Digital Art Class
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90 minutes
Adults & teens 16+ - Tickets
From Triceratops to a world of bugs, Melbourne Museum is an amazing source of inspiration. Discover the wonders of digital drawing in this art and science focused workshop.
Designed to inspire creativity, our Digital Arts Class is run in a unique digital immersive space. You will learn digital skills for drawing amazing museum objects.
This class uses fascinating source materials that tell the stories behind the museum's collection, from the unlimited natural textures and colours and forms of fossils and minerals, to feathers, insects and more.
Whether you are a beginner, expert or somewhere in between, this creative drawing class will introduce you to digital art technologies and skills in a relaxed environment.
You'll get to create extraordinary artworks working individually on the iPad Pro. Our approach allows everyone to enjoy visual creativity, regardless of your previous experience or skills in sketching, painting and digital design.
November's Digital Art Class
November's Digital Art Class includes some fabulous local mid century lamps from the Museum's energy technology collections. This wonderful TV lamp was made circa 1957 by Frismag Electrical Engineers right here in Melbourne.
From the time television was introduced to Australia in 1956, new owners were tempted with a variety of accessories to enhance their viewing comfort. The TV lamp became popular when concern was raised over the potential strain put on the eye by long periods of TV watching in darkened rooms. The rays from the lamp were seen as a counterbalance to the rays from the screen. The lamps were designed to spread defused light around the room, usually in an upward direction. So as not to ruin the attractive finish of the TV set, the lamps were usually very decorative, designed to be ornamental as well as functional. This lamp takes the concept to the extreme, celebrating its use through the TV shaped holes. Most of the metal TV lamp designs adopted the prevailing fashion for space age and science fiction themes.
Key details
- Classes takes place in the Learning Lab Studio.
- Suitable for ages 16+
- Up to 18 participants per class
- Museum entry not included
- All equipment provided
Accessibility
Please view our accessibility page for general information. Contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your visit.
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