Study at home learning to pursue a career in Sketching, Drawing and Painting.
If you want a career in Sketching, Drawing and Painting, our tutor supported open distance learning Sketching, Drawing and Painting course provides the necessary knowledge, skills and qualification without disrupting your current lifestyle.
The DCA Home Learning Sketching, Drawing and Painting course provides training in the core skills needed to embark on a rewarding career in Sketching, Drawing and Painting. The DCA supported self-study Sketching, Drawing and Painting course is specially designed, allowing you to learn the skills of Sketching, Drawing and Painting through flexible and cost-effective home study at your own time and pace.
With the DCA Home Learning Sketching, Drawing and Painting course, online study resources and a personal tutor are available to guide you throughout the course, and your Student Advisor is a Freephone call away. What's more, because the distance learning Sketching, Drawing and Painting course is so comprehensive, no prior knowledge or skills are required. The DCA Sketching, Drawing and Painting course provides an entry level diploma as proof our your competence and skills.
If you'd like to earn more money and enjoy working as a Sketcher, Drawer and Painter, the DCA home study course is the ideal distance learning training course for you.
Drawing:
The connection between drawing and seeing
Using the right and left hemispheres of your brain
Using pure contour drawing
Negative spaces and positive forms
Perspective and proportion
Formal versus informal perspective
Proportion in portrait drawing
The value of logical lights and shadows
The colour wheel
The first steps in colour drawing
Pastels:
The beauty of pastels
The tools of the trade
Putting down a base
Strokes: the building blocks of colour
Blending for a smooth finish
Details and edges
Illuminating your vision with light
Putting it all together
Where and how you paint
The freedom to experiment
Watercolours:
Setting up the painters studio
Materials and tools
Drawing: the foundation of watercolour
Techniques of watercolour
Painting with two colours
Examples in wash
Theory and practice in colour
Colour mixing in watercolour
Dryand Wet watercolours
Practice techniques
Acrylics:
Blending for flawless transitions
Dry-brushing for texture
Layering with thin washes
Using an airbrush; using a palette knife
Glazing and layering techniques
Combining thick and thin layers
Creating texture
Detailing with dry-brush and hatching
Oils:
Mixing your oil colours
Using a brush and knife
Projects to improve your painting technique
Determining colour value
Brightening or dulling intensity
Identifying and changing colour temperature
Mixing colourful greys |
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| The art course is excellent. It has given me tips and techniques that have enhanced my skills in different mediums. — James McKean |
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| "I found the course materials clear and very helpful." — Andrew J. |
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