Registration is now open at Digital Art Academy for Session Five fall session. Classes get underway on August 28th. Several new classes are currently being offered so check in daily to see what is new! Classes by Scott Deardorf, Marco Bucci, Kirk Nelson, Michael Cambell and Tim O’Niell are just part of the new classes being offered for session Five. Don’t miss the fun!
Register Now! These classes will fill up fast!
Marco Bucci- From Traditional To Digital-Painting Fundamentals
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This course is an exploration of Photoshop’s Pen Toolset and Paths. The course will cover the creation, manipulation, and many uses of vector paths within Photoshop. Students will become familiar with using Photoshop’s Paths for a variety of real world tasks such as vector drawings, logo creation, clipping paths, cutouts and other effects that can be accomplished with Paths. Detailed step by step instructions as well as video examples provide the means for students to take control of this powerful but intimidating tool. Classes begin February 27th.
Your Instructor Kirk Nelson will cover the following topics and more.
Before Class
The Pen tool in Photoshop is one of the most avoided tools by the most Photoshop users. It may be explored or played with while using the program, but many users find in unintuitive and cumbersome to make a part of their normal workflow. There tends to be a strange level of intimidation regarding the Pen. This course is meant to change that. At the culmination of this class students should be as comfortable with the Pen as with any other tool in Photoshop.
Week One
The Pen is mightier than the sword, or the brush, or the clone stamp tool, or even the filter menu.
This week we’ll delve into what exactly the Pen does that is different than anything else in Photoshop, and why you’d want to use it. We’ll explore the interface and get some hands on time in Path wrangling.
Week Two
Now cut that out! Remove an object from a background without the Magic Wand tool!
Remove an object from a background without the Magic Wand tool!
This week we’ll see why the Pen is the “Anti-Magic Wand” tool. We’ll use it to cut an object out of the background of an image. We’ll explore the techniques the pros use and develop an efficient work flow for quickly creating precise clipping paths, and discuss why that’s a good thing.
Week Three
Illustrating in Photoshop, learning to draw a logo that can be scaled to any size without smudging .Learn to create tight vector illustrations in our favorite image editor. In a program where pixels reign supreme, the vectors tools are often forgotten. This week we’ll dust them off and see that Photoshop can draw!
Week Four
Keeping it real, practical path projects and Professional Pen practices
This week we’ll cover some real life applications of the Pen techniques and explore some of the secret tricks of the pros.
Recently 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.
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.
DESCRIPTION
This webinar will only concentrate on painting faces, hair and skin in multiple methods. You will learn at least three different ways to paint faces, eyes, hair and skin. Each method will leave a different painterly effect and it’s up to you to practice and see which one is right for your paintings. While this will concentrate on painting from photo reference, the methods of painting will vary. The same image will be used for each lesson to impress the differences in the finished painting effect.
As a special bonus, the set of brushes Marilyn uses in the webinar will be available as a free download in the Digital Paint Shop and on Marilyn’s Blog after the webinar ends. Also, a special discount will be arranged on all of Marilyn’s educational materials for 24 hours after the webinair ends and the discount code will be given at the end of the presentation.
Date: Monday, June 8th
Time: 7 pm Eastern
Register Now
Shortly before the event you will recieve a confirmation from Go To Webinar. We look forward to seeing you at The Great Face Paint!
This session DAA will introduce two new classes.
Diana Dillion’s Portrait Painting
Kirk Nelson’s Introduction to Painting with Photoshop
Click on the link’s provided to learn more about these classes.
Returning for Session Two!
Jill Garl’s Painted Petals
Diana Dillion’s Pet Painting
Karen Bonaker’s Advanced Auto-Painting with ®Corel Painter
Self Paced Courses:
DAA offers several Self Paced courses for your continued education. These classes are available for you to begin studying upon successful enrollment. Self paced courses open for registration on February 2nd. You will have eight weeks to complete your course.
Some of our Self Paced courses include:
Digital Print Embellishment with Anne Carter-Hardgrove
Creative Photo Effects with Les Meehan
Painter Brushes with Karen Bonaker
Introduction to Illustrator with Chris Price
Live Webinars- Painter Live
DAA is pleased to announce a Live Webinar event “Painter Live” each month DAA will host a live webinar event. These sessions are limited to only 15 students and are $25 per student for a one hour session. Sessions are recorded so the student has the option to save and view any time!
Our first session is called Watercolor Magic and will be presented on Sunday March 1st. For details please visit the DAA site
Welcome to another session of Digital Art Academy!
Classes begin on January 3! There are only a few more days to register for Instructor lead classes at Digital Art Academy.
Chris Price- Painter X Idea Lab
Jill Garl- Painted Petals- Digital Painting Workshop
Diana Dillion- Pet Paintings- This class is full – Waiting list is forming for next session.
Don’t forget our great line up of Self Study courses. New courses are being added regularly.