Visual Arts Courses and Certifications

Introduction to the Visual Arts

Explore global visual imagery to refine visual literacy skills, analyzing art through formal techniques, cultural context, and artistic perspectives.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 4 hours a week
• 23rd Sep, 2024
• Paid Course

Studio Art Foundations

Explore 2-D studio art fundamentals, mastering composition, color theory, and image-making techniques through hands-on practice and theoretical study.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 2 hours a week
• 26th Aug, 2024
• Paid Course

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Modern Japanese Architecture Part 1: From Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War

Explore key elements of modern Japanese architecture and related history with a focus on its Westernization covering the period from 1868 to 1945.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Fundamentals of Post-Production

Explore post-production techniques, from editing and sound design to color grading, enhancing storytelling skills and streamlining workflows for impactful video creation.

• Kadenze
• 36 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Europeana Space: Creative with Digital Heritage

Learn how to creatively reuse digital cultural content from professionals of the Europeana Space network.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 2-4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

2D Design/Color

Explore principles of 2D art composition, including line, shape, texture, value, color, and spatial illusion through lectures, projects, and assignments.

• California Community Colleges System
• 15 weeks, 3 hours a week
• 26th Aug, 2024
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Touring Modernism: From the French Avant-Garde to American Pop and Beyond

Explore avant-garde movements from Romanticism to Postmodernism, analyzing cultural contexts, artistic techniques, and key figures. Develop critical understanding of modern and contemporary art history.

• Kadenze
• 144 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Two-Dimensional Design

Explore principles of organizing visual space into vivid, coherent images through an introduction to two-dimensional design fundamentals.

• California Community Colleges System
• 17 weeks, 3 hours a week
• 19th Aug, 2024
• Paid Course

Paper Mache for Beginners: Sculpt a Colorful Character

Illustrate friendly characters full of hopes and dreams using simple paper mache techniques

• Domestika
• 2 hours 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Art Fundamentals in One Hour

Discover essential art concepts, terminology, and techniques in engaging lessons, preparing you for digital painting and professional-level creation.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Pictures of Youth: An Introduction to Children’s Visual Culture

Explore visual culture for children and young people including, picturebooks, comics, film, television and drama

• FutureLearn
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Oslo

Motion Capture: The Art of Studying Human Activity

Learn about how to record, visualize, and analyze human body motion.

• FutureLearn
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Dibujo en el aula: enseñar un lenguaje mágico

Aprende a enseñar dibujo como un lenguaje mágico, desde elementos básicos hasta aplicaciones creativas y pedagógicas en otras materias.

• Miríadax
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Paper Cutting Techniques for Storytelling

Learn the manual techniques to craft a theater book using paper and scissors

• Domestika
• 2 hours 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

The Art of Washi Paper in Japanese Rare Books

Learn about the history, production and design of papers used inside Japanese rare books.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)