Digital Art

Digital Art Classes

Our Digital Art classes act as both a leaping-off point for students into the world of Digital Art and to build on the fundamentals of art in the digital medium.

The teachers for the classes will be either Sean or Youki, who are both professional illustrators with their works published in various media.

All digital art classes will have drawing involved and teach students figure drawing, character design, creating different color effects, and different genres of illustration. Content taught in Procreate will include layers, selection, different masks, modes, making gradients/color alterations, using different brushes, and more.

Students can bring any device that has Procreate or Photoshop downloaded on it, with a drawing device (Apple Pencil or Drawing tablet if using a laptop). Procreate and Photoshop can only be used on an iPad or any laptop (Android,Chrome, etc are all ok), so students need a drawing tablet that they can hook up to a laptop to draw on if they are not using an iPad. Drawing tablets can be purchased starting at around $50.

The classes are 90 minutes to give students enough time to learn the new material that is taught, practice, and create their own digital art every week. They are small group classes with a maximum of 6 students to ensure quality and are the same price as our other 90 minute group fine art classes, so you can use the same class credits from class packages for 90 minute group classes.

The teachers will teach a different topic and focus (techniques, functions, et) every week, so students can come to one of the classes each week or all three to obtain more practice on topics taught that week. These classes are currently designed for students ages 7 and up and available for sign-up on Mindbody.

60 Minute Digital Art Group Classes

Class PackageMember PriceNon-Member Price
Drop-In$25$30
4 Classes (Valid for 1 Month for Non-Members)
*Members have membership year to use any class package)		$90$110
Membership Program
Membership Benefits
$150 per year
1 year of benefits from the student's first date of attendance since the purchase of the membership.
Optional Discount Program
Receives member price on all classes and camps for 1 full year,
1 package of art supplies valued at $59, 1 art bag, 1 free group class of choice (fine art, clay, arts & crafts, or calligraphy)
*Receive membership year to use any class package purchased
purchased if membership is still valid
* Each student needs their own membership in order to receive member benefits. Membership is non-transferable.
MonthClass Curriculum
August 2024Introduction to Procreate – UI, Important sub-menus such as how to add references or change settings, Layers
September 2024Introduction to Digital Art – Clipping Masks, Fill Tool, Layer Groups, Selection + Transform Tool
October 2024Customizing your Experience – Adding Gesture Controls, Importing/Making New Brushes, etc
November 2024Workflow Efficiency – Learning ways to speed up your workflow through combination of previously learned skills, such as selecting an area then using clipping masks to eliminate the need to worry about going outside the lines
December 2024Value Studying – Using Digital Art to easily set up and work on Value Studies
January 2025Perspective – Learn how to set up Perspective Grids in Procreate, as well as how perspective works in real life
February 2025Collecting Good Reference – (Optionally using VizRef) The importance of using reference in your art
March 2025Unusual Workflows - Start with a combination of filters, colors, and altered images on your piece to give yourself a new way to work.
April 2025Basics of Composition – Rule of thirds, value differences, guiding lines
May 2025When Colors Don’t Work – Ways to set up your painting to more easily change out colors if they aren’t working as you go.
June 2025One Big Project

Art World School’s Digital Art Program Curriculum

TopicBeginnerIntermediateAdvanced
SoftwareInterfacing with your software. Learning basic tools like Brushes, Layers, Opacity control, etc.Beginning to explore more techniques with your software like using Layer Masks, Blending Modes, and various Selection Options.Making/changing your brush settings, Using filters appropriately, altering Levels and Color Settings
DrawingLearning how to feel comfortable drawing on your digital device the same way you would on paper.Learning the fundamentals that overlap with physical drawing like anatomy, adding dimension and shading to your drawings, perspective, etc.Using reference to create new drawings, further development of fundamentals to create new drawings, etc.
PaintingLearning how to add basic colors to your canvas and begin painting as though using real paint.Learning how to mix and blend colors, use digital tools to your advantage when painting, and building the fundamentals of painting colors and values in your paintings.Learning how to create original compositions and color them appropriately using reference and previous skills to make unique drawings.
Illustration TechniquesN/ALearning about composition, how to study value and color, creating good perspective in your compositions, etc.Creating your own original Illustrations with unique compositions built using the fundamentals developed.

2023-2024 School Year Schedule

60 Minute Class Time
Thursday
5:00pm - 6:00pm
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