"Every film is a documentary, since it captures an experience that takes place in front of a camera." François Truffaut. Regardless of how they are marketed, there is not much practical differences between documentary and fiction films, since they both use the same set of tools to tell stories. In this course you will learn all the [...]
The purpose of this course is to spend 10 weeks applying the knowledge you acquired in the Film basics course into making a short documentary film. You can work either alone or with a classmate. What will you be doing? Every week you will be presented in class with examples on how to use different [...]
In this course, you will become familiar with different materials such as pencil, charcoal, pastel and ink. You will also be introduced to different styles and techniques. For instance, you will work by observation to train eye-hand coordination. Initially, we work mainly with black-and-white materials, but colour is certainly not forbidden! What will we be [...]
In this dynamic course you will use all kinds of drawing and painting materials such as pencil and charcoal, and in colour soft pastel and oil pastel. You will paint with acrylic paint and gouache which are two water-based paints with a very different character. You will work with the materials separately and sometimes interchangeably [...]
In this course you will work mainly from perception. You will learn the technique of drawing and modelling. What will you be doing? You will get to know the differences between the changing materials but also the influences they can have on each other. While modelling you look at all sides of for example your [...]
This course consists of two parts. The first part focuses on academic art, where you will learn to draw and sculpt various facial features such as eyes, nose, and mouth. We will explore different aspects: proportions, the use of light and shadow to create shape, the role of colour in painting, and the importance of [...]
Forget what you know and look again. During this course, you will learn to draw what you actually perceive. We will learn to look, learn to let go, learn to explore materials and how to use them. We are not going to make ‘beautiful’ drawings, because mistakes are interesting. What do I see in that [...]
Do you enjoy telling a story in images? Have you always wanted to get started as an illustrator? Then this course is for you! In one week, you will work with different association techniques to generate ideas so that your illustrations will have their own unique angle. The course will cover different forms of illustration [...]
Do you enjoy telling a story in images? Have you always wanted to get started as an illustrator? Then this course is for you! Over five weeks, you will work with different association techniques to generate ideas so that your illustrations will have their own unique angle. Classes will cover different forms of illustration in [...]
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