Node: Title | Node: Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Originality + Presentation (Fall Section) |
| Class |
| Children's Book Illustration 2 | Children’s Book Illustration 2 is the second half of Children’s Book Illustration 1. Individual assignments augment the earlier course and extend the practical methods. | Class |
| Character Design | Telling good stories involves creating memorable characters. How is this accomplished? What is the role of costume? How can the artist develop vivid personalities to inhabit the author’s stories? How does knowing the audience help define the character? | Class |
| Children's Book Illustration 1 | Students are familiarized with the illustrator’s role in the development and creation of a children’s book. Assignments include breaking up manuscripts, designing characters, creating a storyboard, a wrap around jacket, a 3-D page dummy and several finished pieces. | Class |
| Animal Anatomy + Drawing | Students of all abilities learn wildlife sketching and drawing techniques based on comparative anatomical studies of the principle families of animals. Various resources available to the artist are explored in order to create accurate environments for animal art. Sessions take place at the Denver Zoo and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. | Class |
| Mastering the Pencil | This course will focus entirely on finely rendered small scale pencil drawings. At the completion of this course the student will have a great appreciation of how to apply sharp focus line drawing, fundamental perspective methods, tonal emphasis, and subtle form description as it pertains to narrative illustrations. Prerequisites: none | Class |
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
Denver, Colorado | 800.888.ARTS