Digital Art
Painting pictures, pixel-by-pixel.
Intro to digital images. Starting with basic tools, students are introduced to digital painting software where they experiment with art techniques already familiar to them in analog mediums.
Emojis, you asked? Once comfortable with digital painting basics, students are taught a pixel-art program where they use paint tools and layers to make their own custom emojis, icons and characters.
Bringing it all together. Students integrate digital drawings, pixel-art, and photographs together using image-editing software. This fun, experimental experience lets them explore the possibilities of digital art.
Software platforms.
Our program uses three, easy-to-learn, online software platforms: Kleki for digital painting, Pixil, a "pixel-art" maker, and Photopea, a photo-editing program.
Curriculum notes
Lessons and exercises are built to introduce and practice the following concepts:
- • Art fundamentals - line, shape, colour, form
- • Digital painting and drawing skills
- • Working with image layers
- • Designing pixel-art characters and emojis
- • Photo manipulation
- • Combining skills to make digital collages
Available as Lunch and After-School Programs
Our Clubs are run as extracurricular programming in schools across the Greater Toronto Area. With exciting subjects, engaging instructors, and hands-on activities, this program offers educational experiences beyond the school curriculum. Learn more>
Available as In-Class Enrichment
This program (delivered in-school, during class time) has been designed to supplement and extend Ontario school curriculum. Our experiential mode of instruction brings unique activities into any classroom, resulting in meaningful and memorable learning outcomes. Learn more>
Flexible program delivery
Our Lunch and Afterschool Clubs are typically run as three to eight-week programs, but we also offer one-off presentations, including half-day or full-day activities.
Our In-Class Enrichment programs are tailored to suit the particular needs of any given classroom and school budget and can be presented as half-day, full-day, multiple-day, or weekly activities.
Junior kindergarten to grade 8.
Available in English and French.
