• Intermediate
  • Digital Arts

Concept artists who can design and paint environments and backgrounds are frequently in demand within the entertainment industry.  In this 4 session introductory workshop (12 hours), students will learn the steps of creating a digital environment. Through a combination of demonstration and hands-on learning, students will move from initial concept to final composition exploring reference gathering, perspective construction, photo-merging and digital painting.

Less experienced students will have an opportunity to use a master copy to create a digital environment.  

Emphasis will be placed on using photo editing and digital painting to facilitate the creative process. Students will consider treatment of mood, architectural setting, environment storytelling, light and materials -- all created through digital drawing, painting and collage.

This is a 4 week (12 hours) SPRING SUNDAY workshop


Base Tuition: $215 

Notes: Recommended prerequisites: Introduction to Drawing, Perspective and Painting and a strong basic understanding of Photoshop. This course uses Adobe Create Cloud Suite and iMacs in TSA’s digital lab. A basic understanding of Mac computers and Mac OS 10x or experience with Microsoft Windows is needed.
* This course is not currently open for registration

What you will learn

  • Introductory digital painting and image manipulation tools and workflow
  • Digital ideation - thumbnail environment sketching
  • Photo-merging
  • Use of colour and light, translating expressive emotion, look and feel into composition
  • Explore visual storytelling

Materials to Bring

  • USB memory key and portable graphics tablet (if you have one).   TSA can supply a basic tablet during class if needed. It is recommended that you have access to Adobe Creative Cloud in order to practice outside of class time.