Kids: Adventures in Art & Graphic Design

Learn how to use color to bring your images to life

Budding young artists are inspired with both traditional and digital media

Projects may include a web page concept, magazine design or other media

Unleash your creativity through art while making new friends

Spark the Imagination of a Young Artist or Designer

Here’s a way to inspire a budding young artist: Unleash their creativity through art! Learn how professional digital artists make great designs and create fine art. This course gives artists the opportunity to learn the basics and principles of professional art, including line, shape, form, color, proportion, balance, harmony and more.

Using Adobe® Photoshop® and Adobe® Illustrator®, every camper gets to explore their creativity by using professional art techniques to bringing their creation to life. Project work may include getting to design a web page concept, photo montage, magazine or book cover or other type of digital media. Campers get to choose the project that excites them the most, while professional instruction guides them every step of the way.

What You’ll Learn: Adventures in Art & Graphic Design

Course Content Software Used
• Principles of composition creating dynamic & interesting images
• Photoshop© & working with layers, text, and brushes
• Constructing colorized images from line art
• Colorization techniques working with selections, masks & adjustment layers using Photoshop©
• The different types of typography, fonts, typeface, & how to use them
• How to create art with Adobe® Illustrator® vectorgraphic images & pathing

Course may vary slightly based on student expertise & class interest. All students work on their own personal projects.

Who Should Attend: Adventures in Art & Graphic Design
Ages 8-12 | Beginning to Advanced | No Artistic Background or Design Experience Required

This course is designed for aspiring artists, designers and creative young minds.

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Questions about a course or additional weeks at DMA? Ready to register? Please call 866.656.3342 for more information and to speak with a Guest Experience Representative.

Fees & Additional Options: Adventures in Art & Graphic Design

Options Price Duration Meals
Tuition (base price) $825 1 Week, Mon-Fri Lunch not included
Lunch Plan (for non-residential students) add $65 1 Week, Mon-Fri 5 lunches
Residential Program – Dorm (Not Available at Harvard) add $495 1 Week, Sun-Fri 3 meals/day
Residential Program (UCLA only) add $795 1 Week, Sun-Fri 3 meals/day
Extended Day-Student Program (7:30am-7:00pm) add $195 1 Week, Mon-Fri 3 meals/day

*To view all options, including weekend stays, visit our Options & Fees page.    

1 Week   |   Ages 8-12   |   Beg-Adv

“All the teachers are great and I love the new computers!”
- Ali, DMA Art & Graphic Design Student

Dates by Location 2012

  • Stanford, CA

  • Jun 18-22 | Jul 2-6 | Jul 16-20 | Jul 30-Aug 3 | Aug 13-17

  • New York, NY

  • not offered at this location
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