Courses + Workshops

Start an artistic exploration like no other, where traditional, technical, and experimental drawing techniques converge to help you perceive the world around you in exciting new ways.

From simple shapes to more elaborate interior and exterior scenes, this course will teach you essential skills to advance your drawing, illustration or design practice.

Develop your observational and life drawing skills! Learn how to use gesture, line, proportion, composition, volume and form to draw from a life model.

Embark on a journey of self-discovery, where observation, creativity, and visual storytelling merge to elevate your creative abilities.

Develop a versatile toolkit for creative experimentation, and a broader artistic vocabulary to play with gesture, line, colour, composition and form.

Illustration is a dynamic practice that can open doors to diverse career opportunities, including graphic design, animation, comics, concept art and more.

If you're passionate about illustration, live-action films, animation, and video games, come learn how to create captivating, fantastical worlds and spaces through illustration.

Characters are at the heart of storytelling. Discover how to give your characters depth, personality and a visual narrative to tell a story and resonate with audiences.

Bring storyboarding, storytelling, characters and concepts together to create your first graphic novel!

Get into the dynamic field of spatial and environmental design, and explore how spaces and landscapes can promote sustainability and enhance quality of life.

Portfolio Development for Teens aligns itself with the ECU Admissions Guidelines and helps students start creating a portfolio of work that best reflects who they are as an artist or designer.

Ideal for students ready to apply to study art and design at the post-secondary level, this course helps make sure your intent is clear, your voice comes through, and your work best reflects your creative identity.