Drawing school training courses in Charlotte, NC (public, in-house or online)

Basic drawing skills are the building blocks of all artistic endeavors. Master basic drawing techniques and build confidence as you learn the fundamentals of drawing, such as shape, form, contrast, texture, light, direction, lines and shadows. Experiment with different tools and materials as you discover your own personal style.

When you have completed this AutoCAD course, you will be able to:

•Utilize 3D viewing techniques
•Work with simple and composite solids
•Create complex solids and surfaces
•Create and modify 3D objects
•Convert 3D objects and create composite solids
•Understand perspectives and rendering
•Work with layouts
•Creating 2D drawings from 3D models
•Work with a User Coordinate System
•Extract information about the model
This class introduces users who are proficien...

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In this Adobe Fireworks training class, students receive a comprehensive introduction to using Fireworks CS5 to design and create graphics.

Class Goals
•Learn to create and edit bitmaps with Fireworks
•Learn to use Fireworks’ vector tools
•Learn to work with multiple images in Fireworks
•Learn to add text to graphics in Fireworks
•Learn to optimize graphics in Fireworks

Drawing is a visual art which makes use of common instruments like pencils, pens, paint brushes, crayons, chalks, markers and pastel colors to draw two dimensional figures. Figures can be drawn on papers, cardboards, plastics and canvases. Cartooning and expressing oneself publicly through graffiti are also part of drawing. Drawings may be a symbol of something, showing show some objects or of some living beings.

Drawings can be made as a hobby or for artistic or technical purposes. A...

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Basic Working Drawings course is designed to prepare you for the various types of working drawings that are used in the industry and how they relate to the installation of fire alarm systems. For the exam, it is important for you to be able to read plans, diagrams and drawings. Other vital elements in this course are plan symbols, line weights and types. Finally, it covers computer aided drafting (CAD) and related terminology