Personal Enrichment

Adobe Photoshop for Photographers (Summer 2013)

This class will teach digital photographers who have little or no previous experience in Adobe Photoshop how to use this powerful software to improve photos or scans of older images quickly and easily.

Saturday, Sunday
Jul 13 - Jul 14
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. (with a one-hour lunch)
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Beginning Observational Drawing Series: Composition and Perspective (Summer 2013)

Beginning Observational Drawing Series

This series of three-week classes is suitable for students with varied backgrounds and experiences in drawing. Each class will introduce students to the specific tools, techniques, vocabulary, and creative possibilities of this medium.

Monday
Jul 15 - Jul 29
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Beginning Observational Drawing Series: Light and Shadow (Summer 2013)

Beginning Observational Drawing Series

This series of three-week classes is suitable for students with varied backgrounds and experiences in drawing. Each class will introduce students to the specific tools, techniques, vocabulary, and creative possibilities of this medium.

Monday
Jun 24 - Jul 8
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Comic Book Writing (Summer 2013)

This class will cover various approaches and strategies of comic book writing.

The script is the bridge between writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Students will learn to script for both themselves, and for editors, in a variety of formats and house styles. Creation of scripts for different companies and for online publication will be discussed.

Monday
Jul 15 - Aug 5
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Life Drawing Co-op (Summer 2013)

Sundays, 1:00—5:00 p.m. / Mondays, 7:00—9:00 p.m. / No Coop July 7 and 8

Throughout the year, Continuing Education sponsors the Life Drawing Co-op, an open session for anyone interested in drawing from the live nude model. While an MCAD staff member is present to facilitate, there is no instruction provided. / Drawing horses and easels are available. / Cash only, please. / There is no registration–just show up!

• Semester Unlimited Pass: $50, all students

• Daily Drop-In Rate:

Monday, Sunday
Jun 2 - Aug 5
Sundays: 1:00-5:00 p.m. / Mondays: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
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Relief and Intaglio (Summer 2013)

This class will help you develop a comprehensive approach and a means for understanding, defining, making, and interrogating your practice of printmaking. Embracing the artist and artisan, this class is attractive to those interested in the idea of learning how to produce, and make their own, distinctly beautiful impressions and multiples.

Tuesday
Jul 16 - Aug 6
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Spaces and Places: Drawing the Architectural Environment (Summer 2013)

Drawing is remembering; the act of observation and translation onto paper leaves an indelible impression on the memory. In this introductory observational drawing class, students will gain the skills to record architectural spaces through drawing, enabling participants to move away from relying on photography or video to record the experience of visiting spaces and places.

Wednesday
Jun 26 - Jul 24
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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A Space of Possibility: Visual Journals (Summer 2013)

The visual journal can be a place of exploration that is portable, economical and inter-disciplinary. Daily journal entries can include and are not limited to drawings, paintings, collages, digital renderings and photography, paper engineering, written observations, and more.

Online - Asynchronous
Jun 3 - Aug 9
Online - Asynchronous
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Beginning Observational Drawing Series: Space and Contour (Summer 2013)

Beginning Observational Drawing Series

This series of three-week classes is suitable for students with varied backgrounds and experiences in drawing. Each class will introduce students to the specific tools, techniques, vocabulary, and creative possibilities of this medium.

Monday
Jun 3 - Jun 17
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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Beginning Painting (Summer 2013)

This introductory class is tailored to those who have never painted and who are ready to take the plunge, and for more advanced painters who want to keep their current skills honed.

Working in our spacious, professional painting studio, students will use oil (strongly recommended) or acrylic paint to learn basic techniques of this expansive medium. The fundamental elements of color, design, form, and content will be explored through studio work and slide lectures. / Some basic knowledge of drawing is recommended. / Open to students ages 16 and above.

Monday
Jun 3 - Aug 5
6:30-9:30 p.m.
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