Autodesk Sketchbook for Beginners - Creating Fun Illustrations (Ages 7 To 12)

This class will guide learners through the SketchBook drawing and illustration software program. The software helps you quickly create ideas into many powerful visuals from concept sketching to full presentation renderings. In this course you will learn to use the drawing and color tools as well as sketch editing tools.
(The picture is of an actual drawing that I made in Sketchbook.)

**NOTE:  This class may meet once a week for four weeks OR "camp-style" in which it will meet four straight days for one week.**
* If Sketchbook is installed on the same device as Zoom, it would be easier for students to show what they are doing, if they need help. They could also be able to show their classmates what they created.

ITINERARY: 
【Week 1】Introduction / Drawing / Working with Layers
✔️ The learning objective of this project is to enable students to understand the concept of layers. They learn to understand this visually by creating a face. With different layer of the face introduces a new tools. Here are some of the Sketchbook tools this project would introduce: Layer Introduction, Brush Tools, Paint Bucket Tool, Eraser Tool, Bucket Tool, etc.
After demonstrating how to make layers students can then create additional layers independently. 
Students can practice skills, have fun, and gain confidence!

【Week 2】Working with Layers / Shading ➕ Coloring Black & White Photos
✔️ This would be a continuation of day 1...
      Students will be playing around with layers some more and practice doing some shading. 
      These Sketchbook concepts are introduced in this project: Layer Effects, Merging Layers, Duplicating Layers, Opacity, Marquee Tool
✔️ Students will be learning how to color black & white photos.

【Week 3】"Rotoscoping" Exercise
✔️ Students will use use the process of digital Rotoscoping to turn a photograph (of themselves or something else) into an illustration.

【Week 4】Wacky Scene from photo cutouts
✔️ Students will import photos and create a wacky scene.
      (Example: Putting a hamster head on a human body of a guy with a business suit. And have the background be a beach.)

Materials Needed:
✔️ Autodesk Sketchbook (It's available for practically any Computer, Tablet, or Smartphone... Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, etc.)
      You can get the app from the App Store or from the Autodesk website: https://www.sketchbook.com/

This is a LIVE class and is NOT pre-recorded. This class will be presented via camera from the instructor. 
He will have one camera at his face and another will be a shared screen where the students can see what he is dong on the computer, so that the student can see the instructor as speaks, and be able to observe step-by-step what the instructor is doing. Students can interact with the instructor, as well ask ask questions during instruction. 

No writing or independent reading is necessary. 
Students are expected to communicate with the teacher. Communication, visuals, and hands-on instruction are all the things that I are important in helping the students get a better understanding of the subject.