LIVE Online Workshop ~ Motion Graphics in DaVinci Resolve (April 13-17)
Want to acquire some skill that will help you weather the storm? Ever dreamt of a life that isn’t affected by COVID-19 Pandemic? This is the digital skill you need to get you through more unforeseeable events in the future – Motion Graphics. Motion graphics are pieces of animation or digital footage which create the illusion of motion or rotation, and are usually combined with audio for use in multimedia projects. In this course we will learn some basic motion graphics in DaVinci Resolve, including Animated Titles, Cartoon Graphics and Image 3D Particle Effect.
DaVinci Resolve 16 (and 15) is a Hollywood-grade video editor. It’s also free to download and cross-platform. Students who enroll in this LIVE online workshop will be working on the Fusion feature to create their own motion graphics. We will be using free stock images and video footage, so don’t worry if you don’t have a camera or video recording device.
Check out https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ to learn more about the software.
Please be notified that class will run as scheduled on 13th Easter Monday.
LIVE Online Workshop ~ Photo Editing (April 6-10)
Want to acquire some skill that will help you weather the storm? Ever dreamt of a life that isn’t affected by COVID-19 Pandemic? This is the digital skill you need to get you through more unforeseeable events in the future – Photo Editing.
In this LIVE online workshops, we will cover topics such as adjustment of brightness, contrast, color, sharpness, cropping and other image attributes. We will also learn how to composite photos. Students are expected to complete several photo editing projects for their digital portfolio by the end of this 5 day course.
In this workshop, we will use a FREE online Photo Editor – Photopea. It is an user-friendly, Photoshop alternative application. Check out https://www.photopea.com/ to learn more about the program. We will also be using stock images for this course, so please do not worry if you don’t have a camera to take photos.
LIVE Online Workshop ~ Letters & Logos (April 6 -10)
Want to acquire some skill that will help you weather the storm? Ever dreamt of a life that isn’t affected by COVID-19 Pandemic? This is the digital skill you need to get you through more unforeseeable events in the future – Letters & Logos will chill you right out.
In this workshop we will learn how to make our own handwritten letters and typographic elements in design. Working in www.sketchbook.com we will create some beautiful hand written lettering with our name or a meaningful phrase we might like to print out. Having lovely quotes around we spent time making is a great way to remind us of the behaviour modifications we want to make in our daily lives.
Time permitting we will then move to an online web based vector creating tool to convert out artwork in to scalable vector graphics (SVG) a really useful skill for any age.. www.vectr.com
FREE Live Online Workshop ~ Digital Painting Alchemy & Mindfulness
A little bit of mindfulness practice will help us get through tough time. Join our FREE online Digital Painting workshop. Tune in and chill out. For more details and registration, please email us at info@jrartlab.com.
In this workshop we will create a series of images to stimulate our creative minds. After a short meditation we will then develop one into a sketch. This technique is used often by artists to create on demand when perhaps lady muse is not talking to us. 
Visit https://webchemy.org/ to test out the online app and be sure to download www.sketchbook.com to draw with..
This is a great workshop if you sit down to paint and find you are not sure what to put on that big blank scary page..
LIVE Online Workshop ~ Animated Illustrations (Mar 30- April 3)
Want to acquire some skill that will help you weather the storm? Ever dreamt of a life that isn’t affected by COVID-19 Pandemic? This is the digital skill you need to get you through more unforeseeable events in the future – Animated Illustrations will chill you right out.
In this workshop we will learn how to make and animate simple illustrations to create that wow factor when sharing our artwork online. Adding simple little animations to a pattern will show us the process on the first day and then we will make our own little narrative illustration of ourself with our favourite pet or creature. This workshop will be made using free software www.sketchbook.com so you don’t have to have any special equipment to join in.
LIVE Online Workshop ~ Podcast Authoring (Mar 30- April 3)
Want to acquire some skill that will help you weather the storm? Ever dreamt of a life that isn’t affected by COVID-19 Pandemic? This is the digital skill you need to get you through more unforeseeable events in the future – Podcast Authoring. In this LIVE online workshops, we will cover topics such as podcast scriptwriting, voice coaching, sound recording, music and sound effects selections, audio editing and more. Students are expected to complete their original piece of audio drama by the end of this 5 day course.
In this worshop, we will use a FREE and cross-platform audio software – Audacity. It is an user-friendly, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X and other operating systems. Check out https://www.audacityteam.org/ to learn more about the software.
FREE Live Online Workshop ~ Digital Painting & Mindfulness
A little bit of mindfulness practice will help us get through tough time. Join our FREE online Digital Painting workshop. Tune in and chill out. For more details and registration, please email us at info@jrartlab.com.
LIVE Online Workshop ~ Digital Watercolour (Mar 23-27)
Want to acquire some skill that will help you weather the storm? Ever dreamt of a life that isn’t affected by COVID-19 Pandemic? This is the digital skill you need to get you through more unforeseeable events in the future – Digital Watercolour.
In this class we will look at how we can make digital water-colours using Sketchbook, a free app made by Autodesk. www.sketchbook.com
We will have a look at adding a special brush pack that simulates the way watercolours work. We will also have a look at some of the beautiful work by Hayao Miyazaki and the amazing artists at studio Ghibli. This will be a fun and exploitative adventure into digital painting. We will also have little at home assignments you can do during your own time that we are sure you will enjoy and help expand your visual library.
LIVE Online Workshop ~ Video Editing (Mar 23-27)
Want to acquire some skill that will help you weather the storm? Ever dreamt of a life that isn’t affected by COVID-19 Pandemic? This is the digital skill you need to get you through more unforeseeable events in the future – Video Editing. DaVinci Resolve 16 (and 15) is a Hollywood-grade video editor. It’s also free to download and cross-platform. Student who enroll in this LIVE online workshop will be learning the Language of Editing, editing techniques, colour correction and more. We will be using free stock video footages, so don’t worry if you don’t have any video recording devices.
Check out https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ to learn more about the software.
TUE – Video Marketing (Apr 2020)
Everything costs when running your own business, so why pay others to make your promotional video when you can do it yourself? Join us and learn to write your business story, then turn it into a unique video. Did I mention that you can even shoot and edit the video on your phone?
Our class will run for 6 weeks and cover a variety of video styles.
