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A07) Creative Discovery, high school students (Ages 13 – 18 years)

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About this class

This two-week course offers an introduction to art and design by using many different art materials. 

Students will be painting, drawing, illustrating, and printing with different art materials. The participant will understand basic design principles and will be able to execute the designs in their works. During the class, students will participate in numerous creativity and artistic thinking exercises. The class will culminate with an exhibit of student work open to family and friends. 

Class Outline

Please note that this schedule is flexible and may change according to needs arising

Day 1                     Class introduction, drawing, paper marbling

Day 2                     Colored pencil, illustration

Day 3                     Drawing, printing

Day 4                     Basics to Design 

Day 5                     Printing, drawing

Day 6                     Drawing, collage

Day 7                     Printmaking

Day 8                     Drawing, printmaking

Day 9                     Drawing, hanging exhibit, final exhibition

Day 10                   Certificate ceremony

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

  • Newspaper
  • Magazines (5-6)
  • Interesting scrap paper (maps, stamps, sheet music, old papers, etc.)
  • x-acto knife
  • pencils (2B)
  • eraser
  • colored paper (A4 or A5 – 10-15 sheets)
  • oil pastels (set of 6 or 12)
  • sketch book (A4 size)
  • water color set (small tubes – 12 colors)
  • water color pencil set (8-12 colors)

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
  • Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
  • Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
  • Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
  • Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
  • Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Sun, 7 Jul, 2019
End: Thu, 18 Jul, 2019
Lessons: 10 days (over 2 weeks)
Days: Sunday to Thursday
Time: 9 am to 1 pm (no lunch provided)
Location: VCUQatar
Cost: QAR 2100

Instructors

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Nourbanu Feras Hijazi
Lecturer

Nourbanu Hijazi is an artist, designer, illustrator, and educator. Her work mainly explores the human condition, specifically internal conflicts and mortality, examining these elements from a philosophical and psychological perspective through surreal and mythological themes created by a combination of analog and digital processes.

She graduated with an MA in Gallery and Museum Practice, from University College London. MFA in Design, from Virginia Commonwealth University of the Arts in Qatar, Qatar, 2018. BFA in Fine arts and Design, University of Sharjah, UAE, 2015.

To see more of her work please visit:
Nourbanu.com
Nourbanuhijazi@IG

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