Learn Print and Web Design using World-Standard Adobe® Graphics and Word Press
Taking this class, you can learn the basics and some advanced techniques in digital design using the top Graphics Programs in the Design industry: Adobe InDesign, PhotoShop, and Illustrator and Adobe®XD. Learn basic design principles of composing graphics on a page and balancing forms to make a pleasing image. Learn how to import and compose layouts with images developed in Illustrator and Photoshop into Adobe InDesign, and then Export them into AdobeAcrobat PDF, JPEG, GIF and PNG formats for use in Print. In Web Design, we will explore the use of Adobe®InDesign’s newly-enhanced “Export to Web” capability, and, for students taking 8 or more classes we will produce webpages and Apps as well as Wireframes in Xd in all phone, tablet and PC formats.
We will work on your chosen projects from Business cards to newsletters. This class will prepare the dedicated student to take thier design skills using these programs on into Web Design using WordPress.
Please be 18 and above, but talented or AP High School age students may attend with Parental consent . Classes will meet one afternoon per week with project assignments, and online email support throughout the week.
Special consideration for students taking 8 classes
All students taking 8 or more classes will be assembling Ux products and apps filled with the rich and robust artwork from their projects in Photoshop and Illustrator and will be eligible for Adobe® Educational Discount. All Adobe Creative Cloud Applications just $19.99/mo for the first year.
( Included: All Adobe Creative Cloud 2019 Graphic Design Apps-—>Adobe Acrobat DC , Bridge 2019 CC, Illustrator 2019 CC, InDesign 2019 CC, Lightroom 2019 CC, Photoshop 2019 CC, Adobe XD 2019 CC!!!)
Required: Laptop Mac or PC computer. Students who do not have access to a laptop may make special arrangements on a limited one-to-one basis working on computers available at the Brookltn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza.
Recommended add-ons (optional) : Wacom tablet or other (Huion, X-Pen etc) pen-driven mouse, Apple iPad or equivalent. Educational materials fee is $50.
Cost:
4 Sessions Minimum (Required) – 8hrs @ $149.95 (+ $50 Materials fee);
8 Sessions (Preferred) – 16hrs @ $234.95 (+ $50 Materials fee)
12 Sessions (Recommended) – 24hrs @ $344.95 (+ $50 Materials fee)
Please note: I am available for private 1-on-1 critiques for $48.99 per session (plus travel expenses) Mon-Thurs from 1 to 3 pm in participants studio. There is no price break for Private Studio Visits.
Terms:
All sessions by reservation. All Payments accepted through PayPal or Venmo. In the case of cancellations, students are expected to telephone the school 24 hours in advance. We are very flexible, but in the case of 3 or more cancellations, or cancellations without comment or Advance Notice ( No Show ) are considered to be counterproductive and treated as such.
Online support (email) provided during the rest of the week. Limited seat availability. If no laptop is available, or if students desire a more formal setting, reservations can be made for spaces at the Brooklyn Public Library conference rooms with two-week waiting period. Please see Required Materials section and contact us (below) for further details.
Here is a rundown of ACB Offerings and Price Lists, as of 9/8/19.
I . Art Appreciation – $29.99 Saturday 12-2
Art appreciation/art history lectures
Description: Art appreciation is Art History. Here you will find Slide Presentations in an Informal setting, where we will discuss both Ancient Art History and Modern Art, as well as presentations on Individual Artists.
II. NYC Gallery Tour – $34.95 Saturdays 3:30-5:30 pm
Bring-a-friend Special $9.98 extra per person
Walking NYC Gallery tours
Description: We will meet and visit contemporary Art galleries as well as museums in Chelsea, and uptown Manhattan.
III. Art Appreciation Package Deal (in 2 separate sessions)
Art appreciation/art history lectures with Walking Gallery tours
Per 2 Session (only)@ $54.99 Saturdays 12 – 2, & 3:30-5:30
Bring-a-friend Special $9.98 extra per person
Description: This is the 2-in-one day in the Art World, where we will present Art History, and after lunch we will visit Art Galleries and Museums.
IV. Academic Perspective and Still-life Drawing (2 hours) Tues, Wed or Thurs, 5:30-7:30pm
Working from Provided Still-life Studio Set -Up in Class
Papers, Pencils, Erasers on our easels with Drawing Boards
1 Session @ $44.95 (+ $10 Materials fee)
2 Sessions @ $80.95 (+ $10 Materials fee)
4 Sessions @ $149.99 (+ $10 Materials fee)
Description: This is a foundation course for those who wish to understand how perspective works, and then learn how to draw these. This includes printed handouts, PowerPoint and Keynote lectures as well as a quick video lecture on how to set up your home studio are covered. Bring a thumb drive.
V. Classical Figure Drawing/Painting (2 hours) Tues, Wed or Thurs, 5:30-7:30pm
Working from Provided Photos of classic sculpture and Master Painters
Drawing – Papers, Pencils, Erasers on our easels with Drawing Boards
Painting – Paints Canvas and Brushes provided ( In-class use only )
1 Session @ $44.95 (+ $10 Materials fee)
2 Sessions @ $80.95 (+ $10 Materials fee)
4 Sessions @ $149.99 (+ $10 Materials fee)
Description: Utilizing Photographs of Statues and sculpture from Antiquity, here we shall learn how to draw the human figure in an informal setting with no embarrassment. Proportion and in-depth video demonstrations of drawing the Head, Eyes Noses, as well as how to draw hands and legs are all covered. This includes printed handouts, PowerPoint and Keynote lectures as well as a quick video lecture on how to set up your home studio are covered. Bring a thumb drive.
VI. Impressionist Drawing in Color Tues, Wed or Thurs, 5:30-7:30pm
Drawing – Papers, Pencils, Erasers on our easels with Drawing Boards
Painting – Paints Canvas and Brushes provided ( In-class use only )
1 Session @ $44.95 (+ $10 Materials fee)
2 Sessions @ $80.95 (+ $10 Materials fee)
4 Sessions @ $149.99 (+ $10 Materials fee)
Description: What is Impressionism all about? What do we know from the lessons that the Impressionists taught? Here we will elucidate their quasi-scientific painting philosophy in a variety of lessons and presentations, followed by in-class participation. This includes printed handouts, PowerPoint and Keynote lectures as well as a quick video lecture on how to set up your home studio are covered. Bring a thumb drive.
VI. Abstract Painting and Drawing Tues, Wed or Thurs, 5:30-7:30pm
Class time is spent working on Student Self-directed Projects
Drawing – Papers, Pencils, Erasers on our easels with Drawing Boards
Painting – Paints Canvas and Brushes provided ( In-class use only )
2 Sessions @ $80.95 (+ $10 Materials fee)
4 Sessions @ $149.99 (+ $10 Materials fee)
Description: Let yourself go and experiment with Paint on Canvas and/or Pencil on paper. Principals of Composition, as well as the basic building blocks of all art is explored in detail in a low-pressure informal setting. This includes printed handouts, PowerPoint and Keynote lectures as well as a quick video lecture on how to set up your home studio are covered. Bring a thumb drive.
VII. Painting – in – the Park Sundays 12-2:00 pm
Painting in nearby Prospect Park
1 Session @ $44.95 (+ $10 Materials fee)
Description: A perfect adjunct to Impressionist Drawing in color, here we put the lessons the Impressionists taught us to the test. This class requires a half-hour set-up time additionally, so you can get all the time you need to paint and draw a portrait of the jewel of Brooklyn: Prospect Park. This class is only available as a one-shot session, so you are given as much time necessary to paint and draw.
VIII. Adobe® Computer Graphics – Sundays 3-5 pm or 5-7pm
Print and Web – Illustrator, PhotoShop, InDesign, and XD
4 Sessions Minimum (Required) – 8hrs @ $149.95 (+ $50 Materials fee)
8 Sessions (Preferred) – 16hrs @ $234.95 (+ $50 Materials fee)
12 Sessions (Recommended) – 24hrs @ $344.95 (+ $50 Materials fee)
Successful Completion of 12 Session/24hrs results in Official ACB Commendation
Description: Concentration in this course is on what a work-flow in Graphic Art is, and how it is put it into practice. Printed textbooks covering a plethora of activities working with sample files provided by AGI/ Wiley, PeachPit, Lynda and Adobe Publications are provided. Class time includes presentations with corresponding provided files, and time working on projects in class. Home work is essential in this class, and flexible scheduling is available in order to give the student a reasonable amount of time needed to work on these lessons at home.
A laptop computer is recommended, but special arrangements can be made to work on the Computers at the Brooklyn Public Library Information Commons. Students are requested to create their own projects.
iPad and Apple Pencil friendly!
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