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Learn Basic Drawing First to Impress Art School Admissions Counselors

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Learn Basic Drawing First to Impress Art School Admissions Counselors

Admissions Counselors of the top Art Programs value your ability to draw objects, people and surroundings realistically. They want to see evidence that you are able to draw what you see, so it’s important to take the time to learn Basic Drawing for your Art Portfolio. That’s why we've expanded our in person experience through our new online Basic Drawing course. It’s an engaging, flexible, and accessible art course that will empower you to explore your creative potential and develop your drawing skills at your own pace.  And we'll send you the workbook and ALL the Materials you'll need

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Why Drawing is so Important to Admissions Counselors at the Top Art Programs

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Why Drawing is so Important to Admissions Counselors at the Top Art Programs

Drawing is the basis of all other types of art, that’s why it’s so important to learn for your Art Portfolio. It is important to Admissions Counselors because it is the foundation for all other types of art making. Because of this, Admissions Counselors for the top Art Programs want to see evidence that you are able to draw from life.

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How to use Your Own Bedroom for your Art Portfolio!

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How to use Your Own Bedroom for your Art Portfolio!

Drawing a view of your bedroom is a great way to add an interesting observational work to your Art Portfolio, that also says a lot about who you are.  Observational Art Portfolio pieces, which are drawings, paintings, mixed media works or sculptures created from looking at real-life places, are considered by most schools to be the most important work to have in your art portfolio. This is because including observational pieces demonstrates a level of mastery of fundamental art skills.

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Top 5 Tips to make a Great Self-Portrait for your High School Art Portfolio

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Top 5 Tips to make a Great Self-Portrait for your High School Art Portfolio

There are several Specialized art and design high schools in New York City,Each of these schools require you to submit portfolios of you artwork. The first on the list of Art Portfolio requirements is: A self-portrait using a graphite drawing pencil and paper done from observation (from observation means you draw yourself by looking in a mirror).

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DIGITAL ARTS & GRAPHIC DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS & HOW TO APPLY

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DIGITAL ARTS & GRAPHIC DESIGN HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS & HOW TO APPLY

The New York City Digital Arts and Graphic Design Programs are Art and Design High School which offers: Digital Arts, Graphic Design & Animation High School of Fashion Industries offers GraphicDesign and Queens Technical High School also offers a Graphic Arts Program All of Ashcans High school students were accepted into New York City's Digital Arts and Graphic Design High School programs, and these examples are from the Art Portfolios they used to get in.

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INTERVIEW WITH ACCEPTED LAGUARDIA!! HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT for VISUAL ARTS- PLUS HER PROCESS & HER ART PORTFOLIO

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INTERVIEW WITH ACCEPTED LAGUARDIA!! HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT for VISUAL ARTS- PLUS HER PROCESS & HER ART PORTFOLIO

Last year Chloe was accepted into the very competitive LaGuardia High Schools Visual Arts program! In this video she talks about the process of applying to the Art High Schools in NYC and the Art Portfolio that got her ACCEPTED to LaGuardia!

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How you organize your Art Portfolio matters a lot!

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How you organize your Art Portfolio matters a lot!

When you are choosing the 12-20 pieces to use for your Art Portfolio the order that you present your work matters a lot. Think of it like a narrative, a book about who you are. The work you choose and the flow from one piece to the next needs to be given a lot of thought. A good rule is to open with your best work, and then the second best, and end with your 3rd and 4th strongest works

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TOP 5 BFA ANIMATION PROGRAMS

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TOP 5 BFA ANIMATION PROGRAMS

Animation students must love to draw, have strong attention to detail, be able to depict movement, create appealing characters and believable environments. The BFA Animation programs we chose as our top 5 exceed excellence in educating aspiring Animators, and animation studios are more likely to choose a candidate who has graduated from one of these schools. These are what we feel are the top animation programs: