The Northern School of Art presents videos covering a wide range of skills across Art & Design, stock imagery representing Art & Design and Alternative Software Lists including free software and mobile alternatives for The College Collaboration Fund. The Northern School of Art is one of the few specialist Arts colleges in the UK and has provided students with specialist art and design education for over 100 years.
CREATING A FACE TEMPLATE
Illustration, Fashion, Graphics, Fine Art
Fashion Lecturer, Polly, guides you through creating your own templates for drawing faces and the importance of proportions.
ILLUSTRATING FACES
Illustration, Fashion, Graphics, Fine Art
Fashion Lecturer Polly uses her previously created template and walks through illustrating face in more detail
TIPS FOR DRAWING FACES
Illustration, Fashion, Graphics, Fine Art
Fashion Lecturer Polly gives her top tips when it comes to drawing face. Discussing the best practice when it comes to improving you skill.
CONTINUOUS LINE DRAWING
Textiles, Illustration, Fashion, Graphics, Fine Art
Textiles Lecturer Caroline guides you through creating a continuous line drawing and how the resulting piece can be used in the design industry .
WOODBLOCKING
Textiles, Fine Art, Graphics
Fashion Lecturer, Polly, guides you through creating your own templates for drawing faces and the importance of proportions.
REPEAT PATTERN MAKING
Textiles, Fine Art, Graphics
Textiles Lecturer Caroline guides you through creating a repeat pattern using Photopea, a free photoshop alternative.
WATERCOLOUR TONAL VALUES
Fine Art,Textiles, Illustration, Fashion
An A-Level Student demontrates how to create a range of tonal values from a colour block in a Watercolour Palette.
WATERCOLOUR WET ON WET
Fine Art, Textiles, Illustration
An A-Level Student demonstrates using watercolours for Wet on Wet experimentation. Seeing how paints interact with eachother and water.
WATERCOLOUR PEAR
Fine Art, Illustration, Textiles
An A-Level Student demonstrates techniques learned in the previous two watercolour videos and putting them into practice to create a painted pear.
DRAWING WITH RESISTIVE MATERIALS
Fine Art, Illustration, Textiles
Access to HE lecturer Sara demonstrates creating a a Dragonfly using resistive materials and how those materials can create unique results.
PHOTO EDITING: NEON LIGHT EFFECT
Photography, Fine Art
Photography Graduate Mike, demonstrates how to create a faux neon light effect in photographs using free photoshop alternative, Photopea.
PHOTO EDITING: OBJECT REMOVAL
Photography, Fine Art
Commercial Photography Graduate Mike, demonstrates how to remove people and objects in photographs using free photoshop alternative, Photopea.
PHOTO EDITING: CREATING A FILTER
Photography, Fine Art
Photography Graduate Mike, demonstrates how to create unique and custom filters using free photoshop alternative, Photopea.
INTRODUCTION TO EMBROIDERY
Textiles, Fine Art, Fashion
Industry Specialist Eyv demonstates some introductory skills in embroidery along with some tips on best practices and how to use an embroidery hoop.
EMBROIDERY: CROSS STITCH
Textiles, Fine Art, Fashion
Industry Specialist Eyv demonstrates cross stitching in embroidery highlighting the use of different threads to achieve unique textures.
EMBROIDERY: V STITCH
Textiles, Fine Art, Fashion
Industry Specialist Eyv demonstrates the V Stitch in embroidery and how the v stitch can be used to depict different patterns and textures.
EMBROIDERY:CHAIN STITCH
Textiles, Fine Art, Fashion
Industry Specialist Eyv demonstates how to do a chain stitch in embroidery, its origins and how it can be used in variations to create different effects.
EMBROIDERY: FRENCH KNOTS
Textiles, Fine Art, Fashion
Industry Specialist Eyv demonstrates how to do a french know in embroidery and how the effect they can have in creating texture.
ALTERNATIVE SOFTWARE LISTS
All Subjects
Provided is a link to the Alternative Software Lists detailing free creative desktop software and a mixture of single purchase/free mobile based apps.
MICROSOFT 365 HOW-TO GUIDES
All Subjects
Provided are accessible how-to guides on essential digital skills using Microsoft 365 apps inc. Teams, Office Online, OneDrive and Outlook.
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