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The Visual
Literacy Program
is an exclusive,
subscription-based,
online art community
designed to help both the serious
student and the professional artist
develop their artistic skills and
create their best portfolio work.
Visual Literacy Program (VLP) Pro, created by The Art Department (TAD), is an exclusive, subscription-based, online art community designed to help both the serious student and the professional artist develop their artistic skills and create their best portfolio work.
As a VLP member, artists receive real-world training at the highest level, from world renowned artists and industry leaders in the areas of illustration, drawing and painting and entertainment design. VLP Faculty include Mark English, John English, Gary Kelley, George Pratt, Sterling Hundley, C.F. Payne, Anita Kunz, Jon Foster, Brent Watkinson, Andrew Jones and more!
Members will have access to a comprehensive video library of in-depth lessons taught by VLP faculty covering a broad range of topics, from process and inspiration to promotion and business. The VLP also provides online forums and galleries that enable members to post their work and receive critiques from instructors, while also offering a space for members to interact and share feedback with each other.
Features
- Extensive library of instructional videos, including at least one new demonstration per month
- Online forums where members can interact with VLP faculty and industry professionals
- Image gallery where members can upload work for faculty and member review
- Ability to share input on work submitted by other members
- Podcasts that include short tips from VLP faculty
- Capability to submit an entry into monthly illustration contests
- Scholarship opportunities to attend The Art Department
Topics covered by VLP
- Ideation: Story-telling, Problem Solving and Idea Development from words to finished art
- Skill Sets: Drawing, Composition and Color
- Sketch Book: Learn how to properly develop by drawing from observation, imagination and through the application of process
- Process: Learn to create an image with the five step process that is used by the Illustration Academy Faculty
- Demonstrations: Watch industry leaders develop images from start to finish
- Portfolio Development: Get the tools needed to develop a portfolio for an Art and Design College and beyond
Cost
The cost of membership is an annual fee of $495.00.
Learn More
Read the VLP FAQ, or visit www.visualliteracyprogram.com for more information and to sign up for a membership.
The Visual Literacy Program (VLP) for High Schools, created by The Art Department (TAD), is an online, cutting edge art program designed to expand current classroom art curriculums into an educational experience that will prepare students for an art and design college. The VLP provides in-depth video lessons taught by world renowned illustrators and painters that teachers can use to help students develop their artistic skills and create the ultimate portfolio. The VLP also includes an online forum and gallery that enables students to post their work and receive critiques and discussion by VLP faculty and feedback from other student members.
VLP Lessons
- Ideation: Story-telling, Problem Solving and Idea Development from words to finished art
- Skill Sets: Drawing, Composition and Color
- Sketch Book: Learn how to properly develop by drawing from observation, imagination and through the application of process
- Process: Learn to create an image with the five step process that is used by the Illustration Academy Faculty
- Demonstrations: Watch industry leaders develop images from start to finish
- Portfolio Development: Get the tools needed to develop a portfolio for an Art and Design College and beyond
Features
- Demonstrations: Extensive library of demos, with at least one new demonstration added per month
- Blogs: Communicate with professionals and students
- Contests: Get involved with our monthly contests
- Teachers Workshop: One week workshop for teachers
- Calendar: Event dates and locations
- Forums: Critiques and discussion of student work
Cost
The VLP for High Schools is free. The Art Department is donating the Visual Literacy Program to high schools to help prepare students for careers in Art and Design.
Learn More
Read the VLP FAQ, or visit www.visualliteracyprogram.com for more information and to sign up for a membership.
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