No matter where you are in your art and design pursuits, there’s always an area where you’re starting at the beginning. If you’re considering taking an online course with RISD Continuing Education, here are eight recommendations for getting back to basics.
Drawing Fundamentals, Design and Applied Color
Foundation courses in art and design lay the groundwork for future exploration of the visual arts. In Drawing Fundamentals, you’ll gain skills in observation, composition, line, form, value and texture. In Design you’ll cover the elements of design and how to use design principles to organize them. And in Applied Color, you’ll learn about the role of light, the psychological impact of color, and how hue, value and intensity affect design.
Digital Design Fundamentals and Digital Design for the Web
Whether you’re a novice or an intermediate user, Digital Design Fundamentals will provide you with an understanding of computer-based workflow and skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Digital Design for the Web will help you take it a step further with more challenging projects in Adobe Suite, plus Premiere, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Courses for Creative Professionals
Whether you’re an emerging or established studio artist, a freelancer, or looking to start your own company, these courses will give you the skills you need to succeed. In How to Launch Your Own Art and Design Business, you’ll find out how to write a mission statement, create a business plan, determine what to charge and structure your business for tax purposes. In Research & Creative Practice: Connecting Purpose To Your Art Process, you’ll build an engaged approach to research and energize a new sense of artistic purpose. In Design of the Mind: Expand Your Creative Potential for Success, you’ll be empowered to actualize your mind’s capacity for creativity and innovation.
Student artwork (top): Katharine Wyatt, from Applied Color