In this ongoing course, students will be challenged creatively to step outside of their comfort zone and begin taking steps forward on their art journey using their preferred digital art software! 

Students will be given a topic each week that will guide the art they create for this course. Such topics include superheroes, villains, self-portraits, fairytales, animals, monsters, landscapes, and more!  Having a new topic each week is a great way for students to challenge themselves as they develop and learn new digital art/digital painting techniques.  Students can use the chosen topic to create posters, stickers, avatars, emotes, and more!

Each week students will practice the fundamental phases of digital art such as sketching, line work, coloring, adding shadows, highlights and more! Students will complete the course using their preferred digital art software (i.e., Krita (Free), Autodesk Sketchbook (Free), Medibang Paint (Free), Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, Adobe Photoshop, Sketchbook Pro, etc.).  The instructor will be using Clip Studio Paint along with a graphic tablet and digital pen/stylus. It is highly recommended that students use a digital pen/stylus. Using a computer mouse or your own finger can be challenging and not efficient when learning how to digitally draw.

This is not a directed drawing course; however, the instructor will have his screen shared as he draws and talks about his process for creating an art piece that meets the week's topic. The processes the instructor discusses may include how to find a good reference image, the importance of blocking out shapes, discussing composition, dividing the canvas into a foreground, midground and background, blending tips and more. Students are free to ask questions and seek advice throughout the lesson from both the instructor and other students.

This course is for all skill levels! Whether you are an advanced artist, or just starting out everyone can learn something new from the instructor or each other in this course. 

Students taking the course should know the basics of operating their digital art software before joining the course.  This includes how to create a new file, locating basic tools (move tool, transform tool, bucket tool, etc.), and creating layers. Students should also know how to browse for reference images online (i.e. using Google Images) to start the planning/sketching phase of their drawings. 

Due to the nature of this course, students are free to join and leave this course at any time. The topics for each week do not build on each other so your child will not be missing out if they are unable to attend a specific week.  The only difference between each week is the topic that will be covered for that day's meeting. 

Current Weekly Schedule:

Week 1: Dragon
Week 2: Collect
Week 3: Fast
Week 4: Lost
Week 5: Rock
Week 6: Broken
Week 7: Anime
Week 8: Landscape
Week 9: Music
Week 10: Battle
Week 11: Escape
Week 12: Big
Week 13: Phobias
Week 14: Friend
Week 15: National ________ Day
Week 16: Morph
Week 17: Style
Week 18: Divided
Week 19: Underwater
Week 20: Mysterious
Week 21: Mask
Week 22: Illustrative
Week 23: Poisonous
Week 24: Spell
Week 25: Drip
Week 26: Weak
Week 27: Cruel
Week 28: Fusion
Week 29: Stretch
Week 30: Gift
Week 31: Fanart
Week 32: Character
Week 33: Mindless
Week 34: Freeze
Week 35: Shattered
Week 36: Enchanted
Week 37: Pattern
Week 38: Overgrown
Week 39: Legend
Week 40: Wild
Week 41: Treasure
Week 42: Ghost
Week 43: Ancient
Week 44: Tasty
Week 45: Dark
Week 46: Injured
Week 47: Throw
Week 48: Disgusting
Week 49: Armor
Week 50: Trap
Week 51: Fairytale
Week 52: Rocket
Week 53: Fashion
Week 54: Vessel
Week 55: Spirit
Week 56: Pressure
Week 57: Helmet
Week 58: Collide
Week 59: Extinct
Week 60: Spark