Short Courses

Have you always wanted to write a novel but not sure how to begin? This eight-session online course is designed to guide aspiring writers through the essential first steps of crafting their first novel. In a structured and supportive virtual environment, you will explore the fundamentals of storytelling, including story structure, pacing, narrative voice and character development. Through guided writing exercises and discussions, you will learn how to develop a compelling premise, shape engaging protagonists and build dramatic tension that sustains a reader’s interest. By the end of the course, you will have developed a clear outline for your novel, …

What is the source of impulse and action? Can we listen to what is ready to be spoken? Authentic movement is a technique used in dance movement therapy that offers participants an experiential way of finding movement in the body. Throughout the weeks, this course will focus on building movers’ trust in their body wisdom—where movement pathways become a bridge for self-knowledge, connection and response and possibly, healing.

Go beyond painting what you see and inject your personality into creative and expressive digital paintings. This course will begin by covering essential digital painting skills and concepts, then lets you play, explore and practise to create pieces with a deeper connection to your own perspectives. You will learn how to use colour, brushwork and composition to convey mood and atmosphere. This course is perfect for aspiring digital artists who want to discover what lies beyond realism and expand their artistic voice and is recommended for those who have a foundational level of experience with the iPad app Procreate. Ideally …

Learn the basic skills in creating backgrounds, simple characters and animation. Using Krita software, you will create a series of animation exercises incorporating basic animation principles to produce a short animated sequence.

Learn the basic skills in creating backgrounds, simple characters and animation. Using Krita software, you will create a series of animation exercises incorporating basic animation principles to produce a short animated sequence. Note: Course trainers are, on occasion, subject to change with short notice.

Create beautiful artwork in style, without the messiness used in traditional painting. Learn the basic foundations of inking your own digital drawing composition with precision control of brushwork, with the user-friendly and easily accessible Krita digital drawing software.

Discover the versatility of acrylic paint. Participants will explore pictorial composition, the key to getting the right shades and hues, creating textures, form and value through still life, landscape, portrait and figure painting with this richly coloured medium. The prerequisite for Level II and above courses is the completion of the previous level or prior experience. Applicants who wish to join Level II and above and have prior experience in acrylic painting are required to submit art works for trainer’s review. Applicants with no prior experience are encouraged to start from Level I. Note: Course trainers are, on occasion, subject …

LASALLE is well known for its fine arts education, and oil painting is one of the College’s strongest fields of study. From the basics of Oil Painting I to more advanced techniques in Oil Painting III, develop a sense of light, composition and brush techniques as you find your own style. The prerequisite for Level II and above courses is the completion of the previous level or prior experience. Applicants who wish to join Level II and above and have prior experience in oil painting are required to submit art works for trainer’s review. Applicants with no prior experience are …

This course invites you to reconnect with the process of writing and discover how lettering can be used to convey emotion and meaning. Beginning with an introduction to the history of Western calligraphy, you will explore how traditional tools and brushes shaped the development of letterforms over time. Using simple pencil exercises, you will construct foundational shapes and understand the principles behind classical scripts. From there, the course moves into modern brush lettering, showing how traditional techniques can inform contemporary styles. You will experiment with varying strokes, rhythm and composition, and learn to design your own lettering pieces in a …

An introductory writing workshop for people interested in, but new to, writing for film and television. Many are more familiar with cinematic or televisual stories than any other art, yet too few try to tell stories in these pervasive media. The prerequisite for Level II is the completion of the previous level or prior experience. Applicants who wish to join Level II and have prior experience in screenwriting are required to submit writing portfolio for trainer’s review. Applicants with no prior experience are encouraged to start from Level I. Creative Writing: Screenwriting II If you wish to be notified of …

Gain basic skills in video editing with DaVinci resolve software. Participants will be introduced to the theory and techniques of creative film editing and learn how to be competent with video editing. At the end of the course, you will learn how to edit videos from various sources and create short video montages. Note: Course trainers are, on occasion, subject to change with short notice.

This is the second in a trilogy of courses on the History of Western art which aims to provide a brief but essential survey of modern Western art from the early twentieth century to the 1960s. This course will survey the major art movements and artists of the twentieth century as well as the emergence of abstract art. It will discuss how the arts and artists responded to the social, political and cultural milieu of the times such as capitalism, urbanisation, technology and wars. Artists covered include Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Henry Moore, Salvador Dali, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol.