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    Curriculum

    The Art Design Curriculum

    Click the Art Design Curriculum article to check out The A-D Village list of potential course offerings. We will offer educational, informative and fun classes for everyone. Whether you’re a seasoned professional, a hobbyist, digital designer or unplugged artist, you’ll find something here to help you develop or sharpen your skills. Not just the how-tos, but also the whys.

    Courses in art and design theory and practice, like:

    Drawing, Painting, Design Software, Typography, Layout… it’s all here. We welcome your comments and input; so if you don’t see a course you’d like to take, let us know. We’re always looking for new and fun ideas.

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Why not do it yourself?

Self-learning opportunities abound in today’s world of web surfing, You Tubing, Wikipedia-ing (is that a word?), etc. Some folks think that paying to take an on-line course is a waste of money.