Complete Course in Art & Graphic Design

If you want to build a career in the design industry, this course is the right place to start. You’ll develop art and drawing skills, as well as learn about the world of advertising and design. You’ll start by developing your basic drawing techniques, laying the foundations you’ll build on throughout the Complete Course. Then you’ll learn about the role of design in the commercial and advertising world. Finally, you’ll use your creativity to build a portfolio of your own work.

On completion of this course you will receive a Stotts Cengage Education Complete Course in Art and Graphic Design Certificate.

Order of Studies

SUBJECTS:

Part I - Drawing: Basic drawing, plant form, perspective, landscape and building, figure drawing, costume, pen drawing, fashion drawing

Part II - Design: Elements of design, principles of design, advertising art, packaging design

Part III – Graphic Design
1. Idea development and brainstorming
2. Research behaviour and techniques
3. Relativity of objects to each other
4. The edge of the paper
5. Text – Fonts – Composition – Colour
6. The colour wheel
7. Hue, tone and saturation
8. Colour theory
9. Text, image and space
10. Loaded images and history
11. Connotations and metaphors
12. Context and target market
13. Text on text
14. Text and image
15. Imagination

Requirements

Course Number:	809
Prerequisites:	Open entry
Assessments:	57 lessons / 57 assignments
Duration:	This course must be completed within 36 months.
Level:	Equivalent to Level 3
	Stotts Cengage Education is registered as a private training establishment by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) under the provisions of the Education Act 1989 and its subsequent amendments. This course has no National Qualifications Framework accreditation and no credits will be reported to NZQA upon completion.

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Complete Course in Art & Graphic Design

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