14-WEEK ONLINE COURSE
CREATIVE CONFIDENCE -
​Foundations of design
03rd May 2022 - 2nd August 2022
​Tuesdays 10pm til 12noon

COURSE CURRICULUM
COLOUR THEORY
  • What is colour?
  • Combining colours
  • Colour psychology
  • Daily Practice - honing your perceptions
LINE, SHAPE & FORM
  • Concept overview
  • Organic v Geometric
  • Communicating with Shape- hidden messages
  • Daily Practice - Shaping up nicely!
TEXTURE
  • Concept overview
  • Making the best use of texture
  • Physical v implied texture
  • Daily practice - getting a feel for it!
SYMMETRY
  • What is symmetry and why do we love it so much?
  • Types of symmetry
  • Achieving symmetry
  • Daily Practice - Getting aligned!
ASYMMETRY
  • Understanding asymmetry
  • Maintaining balance
  • Daily practice - Making asymmetry work for you
MOVEMENT, DIRECTION & FLOW
  • Concept overview
  • Movement, direction and flow in action
  • Techniques to add movement to your designs
  • Daily Practice - Moving you forward!
RHYTHM & REPETITION
  • The role of rhythm in design
  • Achieving rhythm in your jewellery designs
  • Daily practice - new channels of inspiration
CONTRAST AND JUXTAPOSITION
  • Concept overview
  • Effective use of contrast in jewellery design
  • Daily Practice - Opposites attract?
BALANCE & VISUAL WEIGHT
  • Concept overview
  • Factors that effect visual weight
  • Strategies to achieve balance and restore visual weight
  • Daily Practice - a balanced approach!
PROPORTION & SCALE
  • What are the rules and when do they apply
  • Breaking the rules for the sake of design
  • Relativity within jewellery design
  • Daily Practice - Gaining perspective
NEGATIVE SPACE
  • What is negative space?
  • The role of negative space within jewellery design
  • Daily Practice - Negative is the new positive!
COMPOSITION
  • Composition Overview
  • Failsafe compositional rules for your jewellery designs
  • Composition in a broader context
  • Daily Practice - Orchestrating your skills.