Design Foundations (Crash Course)

  • This course closed on September 19, 2025.

Dreaming to be a great designer? This two week course explores the successful two-dimensional art techniques needed for students to communicate effectively in the visual arts. The principals and elements of art explored in this course is a creative journey, developed to include the industry perspective. That way, the student is able to take what they have learned in the class to their related field, art of gaming, graphic design, animation, or illustration. The student will understand the need for quality, craftsmanship, and mastery in the discipline of their art. We hope this course will encourage our students to aspire to high artistic standards that will be applied to all of their creations. The course is a compressed version of the full 8-week course and will encompass a study of the principals of design, the elements of art, and color theory through lectures, daily projects and instructor critiques as they relate to the entertainment industry.

This is an on-ground course. You can find details about the campus location here.

Course Instructor

William Morse William Morse Course Author / Instructor

William Morse is the Chief Executive Director of Arts Atelier 146. He has taught higher education for the past 25+ years building both graphic design and animation courses around the country for colleges and universities. He has built BFA programs for universities in Kentucky, Mississippi, Kansas, and Texas. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Florence Classical Arts Academy in Florence, Italy–the partner school of Arts Atelier 146. William is a graduate from Texas A&M University with a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) in Art and Advertising. He has a MS (Master of Science) in Art from Texas A&M University and an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) in 3D Animation & Visual Effects from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. William and his wife Dana love to travel and spend time with their three children. He loves teaching students and has helped to build Arts Atelier 146 as an industry standard art school in the state of Kentucky.

Course Information

Duration: 2 weeks / On-ground

Intensity: Beginner

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Course Schedule

This course is not yet scheduled.

Course Materials

Students will need to supply the following:
  • 6B drawing pencils
  • kneaded eraser
  • Prisma colors (minimum 32, preferably 64)
  • Sketchbook (8 1/2 x 11)
  • Ruler
  • small color wheel

Refund Policy

Please note that courses with critiqued lessons are nonrefundable due to the limited number of seats.

Available Enrollments

    This course will be available for enrollment soon.

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