Friday morning
FM1. Drawing architectural floor plans with Adobe Illustrator. Simon Barry
This practical workshop teaches the basic skills required to produce a floor plan of an architectural environment using Adobe Illustrator. Participants will learn how to use Illustrator’s drawing and editing tools to accurately measure (in scale) and draw external and internal walls of a building, and depict fixtures, such as windows, doors, flooring etc.; the application of line, colour and texture, to enhance the presentation of floor plan drawings will also be addressed.
Ability: Participants will have an advantage if they’ve had previous experience using Adobe Illustrator.
Please bring along a USB memory stick.
FM2. Marker Rendering. Mark Wilken
In this workshop, participants will be shown advanced rendering techniques and undertake a series of exercises using a range of product to generate outstanding visual images. Materials and equipment for this workshop has been provided by Studio Copic.
Level: All
Ability: All
FM3. Fashionista Photoshop. Tracy Hogan
Explore the magic of Adobe Photoshop for rendering your fashion croquis and costume designs, these techniques are not limited to fashion use, they are also suited to anyone interested in design and illustration. Digital templates of croquis and presentation boards will be supplied.
Demonstration and class notes will be given on:
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- How to scan hand-drawn images and prepare them for rendering in Photoshop.
- Using Layers Masks and Adjustments – techniques are non destructive, allowing for editability.
- Colouring using selections and brushes with _at colour, gradients and print _lls.
- Using Photoshop tools to enhance images.
- Adding photo content to drawings or for creating digital collages.
- Applying blend modes, effects and filters,
- Manipulating images with the Transform and Puppet
- Warp tools.
- Reasons for saving file formats for specific purposes. Participants will receive notes on “Extra” Adobe Photoshop techniques and a list of helpful youtube links for further learning / teaching
Bring 8gb or higher usb
FM4. Going Banapples. James Taylor
Known for developing innovative approaches to middle and senior VCD classes, this year James has been teaching junior VCD and has loved every minute of it.
This workshop will cover strategies for preparing a junior VCD program, including assessment, reporting and the Victorian Curriculum. Participants will come away with a semester’s worth of tasks ready to use with years 7 to 9.
FM5. Rendering Textures. Meredith Thomas
A hands-on practical workshop. Teachers will be shown a variety of approaches for rendering fur, reflective surfaces, shadows, wood and then apply the techniques using pencils, charcoal and conte.
Level: All
Ability: Any level
Ability: Any level
FM6. Idea generation, concept sketching and brainstorming techniques. Debbie Mourtzios
Small hands on activities based around drawing and quick rendering techniques. No drawing experience necessary. How to render layouts in marker and working to a timeframe.
Level – 7-10
Ability – beginner
FM7. The Good Scissors – Idea generation using collage. Narelle Desmond
More than simply cutting and gluing bits of paper, collage is a method many design and creative professionals use to confidently construct images and communicate ideas. The Good Scissors will introduce techniques to help students create dynamic compositions and boldly alter pictorial meaning. This workshop will equip educators with trigger mechanisms to effectively assist students to generate new ideas. Although developed for senior VCD students this workshop can be adapted for any art and design subject from the middle years and up and is perfect for students with a variety of skills and abilities.
FM8. Drawing and rendering forms, textures and layouts. Connie Albanese and Cavalier Art
Informative fun session on the quality, usage and benefits of paper, paint, inks, pastels, brushes, markers and pencils. A chance to experience product during a relaxed, informative session to enable teachers to make informed decisions when purchasing art materials. There will be an experienced design teacher at this workshop who will demonstrate how to use a range of materials for rendering – concepts sketching and rendering textures.
Lots of products to try and goodies to take home.
Level: Any year level of teaching.
Ability: Any level beginner through to advanced as it is play and learn with a variety of mediums.
FM9. Introduction to coding for the Web. Paul Greenstein
This will be a brief introduction to web coding using HTML and CSS. This will be a mostly hands on session. We will actually build a simple web page from scratch during the session. We will learn about the principles of coding and also look at resources available online for further study. We will look at the required skills for professional web designers and developers.
Level: 10, 11, 12
Ability: Any
FM10. Brand and identity Design. Simone Taffe
Teachers will be creating a strategy, concept design and ideas for implementation for a brand of their choice. Teachers will then create a brief for their students
Level: All
Ability: Any
FM11. Methods, Media, Materials - an Illustration exercise. Rehanna Patrick
A fun hands on workshop - Using stimulus material, participants will explore a range of methods, materials and media to create images; discussing the effectiveness for a variety of communication needs.
Level: Year 10-12
FM12. InDesign and Photoshop for the design classroom. Sean Walsh
The workshop will demonstrate InDesign's key tools for creating industry standard layout and design. There will be an opportunity for participants to ask questions and discuss how InDesign can be used within a class room environment. The workshop will demonstrate Photoshop's key tools for creating industry standard layout and design.
Conference session details: Friday morning | Friday afternoon | Saturday morning | Saturday afternoon