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Whether as a hobby or for artistic design - paintings and drawings are a great way to express yourself creatively. Are you looking for a suitable school for training or further education in painting or drawing and illustration? You will find suitable offers here.

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Drawing: Even more fun with the results if you learn the craft properly

Not everyone is blessed with so much talent that they can depict something well artistically. What can you do if you still want to pursue this hobby, which can have a calming effect as well as a lot of creativity? Taking a course can strengthen your skills and optimize your results. Are you looking for a suitable course in drawing, painting and illustration?

 

There is a whole range of courses that can support your artistic streak and refine your existing skills. Depending on which focus you choose, you will learn about different painting techniques, materials and eras. For example, there are watercolor courses, ink painting courses or oil painting seminars. Perhaps, however, you are primarily interested in learning to draw professionally in a linear or sculptural manner and developing these skills from scratch? You will also find suitable courses in your area.

 

Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch offers you a large selection of courses on a wide range of topics in the creative field. Ask the provider of your choice to send you documents on current courses in drawing, painting and illustration and then take your time at home to decide which school is right for you. You can use the contact form for this purpose and receive the desired information easily and conveniently by post.

Questions and answers

In a drawing workshop, you can be creative yourself and try things out under supervision. This means you can get constant input and feedback. But you can also try out new things directly on site. Many people simply learn better when they can try things out for themselves.

To recreate human perception, there are three essential tools in perspective drawing: the horizon line, vanishing points and aerial perspective. These three things are important in "perspective drawing". Because only a credible depth effect can make a picture of nature look realistic and appealing.

Of course you can "draw online". To do this, you need drawing programs or apps. When choosing the right tool, you should consider which device you want to draw with and what you want to draw. There are free and paid tools.

You can learn to draw in a special course. There you will learn the basics of drawing and painting. Composition is the ideal framework for further drawing and painting techniques. Various aspects of composition and drawing are practiced in simple exercises.

With a drawing you create a work of art and here you decide how abstract or realistic it should be. After a few exercises and the right instructions, even a beginner can create abstract or sketchy drawings. That would be drawing for beginners. With the right instructions and a little more practice, you can also learn to draw people or objects realistically.

It is possible to study drawing, and the field of study is called fine arts. The Bachelor's degree program teaches artistic and pedagogical fundamentals and, above all, offers students the opportunity to create their own work. In the Master's program, artistic practice is deepened and supplemented by skills in project management and theoretical-scientific reflection.

You can complete an apprenticeship as a draughtsman or draughtswoman and choose between the fields of architecture, interior design, spatial planning, landscape architecture and civil engineering. These are also the classic professions in this field if you don't want to become an artist. However, there are also many opportunities to enter this field through secondary education or to learn drawing as a hobby. Find out more about drawing courses.

In a drawing course, for example, you can learn the following:

  • Figurative drawing
  • Nude drawing
  • From the line to the figure
  • Spatial drawing
  • Drawing movement
  • Drawing Modern Art
  • Urban sketching (urban drawing)
  • Doodling, sketching and illustrating
  • Intuitive drawing
  • Monochrome drawing
  • Charcoal, red chalk and chalk drawing

The necessary personal requirements for a drawing apprenticeship are as follows:

  • Spatial imagination
  • abstract-logical thinking
  • Interest in mathematical and scientific contexts
  • Accurate and careful way of working
  • organizational skills
  • Enjoy dealing with people and have good negotiating skills

Drawing landscapes teaches you how to depict light and shadow, work with multiple elements and create depth. These are just some of the concepts covered in this guide to drawing landscapes. There are many types of landscapes. This landscape drawing guide gives us the opportunity to learn different drawing techniques and tricks to draw a realistic landscape.

The "Draw floor plan" function includes the dimensions for displaying rooms or buildings. This includes windows, doors and walls. If there are several floors, stairs are also added. If required, the rooms can also be arranged in the floor plan.

Drawing the human anatomy is one of the most interesting drawing motifs. A certain knowledge of human anatomy is an advantage. Drawing people is not always easy. There are a few things to bear in mind:

  • Head
  • Face
  • Facial expression
  • Facial expressions
  • Hairstyles
  • Hair
  • Hands
  • Body
  • Gestures
  • Posture
  • Feet
  • Shoes

A technical drawing is a graphic document that is primarily used in mechanical and plant engineering and sometimes also contains the information in written form that is required for the manufacture of an individual part or the assembly of an assembly or a complete machine. Special training is required for "technical drawing".

Children love to draw animals, and from a certain age they can learn to draw animals using simple techniques. But even as an adult, you can always learn new tricks. You can learn to "draw beautiful animals" in courses.

Although the boundary between painting and drawing is fluid, the two techniques differ fundamentally in one characteristic: drawing creates an image from lines, while painting creates an image from surfaces. Contrary to what is often assumed, the difference between painting and drawing has nothing to do with the color of the picture.

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Stefan Schmidlin, Bildungsberatung, Content-Team Modula AG

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School for Classical Painting
The School of Classical Painting is located on the outskirts of Lucerne Horw and offers a three-year painting course based on many years of experience. This includes all important aspects of painting, drawing and the history of painting.

Direct instruction:
Painting training: 10 consecutive courses, 10 weeks each, 4 lessons/week direct tuition in small groups in Lucerne, current courses on homepage
Contents: Basic knowledge (drawing, color, painting); perspective; figure and portrait; landscape painting; historical painting techniques 1; historical painting techniques 2; techniques, modern styles; composition; figure and space; abstract painting.

Distance learning:
Basic training: 6 modules, 3 lessons each
Contents: Drawing, color, painting, perspective; figure and portrait
Manuscript, support by telephone, submission of assignments and correction by e-mail, studio visit for people from the region as an alternative to the correction letter

Private lessons and work discussions
Region: Zentralschweiz
Sites: Ebikon, Horw
Address:
Lotzwilstrasse 14
4900 Langenthal
Atelier ZeMa, school for drawing and painting
Welcome to Atelier ZeMa, the school for drawing and painting in Langenthal!

Use your creative potential! Visit one of our painting or drawing courses and learn the techniques of painting with oil and acrylic or various drawing techniques!

Check out our range of courses and contact us - we look forward to your visit!
Region: Bern
Sites: Langenthal
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Forchstrasse 149
8132 Egg bei Zürich
Drawing and painting courses with Csilla Szöllösi
Drawing and painting courses with Csilla Szöllösi
Learn to draw by stimulating the right side of your brain in a 4-day course - drawing in black and white or drawing and painting in color. In our courses you will experience that drawing can be learned in four days, regardless of talent or previous knowledge.
Region: Zürich
Sites: Egg bei Zürich
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Innere Margarethenstrasse 5
4051 Basel
Study world Laudius
Distance learning - learn comfortably at home!
150 top distance learning courses for your professional or personal further education, or to fulfill your hobby!

Laudius is one of the most popular distance learning schools in Switzerland. We can look back on 40 years of experience in distance learning.

Distance learning has never been so affordable for you. Laudius presents you with "the new way of studying". Total flexibility, perfect support from friendly lecturers and the lowest tuition fees in Switzerland: studying shouldn't be expensive! We are so convinced of our quality that we offer you a "money-back guarantee" if you fail. So there is no risk for you. Are you looking for the best and most affordable distance learning course? Choose Laudius!
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Sites: Basel
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Binzstrasse 39
8045 Zürich
SKDZ School of Art and Design Zurich
SKDZ School of Art and Design Zurich is the leading institution for extra-occupational training and further education in art, design and illustration.
The SKDZ offers binding orientation in the field of art and design-oriented professions and provides training in the areas of preliminary course, preparatory course, illustration design, year of art studies, painting studies, photography and portfolio creation. The focus is on the practical and theoretical development of design skills for entry into artistic professions or design studies in Switzerland or abroad. Adult education, cultural offerings and creative career counseling round off the SKDZ's educational offerings.
Our courses are characterized by high teaching quality, the professional commitment of our lecturers, successful learning processes and the achievement of the desired professional goals.
Region: Zürich
Sites: Zürich
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Ausstellungsstrasse 104
8005 Zürich
Zurich School of Design
The Schule für Gestaltung Zürich offers basic training in the design professions, runs the preliminary design course for young people and offers an attractive range of further education courses as well as extra-occupational higher vocational training courses leading to federally recognized qualifications.
As a competence center for design, further education courses in the areas of publishing and digital media, photography and film, typography and design, painting and drawing, printing techniques and bookbinding, jewelry and object design are central and pursue a professional standard.
Strengths: Further design training in courses at the Higher Technical College for Photography, Interaction Design, Product Design and Visual Design as well as the vocational further education courses
Region: Zürich
Sites: Zürich
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Bahnhofplatz 2
9000 St. Gallen
Vocational training and further education Klubschule Pro.
"Education for all" - this has been our guiding principle for over 75 years. As a leading educational institution, we offer low-threshold access to vocational education and training. We impress our customers with a broad and inspiring range of application-oriented courses and training programs.
Region: Ostschweiz, Zürich
Sites: Chur, Frauenfeld, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Wetzikon, Winterthur
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Ruchti-Weg 5
4143 Dornach
a t k a - Anthroposophical Academy for Art and Therapy
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The a t k a - a place of learning and encounter

Would you like to use the arts to help people? Study with us.
The Anthroposophical Academy for Therapy and Art - a t k a - stands for the joy of learning together with people of different intentions and orientations in a social or professional project. Our training courses are art- and practice-oriented and meet the requirements for recognition by the OdA ARTECURA in the art therapy field.

Our offers:
- Study program amwort
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- Orpheus music therapy course
- School of Sculpture
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Strengths: We see interprofessionalism as an opportunity and a challenge and foster mutual awareness in the interdisciplinary modules.
Region: Aargau, Basel
Sites: Beinwil am See, Dornach, Ebikon, Zürich
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Flurstrasse 89
8047 Zürich
F+F School of Art and Design
R+F offers state-recognized degree courses in Film (part-time), Photography, Art, Fashion Design and Visual Design leading to a College of Higher Education (CHE) - Professional Bachelor. The offer also includes the two specialist classes in photography and graphics with Federal VET Diploma apprenticeship qualification and the preliminary course/preliminary course as well as the vocational preliminary course. The wide range of further education courses in design and the youth courses are open to all interested parties.

R+F is the largest independent art and design school in Switzerland. To this day, it has remained a laboratory for design and artistic creation that thrives on its large and dynamic network of lecturers. Public events such as exhibitions, project presentations and lectures make the R+F a meeting place for the Swiss art and design scene.
Strengths: State-recognized training courses: 5 courses of study at the higher technical college and specialist classes in photography and graphics with EFZ/BM. Preliminary design courses and course programs for young people and adults.
Region: Zürich
Sites: Zürich
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