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Professional Manga Drawing and Digital Painting Course

ART COURSE - FOR YOUTHS/TEENS & KIDS

Professional Manga Drawing & Digital Painting Course

[March - June 2024] [Every Monday 5pm-7.15pm, 7.30pm-9.45pm, and Tuesday 3.30pm-5.45pm]

Digital Drawing & Painting Course

[New Course] [Every Monday 5pm-7.15pm, 7.30pm-9.45pm, and Tuesday 3.30pm-5.45pm]
Digital Drawing and Painting Course, 12 Sessions of lessons on procreate- drawing and sketching, basics of software, keyboard shortcuts, layers, basic functions, line, color, layer modes, blending colors, lighting effects, thumbnailing, black & white silhouettes, layout.

Introducing – Digital Drawing Painting Course where students would learn and acquire digital drawing and painting techniques.

In this 12-session course, students will learn digital art skills and techniques using procreate, including preparing drawings and paintings for digital or print, with some prior knowledge of traditional drawing assumed. Students have the freedom to create project pieces according to subjects of their interest, and be guided to complete and improve digital art skills.

Digital art lessons to anyone looking to refine their skills and explore new realms of creativity under expert guidance! This course is suitable for ages 9 and above.

Professional Digital Drawing & Painting in Singapore

12 Sessions | $1188 NETT | Choice of one or more schedules per week
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What is Digital Drawing or Painting?

Digital drawing and painting is the artistic process of creating visuals using digital tools and software. Artists utilize specialized software like Adobe Photoshop, Procreate, or Clip Studio Paint, along with digital drawing tablets or computers. These tools offer a diverse range of brushes, colors, and editing options for creating stunning digital artwork.

Digital Art Class
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Digital Art Drawing Students using IPad and laptops to draw their digital artwork

Digital painting software offers artists a versatile digital canvas for creating and refining artwork. While digital painting requires traditional painting skills, such as mastery of line, coloration, tonal variations, and perspective, artists utilize software tools to bring their visions to life. With a strong foundation in traditional drawing techniques, artists can produce realistic digital paintings with compelling 3D perspective effects.

Digital painting presents numerous benefits compared to traditional painting techniques. It enables effortless undo and redo functions and boasts a vast selection of digital brushes and effects. Additionally, it offers the convenience of working without the requirement for physical art supplies or extensive cleanup, streamlining the creative process.

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This advanced technical knowledge of digital painting is invaluable for students seeking to create intricate and detailed digital artwork. By grasping the fusion of artwork and landscape design, students can produce more captivating and realistic creations. Proficiency in digital software applications is essential for students pursuing careers in creative industries. With these cutting-edge technologies, students can enhance their digital painting skills and techniques, positioning themselves for success in future careers within the digital art painting and design sectors.

Professional Digital Painting Course Details:
  • This course runs for 2 hours and 15 minutes for each session. It is suitable for beginners who have attended art classes previously or currently. This course is suitable for those who have no previous experience in digital art. 
  • The Digital Drawing and Painting course may be enrolled for ages is suitable for 10 Years Old and above.
  • There will be the foundation and theoretical knowledge taught to the students during their art classes.
  • Validity for twelve sessions is fourteen weeks with up to four make up classes.
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Basic tools:
  • Ipad with Apple Pencil/Pencil with pen pressure with Procreate
  • Laptop + Drawing Tablet (Wacom/Huion ect.) *Let us know what digital medium you are using!
 

Pen pressure is crucial in creating good digital art, as it gives you the option of defining the thickness and heaviness of each stroke as if you are using a real pencil! This adds the feeling of depth to your work, making it more impressive.

Softwares that you can use:
  • Laptop users
    Free softwares like Krita or MediBang Paint works fine. If you have the budget, Photoshop would be the best choice.
  • Ipad users
    Free softwares like Adobe Fresco or Clip Studio works fine. If you have the budget, Procreate will be the best choice.

Art materials and tools will not be provided for this workshop.

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An overview of the basic steps we will be covering in the course to ease you in!
  1. Choosing the right size and resolution for your digital canvas, much like choosing a physical canvas for traditional painting. 
  2. Utilize a stylus or pen on a drawing tablet to sketch and draw, employing different brushes and tools to craft lines, shapes, and textures.
  3. Applying Colors and Textures using various brush types and settings. Feel free to blend colours to create gradient and contrast to achieve your desired effect.
  4. Digital painting provides the versatility of working with multiple layers, empowering artists to refine details and make adjustments without altering the entire composition. This feature enables artists to focus on different elements of the artwork on separate layers, enhancing flexibility and creative control.
  5. Upon completion, add final touches to enhance the overall appearance of the artwork.
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Professional Manga Drawing & Digital Drawing Course
Combine Manga Drawing with Digital Drawing and Painting, 6 Sessions of traditional medium - drawing and sketching, and coloured illustration with markers and watercolour, with 6 sessions of digital drawing and painting.

Introducing the Professional Manga Drawing & Digital Painting Course [12 Sessions], designed to equip students with a solid foundation in manga drawing and painting while introducing them to digital drawing and painting techniques.

Throughout the course, students will create artworks in traditional mediums, with all necessary art materials provided. The digital art segment utilizes iPad, Apple Pencil, and the Procreate application. Covering the basics of digital drawing and painting, students will learn how to use these tools to bring their manga creations to life.

Great for learners curious about animation studies, or for any Manga enthusiasts! This course is suitable for two age groups - 8-12 years old, as well as for 13 and above.
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Manga drawing and coloured illustration is a holiday programme for kids of 6 – 8 Years Old.

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Learning Manga proportions and anatomy, the Manga drawing and coloured illustration is a fun and enriching holiday course for kids! Learning objectives is designed to accommodate the younger age group. 

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Professional Manga Drawing & Digital Painting Course in Singapore

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What is Manga?
Manga or known as novel comic, narrates stories through graphics. Manga is inspired by true stories and sometimes presented with some transformation, exaggerations, personification, symbolism or reflection. Manga can spark a range of emotions amongst its readers – from feeling entertained to enlightened.
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The purpose of a manga artwork is to narrate stories through painting.

Character drawing is crucial foundation for manga drawing. This includes portrayal of head proportion, facial expressions and hairstyle to head-body proportion, character body motion and more. Learn to observe and depict a character’s choice of fashion and its presentations. Learn to present perspectives through different situations and backgrounds.

Over in the recent years, career options like professional illustrators, manga cartoonist, ad designers are on the rise with the rising popularity of digital painting. Certainly, digital painting knowledge gives you a headstart to a career in the creative industry. But digital painting requires traditional painting skills as digital painting artworks are not remade and they are produced through the paper and pen within the digital painting software.

With solid foundation of line, colouration, tonal, perspectives and imagination in traditional drawing, this would help to produce digital painting artworks in a more realistic form.

Children who start to draw at a young age are prone to draw humans in cartoon forms. Why not allow them to try our professional Manga Drawing course in Singapore? We cater to all beginners and children looking for improvement in their manga drawings.

We conduct regular Manga Drawing Classes in Singapore! Join our Professional Manga Drawing class today and learn all the fundamentals skillsets of Manga Drawing.

With solid foundation of line, colouration, tonal, perspectives and imagination in traditional drawing, this would help to produce digital painting artworks in a more realistic form.
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Professional Manga Drawing & Digital Painting Course Overview

Within the course objective, they will learn to draw human figure proportion, character dynamics, character drawing in digital form Computer Graphics Processing etc.

Beginners are welcome to join us as we provide guidance across all levels!

The combination of foundational training on both traditional drawing and digital painting tools usage would produce more attractive artworks. Having skills in traditional drawing and digital painting would help to lay solid foundations for a future career as an illustrator / manga cartoonist / cinematic producer / interior designer/ fashion designer etc!

The combination of foundational training on both traditional drawing and digital painting tools usage would produce more attractive artworks.
Course Contents:
  1. Learn colour theory, composition and fundamentals of digital painting technical knowledge
  2. Character style, perspective and texture introduction
  3. Create realistic nature designs
  4. Create cityscapes with the use of digital tools
Throughout the 12 sessions, your child will be engaged in:
  • Developing two pieces of manga character drawing with traditional mediums (coloured or graphic black and white)
  • Complete two pieces of full manga digital artwork incorporating character design, background and scene
  • Create a three to five scene comic strip incorporating self-designed manga characters and scene

Kids (7-9YO) Holiday Classes - Introduction To Digital Drawing & Painting (from 8 Years Old)* [5 Sessions $698nett]

Children who start to draw at a young age are prone to draw humans in cartoon forms. Why not allow them to try our Introduction To Digital Drawing & Painting (from 8 Years Old) Art Course in Singapore? We cater to all beginners and children from 8 YO and above that are looking for introduction about digital drawing and painting.

Lesson Highlights

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What can you expect?
  • Beginner friendly introduction to different digital drawing software and tools
  • Subject matters that you will engage in during the sessions
  • Fundamental Digital Sketching of Anatomy (character – facial, body, male/female)
  • Stylization of characters (male/ female and costume)
  • Creating simple storyboards – drawing and painting interesting backgrounds or landscape
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During the course, students will:
  • Learn to understand digital drawing software tools and painting techniques
  • Gain observational skills on composition, correct proportions and perspectives on digital tools
  • Understand colour theory and mixing on digital drawing and painting tools

Students are advised to bring their own digital painting and drawing software and tools. After the 5 weeks, students will complete 2-3 of their independent art projects.

Youth (10-18YO) Holiday Classes - Introduction to Digital Drawing and Painting Bootcamp 5 Sessions $698nett

What is Digital Drawing and Digital Painting?

Digital drawing and digital painting refers to the process of creating artwork using digital tools and software. It involves using a digital drawing tablet or a computer with specialized software such as Adobe Photoshop, Procreate, or Clip Studio Paint, which offers a wide range of brushes, colours, and other digital tools.

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VISUAL ART CENTRE DHOBY GHAUT STUDIO

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KIDS CLASS (5-7 YEAR OLD)

CREATIVE JUNIOR CLASS (8-9 YEAR OLD)

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MacPherson Art Studio

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140 Paya Lebar Rd, 03-04 AZ @Paya Lebar Building, S(409015)

Contact us for any enquiries!

Our Location

Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio

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Address:

10 Penang Road, #01-02 Dhoby Ghaut Green,
Singapore 238469

Exit from Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station Exit B and turn left, we are there in 30m!

MacPherson Art Studio

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Address:

AZ@Paya Lebar, 140 Paya Lebar Road, #03-04,
Singapore 409105

Exit from Macpherson MRT Station Exit A and turn left, we are right across the road, 1 minute walk away!

Registration & Fees

The art courses are available at both our Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio and MacPherson Art Studio, please choose your preferred location.

12 sessions Professional Manga Drawing & Digital Painting Course
$1188
Location Visual Arts Centre Studio
Validity
Only valid on workshop date and schedule stated.
24 sessions Professional Manga Drawing & Digital Painting Course
$2188
Location Visual Arts Centre Studio
Validity
Only valid on workshop date and schedule stated.
8 sessions Professional Manga Drawing & Digital Painting Course
$798
Location Visual Arts Centre Studio
Validity
Only valid on workshop date and schedule stated.
  • No refunds are provided for any course/workshop/lesson purchased.
  • The classes/sessions for the stated course is/are valid only within the stated validity period of the course, which begins from the commencement of the first class and no further extension is provided. The attendee should plan his/her schedule to attend the classes/sessions regularly (once per week).
  • Extension for course validity may be provided for medical/travel reasons with provided MC/travel itinerary for up to one month only.
  • Each session under the adult course package is 2 hours and 15 minutes and VAC reserves the right to reject/reschedule your lesson if you are late.
  • Visual Arts Centre reserves the right to cancel/reschedule/postpone any course/session with or without prior notice.
  • In the event that the course is unable to proceed due to unforeseen circumstances, a full refund of the fees will be provided.
  • The registrant/guardian of the registrant indemnities and hold Visual Arts Centre and/or its staff or third-party staff/service providers harmless from any losses sustained from any activity within the premises of Visual Arts Centre, including personal injury/loss or damages to property.

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