KickStart Design Workshops ~ for Secondary Schools

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Click Here to complete an online KickStart Workshop Booking Form
(Complete the form then click the third icon in the top left [mail] and choose 'send copy' then email to workshops@whitehouse-design.edu.au).

KickStart Design Workshops are practical beginner classes designed for secondary school students that can be held at your school or at Whitehouse Sydney or Melbourne Campus. These workshops are ideal for:

Year 7 & 8 students studying:

• Technology
• Visual Arts

Year 9, 10, 11 & 12 students studying:

• Design & Technology
• Textiles & Design/Technology
• Visual Arts/Visual Design
• Drama (costume design)

These workshops aim to introduce design concepts and develop skills that will prepare students for further studies in design. Kick-Start Design Workshops are offered in the areas of Drawing for Fashion, Interior Drawing Techniques and Image Styling.

Workshops Available:

Drawing for Fashion ~ 1-day

• Drawing the human body as a fashion figure including proportion and styling
• Rendering fashion drawings with tonal and textural illustration techniques
• Overview of the design process and skills needed for a career in the design and fashion industries

Drawing for Fashion ~ 2-day (above plus following)

• Developing skills in analysing forecasted trends for fashion colours, fabrics and silhouettes to respond to a design brief
• Concept and idea development for sketching onto a three-body range
• Communicating design through coloured fashion illustration and production drawing

Interior Drawing Techniques ~ 1-day

• Basic techniques for one-point perspective drawing and interior object drawing
• Appreciating colour theory and applying a colour palette to a drawing
• Discussion about skills required for a career in architecture, interior design and interior decoration

Image Styling ~ 1-day

• Examine aspects of styling in industries such as fashion, interiors, food, events, film, advertising, visual merchandising and magazines
• Develop skills for styling garments with cultural influences and create a make-up/hair styling board for a catwalk look
• Overview of the styling industry, the role of a stylist and their relationship with the media

Textiles & Design for the HSC ~ 1-day

Available to NSW Year 11 & 12 students studying the Textile & Design syllabus. This in-depth workshop will provide students with valuable instruction and feedback regarding the supporting documentation for their Major Textile Project (MTP) by covering the following four sections:

• Design Inspiration
• Visual Design Development
• Manufacturing Specifications
• Investigation, Experimentation and Evaluationg and painting.

fee schedule & how to book

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FEE-SCHEDULE 

Metropolitan Schools in Sydney or Melbourne:  Minimum 20 students
Hosted at Whitehouse in Sydney or Melbourne: Minimum 15 students

$30 each for 1-day workshops
$50 each for 2-day workshop

Regional:  Minimum 40 students
$50 each for 2-day workshop

HOW TO BOOK A WORKSHOP

Workshop dates are available throughout the school calendar year.

Teachers or Careers Advisors should contact Whitehouse or complete an online booking form:

ph: 1300 551 433 (toll free within Australia) 
sydney: (02) 9267 8799
melbourne: (03) 9600 3625
fax: (02) 9267 6947
email workshops@whitehouse-design.edu.au
to book online click here

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