The course looks at artists, styles and current forums for contemporary portraiture whilst also providing a grounding in principles of light- both natural and artificial- and camera craft. In the practical session we observe what it takes to develop a style and how to collaborate with the subject of our picture whilst maintaining control of our equipment, the light and environmental challenges. Ph More

CUO00A Beginners Guide to Illustrating with PhotoshopCourse rating:

This course will demonstrate some of the creative ways to utilise Photoshop for drawing and illustration. Participants will learn through the application of simple tools that they are able to create illustrations that can be used in a variety of different educational situations. This course will focus upon a variety of different tools such as the use of vectors, pens tools, custom shapes and the c More

The course is an investigation the aesthetics of making pictures and incorporates practical procedures for understanding digital capture, optics, camera and basic Photoshop technique. The project involves a brief, local field trip where we explore the genre of “Street” photography. The class is conducted by a renowned photographer and educator and teachers will have an opportunity to di More

The course is an investigation into the aesthetics of making pictures and incorporates advanced practical procedures for digital capture, editing, optics, camera and photoshop technique with a particular emphasis on raw capture and processing. The project involves a brief, local field trip where we explore the idea of “Contemporary Landscape”. The class is conducted by a renowned photogr More

Are you wondering how to get the most out of digital sketching tools for your TAS and Visual Arts students? You've seen the iPad, and you've heard of the Wacom Bamboo and Inkling, but you'd like to explore just how these devices can engage your students in digital documentation of their design projects and artworks. This hands-on course will demonstrate and explore the sketching potential of the i More

This course offers opportunities for developing units of work that are stimulating and relevant to student interests and address visual arts, media arts and design syllabus and Australian Arts Curriculum content. Participants learn how to design a unit that identifies learning objectives for artmaking and art history/art criticism and place the unit within a scope and sequence of learning for Year More

EIS00Experiments in SculptureCourse rating:

This one day introductory course will provide teachers with the opportunity to experiment with a range of sculptural materials. These include wire, paperpulp and fabric stiffeners. The materials will provide a wide range of sculptural and creative possibilities for the classroom. A number of set projects will be demonstrated and participants can chose to produce one or all of the sculptures demons More

EMP00Eat my Pixels ICourse rating:

Eat my Pixels I, takes a unique twist on making and presenting a range of photographic practices. You will learn skills in digital and darkroom practices including 3-D scanner manipulation, how to get the most out of a digital camera, image transfers, light box photography, studio lighting and professional image mounting. This workshop highlights how to develop a body of work in Visual Arts and More

EMP01EAT MY PIXELS IICourse rating:

EAT MY PIXELS II is an expansion of EMP I. Learn a host of new skills and techniques to use in the classroom and develop conceptual artistic practice in Photography & Visual Arts. You will develop a body of work exploring a range of techniques including - image transfer -lasertran & gel medium; Make a digital negative to use in the darkroom. Explore documented forms as an artform; Learn how to pr More

ESW00Engaging Students with Digital Resources Course rating:

This course will provide examples on how to create exciting digital resources that encourage visual literacy, abstract thought and lateral approaches to researching, processing and constructing information. The participants will be shown how to create interactive resources that have the ability to proceed in a non-linear way as this allows differentiation while still providing strong scaffolds tha More

Master your Film Shoot skills so you can facilitate your own students' learning and skills. With a particular focus on HSC video making for Individual Projects in Drama, English and Visual Arts, this highly practical course presents filmmaking techniques while implementing them in the filmmaking process. Through filming a short film, participants gain an understanding of the technical, cre More

The course is intended as a next step from the introduction to illustrator course, and so it will be expected that you can do everything covered in that course. The course will cover some more intermediate level skills associated with illustrator, such as how to prepare vector artwork for use with cnc machines such as vinyl cutters. The course will look at creating neat vectors, using clipping mas More

IPF01Introductory Photoshop - OnlineCourse rating:

This online course will give you an introduction to the main aspects and functions of Photoshop. You will have a hands-on experience trying out your new skills in whatever version of Photoshop you have (version 7 through to CS5) with step-by-step tutorials and image-banks. The tutorials will cover Image Adjustments, Layers and Selecting in Photoshop. We will also look at aesthetic styles in digi More

ITA02Introduction to Adobe IllustratorCourse rating:

A course designed to introduce teachers to industry standard vector graphics creation package Adobe Illustrator. Requiring no previous knowledge of the software, the unit will cover all you need to know to start implementing this powerful educational tool in your classroom. All content is taught in a hands-on manner, allowing you to learn by completing examples that can be used when training stude More

LSF00Large scale figurative clay sculptureCourse rating:

Master this easy clay slab building technique in a day. This technique is ideal for use in the secondary classroom and can be used for any subject matter. It is a quick, spontaneous and expressive method of using clay. In this one-day hands-on course participants will make a large scale figurative sculpture up to 70 cm in height. Participants will be taken through the process of developing ideas t More

You are here because: 1. You are a helper - but are you getting all that you can out of teaching? 2. You want to be the best you can be - but do you even know what your best is? 3. You are totally motivated for change – but need a place to channel and nurture your ideas? If this describes you why not bring all of your desires, wants, fears, and specific changemaker aspirations along to t More

MAW00Making Digital Art with PhotoshopCourse rating:

This is an introductory course in Photoshop that develops the idea of the contemporary image in the digital art . Topics covered include how to use layers and image adjustments, blending with layer masks to produce refinement and technical resolution. Also the aesthetic skills involved in making a successful image and the different aesthetic styles used by digital artists. PC computers are used i More

MAW01Making Digital Art with Photoshop Phase 2Course rating:

There are different aesthetic styles in digital imagery. In this intermediate level workshop we investigate Reflective,Altered Reality, Decomposed and Futuristic imagery. Leave filters behind and learn about Adjustment layers, History brush, more about masks, blending modes and layers. Some of the tutorials are self paced so that the skill of working through online or magazine tutorials can be lea More

Photoshop Elements is an essential software program to edit and create basic graphics and photo enhancements in your classroom. Learn to harness basic skills in image editing, create gif images for websites, utilise the tools in Elements, and colour correction. Participants will become familiar with Photoshop Elements, interface and tools. Photoshop Elements software is included on all More

The course incorporates image manipulation and enhancement based on darkroom concepts with an aim to create a strong foundation for improving photography standards. During the day all major concepts are reinforced with a project that highlights a series of relevant techniques to apply in the classroom. The class is conducted by a renowned photographer and educator. Teachers will have an oppo More

This course incorporates image manipulation and enhancement based on professional industry principles incorporating Selections, Adjustment Layers and Masks. These techniques will provide strategies for the production of high quality digital imagery. During the day all the major concepts are reinforced via a project to make a Magazine cover highlighting a series of relevant techniques to apply i More

PHE00Photoshop ElementsCourse rating:

Photoshop Elements is an essential program to edit and create basic graphics in your classroom. Learn to harness basic skills in image editing, create gif images for websites, colour correction, and utilise the tools in Elements. Participants will become familiar with Photoshop Elements interface and tools.Photoshop Elements software is included on all laptops issued by the State Government and is More

A practical course where you will create a stop motion film using animation software. Teachers will be provided with a teaching framework to take back into the classroom. A program outline, visual resources and worksheets will be provided to make this a workable unit in the classroom. Teachers will work in small groups to develop a narrative, map out a storyboard, create set and characters for th More

TFC00Flip Your ClassroomCourse rating:

Are you wondering what all the fuss is about with screencasting? Are you tired of giving the same explanations over and over during precious class time? Is there any real value in YouTube? The Flipped Classroom is a course which looks at how educational institutions the world over are harnessing the power of YouTube and multimedia to reach students. The course will examine YouTube as a space for e More