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Archive for the ‘General’ Category
What Are Online Classes?
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Recently I read a post from a student that I felt was very important to answer basically they said once I sign up, pay the fee, what is next? At Digital Art Academy we try to make the experience very personal to the new student giving them the opportunity to work independently or as a group. Once logged in the student is taken to their “Dashboard” which is customizable to contain the tools that are most important to them. The Dashboard includes direct links to all the current classes they are enrolled in as well as messages and other customizable widgets.
Your classroom is available to you twenty four hours a day. No need to be in class at any specific time, you simply work at your own pace. Your lesson PDF and video can be downloaded and saved to your computer. Your instructor is there to support you and answer any questions you may have. Each classroom week has a forum area where you can communicate to your instructor.
Some of our instructors offer live sessions via Go To Meeting. These sessions give the teacher and students the opportunity to work together on a specific subjects or lessons to further enhance the learning experience.
So don’t be shy, enroll and enjoy an online class, great for seniors, young adults and kids! Have some fun and enroll in an online class today at Digital Art Academy.
Free Webinar- How To Use Skip Allen’s Custom Watercolor Brushes for Painter
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
“Pears in Blue” Created with Skip Allen’s custom Watercolor brushes, by Karen Bonaker
Join us for some fun as Digital Art Academy presents a free one hour webinar showing you the practical uses for Skip Allen’s wonderful custom watercolor brushes.
Please use the link below to register for this event it is filling up fast!
Classes Are Underway at DAA!
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
Classes are now underway at Digital Art Academy. You still have time to register but don’t wait too long. Registration will officially close on January 9th, 2010 for Session One. If you have never taken an online class make it your New Year’s resolution and get started today.
Technology is on the move, and unfortunately it does not wait for anyone. Our job is to keep up with it the best we can. Much of today’s online technology provides the student with the flexibility they need in today’s busy world. If they can’t take a class in the morning, you can take it at night or anytime that suits their schedule and all in the privacy of their own home. Many of our classes offer live sessions where you can interact with your instructor and your fellow students. Video is used to enhance your learning experience.
Ideal for Seniors, young adults and children whom are eager to learn! Digital Art Academy offers some wonderful classes that will keep you engaged. Welcome to Digital Art Academy!
What are students saying about Classes at Digital Art Academy?
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Classes begin on January 2nd at Digital Art Academy, don’t miss the fun! Learn what students all over the world all ready know that Digital Art Academy is a wonderful place to learn how to paint digitally!
Classes in Painter, Photoshop and more are waiting for you to discover! Join the fun at Digital Art Academy!
Registration is Now Open for Session One at Digital Art Academy
Saturday, December 12th, 2009Register Now for Session One
Registration is now open at Digital Art Academy for Session One which begins on January 2nd, 2010. It has been a wonderful year at Digital Art Academy with many new classes and teachers. We will continue to bring you the very best in online instruction in 2010! We thank you very much for supporting Digital Art Academy.
DAA is always looking for qualified instructors so if you have ever thought of teaching an online class please feel free to contact me for more information.
Taking an online class at Digital Art Academy is convenient , fun and easy! Study in the privacy of your own home. Many DAA classes also offer live online sessions where you can talk directly to your instructor as well as your fellow classmates. We are planning some wonderful webinar events for you by many of your favorite instructors such as John Derry, Skip Allen, Chris Price and Diana Dillion.
Some of our new classes for 2010 will be:
Art Rage
Dynamic Auto-Painter
Painter X Introduction
Paint With Me Live- Thick Paints!
Don’t miss the fun, enroll in an online class today.
Warmest wishes and a Very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year!
Karen
Studio Art Courses
Studio Art at Digital Art Academy
DAA is forming several classes in the arts. In Session One, we will be offering two new courses taught by instructor Jennifer Swoboda.
Introduction to Color Theory
The course will introduce the student to the principles of color theory via an exploration of color families and their associations, color variations and an examination of the skillful distribution of color to achieve the desired impact. This class is appropriate for the digital artist as well as the traditional media artist and will help you to understand the basis of color in your paintings and how color can maximize the impact it has on the viewer.
Beginning Design
The course will introduce the student to techniques used to create sound compositions via an exploration of the design principles of balance, unity and variety, rhythm, and focal point.
Corel Painter Classes
Introduction to Painter
Special Enrollment Fee $32
Digital Art Academy is offering a special enrollment fee of just $32 for Introduction to Painter! Don’t miss your chance to learn from the very best. Introduction to Painter is a Corel® Training Partner class.
You will find no better way to learn Painter. Each week enjoy live sessions and video to enhance the learning experience. Instructor Skip Allen will make you feel right at home as you learn how to navigate this wonderful natural media painting program called Painter.
Painter II: Intermediate
Enroll now in Painter 3
Advanced Techniques a
new class at DAA!
Painter Creative Classes
Diana Dillion’s Portrait Painting II
A Journey Called Collage
Journey Called Collage
Collage by Student: Barbara Bond
Join me for a Journey Called Collage. This class is an intermediate level course designed to acquaint the student with the principles of collage using Corel® Painter. Each week, you will be introduced to many creative ways to compose beautiful collage images suitable for framing. This course will include a live session each week, where your instructor will cover the lesson content and answer any questions.
Discover Painter Brushes
Discover Painter Brushes
Brushes , Brushes there are so many brushes! How do I use them all ! Have some fun discovering some of the most popular Painter Brushes and learn how to use them in your creative process. This class is intended to introduce you to the various brushes in Painter, this is not a painting class. This is a ®Corel Training Partner class! But wait, there’s more! Enjoy a live session each week as part of your class introducing you to the new Painter 11 brushes!
Corel Painter and the Amateur Photographer
Corel Painter and the Amateur Photographer
Corel Painter and the Amateur Photographer is a new class by Diana Dillion. You already know how to create a painting in Corel Painter, now it’s time to learn how to create your own photograph to paint with! This class is designed to help the hobbyist/amateur level photographer learn how to create their own beautifully lit photographs using all natural lighting! Learn the simple technique used by professional photographers to create beautiful lighting for portraits, still life and landscapes! Use your compact digital camera, or your SLR digital camera. Get ready to take lots of pictures!! Painting techniques in Corel Painter will NOT be covered, you are encouraged to use your own techniques. However, if you need ideas for painting, Diana will be there to help you along!
Photoshop
Photoshop Classes
Introduction to 3D
Introduction to Photoshop
Introduction to Photoshop Two
Introduction to the Pen Tool
Creative Photo Effects
Mastering Image Correction
Introduction to Digital Painting
Introduction to Illustrator
Creating Storybook Albums
Self Study Courses
Self Study Courses
Self Study courses are intended for the student who would like to progress at their own pace. Self study courses are available for you to enroll in now. Self Study courses close on January 29th.
Landscape Painting with Painter
Digital Print Embellishment
Painter Flowers
Creative Collage
Scan Your Garden
Holiday Open Studio at Digital Art Academy
Saturday, October 17th, 2009Get Ready for Holiday Open Studio at Digital Art Academy
Holiday Open Studio begins on Saturday November 21st. This is your invitation to join our last class of the year at Digital Art Academy. Join us for 4 fun filled weeks of creativity. Each week you will be presented with a new and creative project. Each class includes live sessions, and video instruction to enhance the written lesson. To sign up, or learn more about Holiday Open Studio please click on the link below.
Week One: Patri Feher: Art Card Design Workshop
For this special workshop I will demonstrate how I design and print A7 size fold‐over note cards, envelopes, coordinated, decorated writing paper and sticky‐back vellum embellishments. Printing cards can be a challenging and frustrating process. While it’s easy and cheap to produce an “ordinary” card, especially if you aren’t terribly fussy (and neither is the recipient) about the result. Homemade looking cards are often too amateurish for a perfectionist like me, and those digital Vista print cards are too pricey to order more than a few. Press‐produced cards are expensive and you have to print more cards of the same design than you need. For the same price, or less as a cheesy photo card you can design and make the most gorgeous, luxurious card “suite” that is a gift in itself. After five years of designing and printing cards‐ hundreds of cards, on Epson and Canon desktop printers I’ve got a system to produce cards quickly and cheaply (well, relatively cheap!). Half the battle is getting your printer to give you unmarred, perfect work. The “trick” if there is one, is getting around all the quirks, so I’ve designed print setup templates for Photoshop layered files for you to download. When you are paying a buck per fine art printing paper, and nearly that for an envelope you want a minimum of throwaways! Warning: most printers don’t like envelopes and the result is often smeared with ink, but I have a few simple tips that minimize smears as long as your rollers and print head are clean. Join me as we create beautiful greeting cards using your artwork.
Week Two: Karen Bonaker- Getting Creative with the Growth Effect in Painter
Have some fun experimenting with the Growth effect in Painter. Create beautiful abstract or landscape scenes with this illusive tool. Just in time for the Holidays apply your creations to Lesson One and create beautiful custom greeting cards.
Week Three: Skip Allen
Experiment with Shapes and Text and have some fun with brushes as well as Skip takes you on a fascinating journey in Painter.
Week Four: Karen Bonaker-Painting the classic snow scenes
Join Karen as she demonstrates several ways to create that classic holiday snow scene in Painter.
Classes Begin on October 24th at Digital Art Academy
Saturday, October 17th, 2009Paint With Me! Watercolors
Paint With Me Watercolors is a new class at Digital Art Academy. This class is what we call a live studio class. Each Monday our class will meet live online and paint together for about an hour.
You will learn more about digital watercolors and how to paint with them in Painter. We will use not only Painter’s default brushes but many custom brushes as well. Every Friday our class will meet again to critique our work.
For a unique learning experience join me for Paint With Me! Watercolors.
Featured Course-Creative Collage at Digital Art Academy
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Creative Collage
Instructor Elaina Moore-Kelly
If you want to learn some wonderful new techniques for creating great looking collage then this is the class for you. In this class, you will learn to incorporate a combination of collage and digi-scrap techniques to make four different projects. In the process, Elaina will teach you a few new tricks about Painter. Your finished projects will be suitable for printing, either to hang on your walls or to use for greeting cards.
Registration is Now Open for Session Six at Digital Art Academy
Monday, September 28th, 2009
Don’t miss the fun and try an online class today. There is no better time. For a look at some of our new courses please feel free to view our current newsletter.