depth to your illustrations. You will be given a project to complete and will have the time to practice the methods under the watchful eye of the tutor while you complete your project. There will be time to experiment with techniques that the course covers.

Other Adobe software will be used including Illustrator (vector) and Fresco (raster and vector). The latter containing the latest brush engine software to create stunning watercolour, oil, and acrylic effects. Students must be comfortable using computers and have some drawing experience. This course is not suitable for those who are not computer literate and is aimed at aspiring artists who would like to develop their knowledge of digital art, taking existing artwork into the digital medium and learning various ways to expand and enhance it.
Teaching methods: Visual demonstration and verbal explanation. Written handouts with visual diagrams. One-to-one teaching. Group discussions.
Learning methods: Hands-on practical activities, Reading handouts and following instructions.
One-to-one and group discussion.
Questions and answers during group discussions and one-to-one teaching.
Record students' progress and achievement on an assessment sheet as they achieve the course objectives.
Practical work produced is evidence of learning

Students will need to bring along their own USB memory stick, min 4GB.

Students who complete this course may be interested in other illustration, computing and general arts courses held at the college.