Short Courses

Calling all young artists, express your creativity and bring your artistic vision to life. Learn to observe and sketch the urban environment using the humble pen, develop your skills in capturing cityscapes and everyday scenes using no-undo ink.

Dive into the enchanting world of children’s book illustration with award-winning author and illustrator Quek Hong Shin. This hands-on course unlocks the creative process of crafting captivating picture books. Learn essential skills like drawing, composition, character design, and storyboarding. Embrace both traditional and digital illustration techniques, mastering the tools to bring your vision to life. Gain valuable insights from Hong Shin’s experience in Singapore’s Kid Lit scene. This course is perfect for aspiring illustrators, writers wanting to add visual power to their stories, and anyone passionate about picture books. Note: Course trainers are, on occasion, subject to change with short …

Do you have a love for fashion? Would you like to create your very own fashion line? Learn basic fashion illustration techniques using a variety of media such as markers, colour pencils, ink and pastels. 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 fashion illustration are required to submit art works for the trainer’s review.

The class will look at the essential principles that must be applied to write for the visual mediums of film and television. The syllabus will include originality, dramatic elements of a story, modern three- and four-act structures, the dramatic primacy of conflict and opposition, as well as theme and meaning. The class will also examine the similarities and differences between film and TV, multi-episodic story and character arcs in TV series, and script practices to avoid. Participants will create and write a short film script to help develop their technical writing skills, a short film script will be created and …