Advance Diploma Courses Overview

Art has been an inevitable part of Indian culture right from the very beginning. The advance diploma course in painting aims to enhance the skills of the talented artist. Starting from the history of arts, portrait, landscape, figure drawing, still drawing etc. Different mediums like oil colors, water colors, oil pastels, crayons and much more.

We nurture the talents of the students and help them develop and refine their artistic skills. The advance diploma course in painting aims at providing a comprehensive outlook of the subject to the students so that they can withstand the demand of application in the job market as well as they should be able to build on this knowledge base at the higher level of study in the respective domain.

We offer fine arts diploma courses in Delhi/Ncr. Live and interactive classes are available for the advance diploma course in fine arts.

The advance diploma course is divided into two semesters spanning over a duration of one year. The syllabus of the course is designed in a manner so as to teach all the basic aspects of the course to the students in a gradual manner.

The Course Contents include :-

Drawing :-
a) Free hand Drawing
b) Objects and Nature study
c) Different Techniques:-
- Proportion, Volume
- Visual Perspective
- Eye Level & Vanishing Point
- Horizontal and Vertical lines
- Bold and Rhythmic lines
- Relationship between lines
- Value and Texture
- Sketching from different angles
d) Indoor sketching
e) Medium - Pencil, Charcoal, Dry Pastel

STILL LIFE :-
1. Introduction to various techniques
2. Study of foreground and background with drapery
3. Texture study with different materials like cloth, wood, glass, bronze, mirror, china clay, terracotta, etc.
4. Selection and arrangement of objects
5. Eye level, source of light, tonal variation, composition
6. Drawing from different angles
7. Details about light & shades
8. Medium - Pencil, Pencil Colours

FIGURE DRAWING :-
1. Freehand drawing from human figure to study proportion
2. Stick drawing and Block drawing
3. Basic anatomy, Head study from different angles
4. Full figure study
5. Quick sketching and Finished sketching
6. Sketching practice of different parts of body

LANDSCAPE :-
1. Basic intoduction with theory
2. Selection of artistic view with picture frames
3. Detail study of variation in sunlight
4. Addition and elimination, simplification, eye level and Vanishing Point
5. Perspective, balance and rhythms in composition
6. Study of Cityscape and Seascape
7. Medium - Pencil, Charcoal, Crayon, Water Colours and Oil Colours(Any Two)

PORTRAIT :-
1. Technical details, measurements
2. Detail study of skull, character and expression
3. Space dividation with geometrical sketch
4. Super realistic portraits through graphic techniques
5. Medium - Pencil, Charcoal, Dry Crayon, Water Colour and Oil Colours

NATURE STUDY / FOLIAGE :-
1. Basic intoduction with theory
2. Detail study of different trees, leaves, flowers
3. Medium - Pencil, Oil Pastel, Pencil Colour, Water Colour
COMPOSITION :-
1. Principal of design, distribution of space
2. Importance of line, tone, texture, colour, form, content
3. Negative and Positive Designing
4. Design exercise in different media
5. Different figurative composition practice
6. (f) Medium Medium - Pencil, Acrylic colour, Poster

USE OF MEDIUM IN DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES

1. H.B. Pencil & Shading pencil
• Shading Gradations
• 20 Shades with single pencil
• Light to dark technique
• Dark to light technique

2. Charcoal
• Drawing with charcoal stick.
• Life drawing and portrait.
• Reverse painting with eraser.
• Use of cloth and cotton.

3. Pencil Colours
• Study of colour wheel
• Mixing of two colours
• Tonal variation

4. Dry Crayons (Pastels)
• Different effects with different techniques
• Abstract & Semi abstract painting
• Fixing method

5. Oil Pastels
• Still life
• Figure drawing
• Creative Drawing
• Landscaping

6. Water Colours
• Theory
• Wet and wet technique
• Use of handmade paper
• Light to dark effect.
• Outdoor practice
• Creative painting

7. Acrylic Colours
• Use of Acrylic Colours
• Texture Work
• Mixing Work
• Experimental Work
• Abstract & Semi abstract painting
• Contemporary Art

8. Oil Colours
• Theory
• Techniques
• Types of brushes
• Use of Spatula, roller
• Preservation
• Detail practice (Portrait Study, Realistic Figures, Imaginary Compositions)

THEORY Part - I What is Art?
1. Indian Art
2. Western Arts (Only rudiments of these topics will be covered.)

Part II Aesthetic
1. Introduction to Indian Aesthetic
2. Elements of art
3. Concept of Beauty and Rasa.
4. Six limbs of Indian Art
5. Contemporary artists of India
6. Great artists of West

Part III Method & Medium
1. Importance of methods and materials
2. Nature and characteristics of painting mediums

Part - IV Exhibition and Display
1. Selection of Suitable Art Gallery
2. Booking
3. Catalogue Designing and Printing
4. Display of art work
5. Lighting
6. Art critics
7. Invitations
8. Arrangement

Eligibility Criteria:-

Candidate must have passed the 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognized state or central board