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1. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE COURSES

Lotus Professional Certificate courses (LPC) is programmed with the duration of min. 220 training hrs which include Lotus Certificate course levels as follow.

Residential Interior Design: This course is focused on the people those who wish a higher career in interior designing. The course is designed by describing each and every modules like design structure, interior design, Auto CAD – 2D modeling, etc. and all units will be covered with appropriate practical and projects. It covers the fundamental theory of drawing and a complete interior designing techniques by using the tools like AutoCAD. The course also structured by including rendering and architectural photography as well as development of residential, from design concept to installation. Topics are as follow: Interior Design Structure, Rendering Techniques, Architectural Photography, Computing and CAD (2D Modeling) Interior Design (Residence), Portfolio Presentation.

Course Duration
4 months course / 144 hrs (based on the schedule)

Note: Lotus Professional Certificate in Interior Design will be awarded on completion of 3 pre-professional certificate courses including Residential Interior Design, Commercial Interior Design, and Restaurant & Coffee shop Interior Design, together.

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Graphic Design & Advertising :Advertising is concerned with visual communication through the use of various modern and traditional media. Its major aim is to match the visual communication of products and services to the needs and desires a target audience and applying strong visual techniques to attract the attention of the public. A strong awareness of such audiences is essential to the success of anyone working in advertising. Graphic designers plan, analyze, create, and evaluate visual solutions to communication problems. Their work ranges from the development of strategies to solve communications problems, to the design of effective communication products, such as publications, printmaking, packaging, exhibits, signage and electronic media.This course will see students completing the following major units: ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, DESIGN PRINCIPLES, CREATIVE ADVERTISING, and COMPUTER APPLICATIONS.

Course Duration
72 hours / three months course(based on the schedule)

Note: Lotus Professional Certificate in Graphic Design will be awarded on completion of 3 pre-professional certificatecourses including Graphics and Advertising, Graphics and Logo Design, Graphics and Publishing Design, together.

Digital Photography:This course covers all the vital elements of photography. This course will introduce the student to principles associated with light, optics, cameras, light-sensitive materials, equipment, still and motion-media shooting techniques, chemical mixing, image processing and printing, job control, and photographic finishing. This will also introduce students to photographic techniques like subject placement, lighting, color contrast, shapes and lines, dwindling size perspective, atmospheric perspective, photographic lighting etc. The course will give the student a step-by step, practical tips in getting the best out of the camera with assignments and hands on projects combined with expert classroom tutorials. The topics comes under this course package are the following: A brief history of photography, How the camera works (sensors-CCD-LCD-ISO), Angle, Outdoor Photography, Lighting (flash indoor and out door), Camera Lens Filter: Polarizer’s, UV, ND, etc., Composition, Camera specifications, Understanding digital Pixels, SRL lenses, Using Adobe Photoshop filters, Camera digital Lenses: Focal Length - Aperture and speed, Depth of Field, Camera Auto focus and point of focus, Capturing file as Raw Files and jpg, Image Types and working with raw file and convert to Andre format, White Balance in photography.

Course Duration
72 hours / three months course(based on the schedule)

Note: Lotus Professional Certificate in Digital Photography will be awarded on completion of 3 pre-professional certificate courses including Basic Photography, Documentary Photography, and Studio Photography.

Web Designing:A PHP course designed to enable web developers and others with limited programming experience to build dynamic web sites using the PHP programming language. Since PHP is such a rich and task-specific language, the course covers the most important range of functions in depth, and equips delegates to understand the remaining less essential aspects. Toplics are: HTML Coding, Cascading Style Sheet , PHP & MYSQL Server Database; and the unites of: HTML Coding, Cascading Style sheet, and PHP & MYSQL Server Database.

Course Duration:
46 Hours (based on the schedule).

Note: Lotus Professional Certificate in Web Designing & Development will be awarded on completion of 2 pre-professional certificate courses including Web Desig, and Web Development, together.

Web Development:A PHP course designed to enable web developers and others with limited programming experience to build dynamic web sites using the PHP programming language. Since PHP is such a rich and task-specific language, the course covers the most important range of functions in depth, and equips delegates to understand the remaining less essential aspects. Topics are: HTML Coding, Cascading Style Sheet, PHP & MYSQL Server Database, Basic Java script; and the unites of: PHP & MYSQL Server Database, Build Dynamic website, and Java script.

Course Duration
50 Hours (based on the schedule).

Note: Lotus Professional Certificate in Web Designing & Development will be awarded on completion of 2 pre-professional certificate courses including Web Desig, and Web Development, together.

Painting& Drawing Techniques:Drawing and painting are the foundation skills of making art. This course aims to show the principles, procedure and technical skills of drawing and painting and improving visual skills in a wide variety of media. This course is designed for those embarking on drawing and painting for the first time

This course will see students completing the following major units: HISTORY OF DRAWING & PAINTING, KEYS TO DRAWING, PERSPECTIVE, VISUAL LITRUCURE, COLOR THEORY, and DRAWING TECHNIQUES

Objectives are as follow:

Understanding the rules for successful drawing and painting.
Learning the principles of how to draw what they see.
Identify the elements of visual literacy.
Utilize use of lines effectively.
Analyze and render tones and shading.
Develop monochrome drawing techniques and mediums.
Render tones and shading using colored media.
Learn the colour theory in reference to the color wheel.
Develop an eye for the contrast of colours, referring to famous painters and artists use of color in their work.
Understanding the procedures and techniques for drawing and painting.

2.CERTIFICATE COURSE SUBJECTS (FINE ARTS/VISUAL ARTS)

Duration: Each level of each course-subject is providing in 5 weeks, 30 hrs (weekly 6 hrs, 2 sessions, 3 hrs each)

ART - FUNDAMENTALS: Art History, Visual Literacy, Understanding Colours (elements, composition), Perspective, Keys to Drawing (I-II), Drawing Techniques, Pencil and Graphite, Charcoal and Conte, Scratchboard-Pen-Brush and Ink

DRAWING TECHNIQUES: Pencil and Graphite, Charcoal and Conte, Scratchboard-Pen-Brush and Ink, Figure Drawing I, II, III (muscles, bones & caps, movements, portrait-face, hands, feet), Creative Collage I, II, Mixed Media I, II.

PAINTING TECHNIQUES: (Levels: I, II, II: life style, landscape, portrait; IV, V: developing techniques)
Colour Pencil (I, II, III), Soft Pastel (I, II, III), Oil Pastel (I, II, III), Water Colour (I, II, III), Oil Painting (I-V), Acrylic Painting (I-V).

DESIGN TECHNIQUES:
Traditional: 2D Design (I-II), 3D Design (I-II), Visual Creativity, Typography (I-V), (calligraphy, composition, lettering, adv.)
Digital: Adobe Photoshop (I-III), Corel DRAW (I-III), 3D Max (I-III), 2D AutoCAD (I-III), 3D AutoCAD (I-III)

PHTOGRAPHY: Basic Photography (Camera, Lenses, lights, equipments), Aesthetics Photography (elements, composition), Landscape Photography, Production Photography, Advertising Photography, Portrait Photography, Photographic Photography

ART - SKILLS: Art Project, Art Research, Art Seminar, Art Exhibition, Art Portfolio, Art Internship

3.COURSE DESCRIPTION

Art History: It is a survey of the major period styles of Western European art, from prehistoric times till the twentieth century. Various different cultures and time periods will be studied by through brief examination of the techniques of visual analysis. It includes background information concerning development of styles and movements in art. Major artists and their work will be discussed and critiqued, concerning the technique, form and content. Students will be responsible for preparing lectures and discussions either individually or in group. There will be slides, and gallery and museum visits.

Visual Literacy: Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image. The theory and forms of visual communications and the elements (such as color, shape, texture, scale and motion), composition and analysis techniques will be taught in this course. Since the course involves a hands-on approach to visual literacy, students will experience and develop competencies in the delivery of information by an in-depth look through the modality of the image

Understanding Colours: This course explores the physical and psychological effects of light and colour, colour interaction, relationships and colour perception as the basic principles regarding the use of color in the visual arts through the reference of Johannes Itten’s, The Art of Colour.. Through exercises, students will investigate the science of colour and the ways in which this visual tool can be used to manipulate viewer responses.

Art Materials: This course introduces students to various art media and materials used by visual arts artists. It presents a vast number of expressive ideas, concepts and procedures that occur in the studio setting. Students will learn the basic techniques and skills associated with each art medium as a starting point for any student interested in the arts.

Perspective: This course introduces students to the interactions, interrelations, and analogies between mathematics and arts. The course will discuss a wide range of mathematical topics such as numbers, proportions and numeric sequences, exploring the many places where the fields of mathematics and the visual arts intersect. Students will utilize various media in order to organize design elements with symmetry operations, building effective patterns.

Keys to Drawing: The art of drawing is a combination of hand, eyes and mind. This course is basically for students who don’t have any background in drawing but have the skills to draw. This gives them an introduction to how to draw, how to measure and to the rules of shapes. It gives them the best keys for developing the skills in drawing. It also gives them a brief introduction about art materials used in drawing. Also, Light & Shadow introduces us to the wonderful feature of illusion of light. It helps a great deal to know that light and shadow behave in a logical and consistent pattern. Once we understand this, we have the measure of illusion. This course helps the student in learning how to model forms realistically through the use of light-shadow pattern. The course also discusses shape and the role of light and shadow shapes in strengthening and enriching the design quality of a drawing

Pencil and Graphite: Graphite pencils vary from very hard to very soft, and an artist can build up a range of tones in a drawing by exploiting these physical differences. A range of tones can be achieved by using one pencil, but this involves altering the pressure as you work from light to dark. This method is mainly used for finished pencil drawing rather than quick studies or under drawings. The range of pencil you choose will depend on the subject and how you wish to interpret it.

Charcoal and Conte: Charcoal is one of the fastest media and is one of the least inhibiting media. It can produce bold and fluid lines, and a great host of textures as well as subtle gradations for shadings. Also, Conte crayon is a hard pencil made of admixture of graphite and clay that can be varied for different degrees of hardness. Conte is a black, red or brown chalk. Conte is an attractive and versatile medium allowing for both line and tone work.

Scratchboard-Pen-Brush and Ink: Scratchboard is another innovative technique of drawing using minimalistic materials. Scratchboard is a technique where drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white China clay that is coated with black ink. Scratchboard can also be made with several layers of multi-colored clay. Scratchboard has been found to be one of the best art techniques for its immediacy and graphic qualities. Also, Pen and ink is one of the oldest of all the drawing media. This course helps you discover which type of pen suits you best by trying them out. There are various practical considerations related to the subject matter of the drawing and the effect one wants to achieve. Pens made of different substances give different strokes. The most common type of drawing ink is shellac based ink. Drawing with brushes takes a good deal of practice. The essence of this method of drawing with a brush is controlled spontaneity which is achieved with practice.

Figure Drawing: This course introduces the students to human anatomy, expressive qualities of the human life in a variety of ways and with using different materials. Drawing life proportions can be applied to portraiture, cartooning, illustration, and other fields that use depictions of the human form. Drawing life proportions can be done very simply as in gesture drawing or in more detail using charcoal, pencil, etc. Since the purpose of drawing life proportions is to learn to draw humans of all kinds, models of all ages, shapes, and ethnicities are usually sought.

Mixed Media: Mixed Media Drawings were at one time mainly restricted to traditional techniques. After the artists continued to experiment and push out the boundaries, new and exciting possibilities have begun to emerge. Students can create new picture by combination of different materials. Sometimes it can be even the most mundane of objects which are artistically and creatively used to produce a wonderful piece of art.

Creative Collage: Collage art work is a fascinating composition of different materials with various colours. It is a design created by adhering different materials to a surface and its result can be a three dimensional art work also. This process was widely used by cubist artists and is a popular technique in the contemporary art. It was possibly exploited most notably by Henri Matisse in his wonderful series of abstract and figurative works using cutout paper shapes in brilliant colors. Different techniques of collage are becoming popular and artists are always experimenting with different materials

Colour Pencil: Pencil form and wide variety of colors allows for great creative expression and ease and cleanliness of use. Colored pencil is basically a line medium but solid color and considerable depth of tone can be achieved by overlaying linear marks, using traditional hatching, crosshatching and shading methods. It is possible to some extent to work light over dark with colored pencils. Any type of drawing paper can be used and smooth paper is the most popular choice. For quick sketches, ordinary paper provides an excellent surface.

Pastel (Soft, Oil): Soft pastels are best for broad, painterly effects made with the side of the stick, allowing you to exploit both line and soft color areas. Very light blender is used for soft pastels which are almost pure pigment. Dense and open hatching strokes are best achieved with soft pastel. The course gives insight into different kinds of strokes using pastels. In oil pastels, the pigment is bound with oil giving a dense and greasy texture. The choice of colors is slightly restricted but it is one of the best medium to work since it doesn’t require fixing. Layers of color can be built up with oil pastel in the same way as for soft past pastels and colored pencils. Oil pastel colors can’t be blended by rubbing with a finger but blended effect can be achieved by working one color over into another with a fairly heavy pressure.

Water Colour: Watercolor painting is quite demanding since water is an active and complex partner in the watercolor painting process, changing both the absorbency and shape of the paper when it is wet and the outlines and appearance of the paint as it dries. The difficulty in watercolor painting is almost entirely in learning how to anticipate and leverage the behavior of water. This course will introduce the student to different techniques of watercolor painting such as wet in wet, dry brush, washes and glazes, etc., and teach them in using different kind of papers, brushes and other tools.

Oil and Acrylic Painting (I-V for each): For each medium of Oil and Acrylic, this course during 3 levels for each, is including Classical and Modern paintings. Classical painting introduces the paintings, artists and techniques that have created time honored tradition within classical painting from the Renaissance to the Impressionist period, including Leonardo Da Vinci, Caravaggio and Degas. Students will develop skills in rendering accurate value relationships, “true to life form”, color, proportion, scrambling, glazing, painting “alla prima”, control and texture. The course places emphasis on utilization of value, hue and intensity to convey a sense of light and form. Students will develop critical thinking when engaging in problems and issues in painting. Also, Modern painting explores the historical sources of the abstract painting including both modern and post-modern variations that has been resulted from desire to express a spiritual reality from the representational world to a non-objective one. The course will experiment with techniques and language by combining paint and the formal elements of design, including line, shape, form and color. Through this course, students will be able to develop their creative painting skills by creating a piece of art that reflect what they think, feel and imagine.

2D Design: Design will focus on the fundamental principles of visual expression and communication in the form of two-dimensional design. Students will learn to organize visual images by understanding visual elements, line, shape, tone, texture and volume. Also they will examine various design principles such as repetition, variety and movement, in order to gain a competence in two-dimension design of creative and intelligent imagery

3D Design: This course introduces students to basic design principles and elements in developing 3D compositions. Students will work with modular theories, materials and ideas as well as intuitive responses in order to manipulate various materials in the three-dimensional design world. Projects that cover the importance of line, plane and mass are used to heighten the students’ perceptions of forms in space.

Typography: This course will explore the foundation of letter styling in both calligraphy and typography with an insight into its historical background, technical and aesthetic issues and execution of lettering for reproduction. Students will investigate the basic aspects of letterform through a variety of projects and exercises. The computer is employed to introduce the student to the basic principles of typographic design and typesetting. Typography is the design and use of typefaces as a means of visual communication. The art and practice of typography began with the invention of moveable type and the printing press. The unique course of Islamic Typography at Lotus is a combination of Art subjects and Graphic subjects with focusing on history of Sacred Arts and developing stages of scripts and oriental/traditional arts in Islamic culture and countries.

Adobe Photoshop (I, II, III): This course introduces students to Adobe Photoshop, the world-standard image editing software. This course covers the comprehensive range of tools and capabilities provided by Photoshop as well as photo manipulation and correction techniques. Adobe Photoshop is used around the world to create the highest quality images for brochures, web sites, presentations, and many more.

CorelDRAW (I, II, III): This course will teach the student how to use Corel Draw. This software is an industry leader in PC graphics and vector illustration, setting the standard for easy-to-use and affordable PC graphics for designers and business users. CorelDraw is used around the world to create high quality images for printing, brochures, web sites, presentations, and much more. This software can also be used for graphic and Layout Design, Interior Design, Photography and web Designing.

3D Max: 3D Max It's a way to get a detailed knowledge and training for using the programmes of 3Ds. 3D Max is useful in the field of Graphic Drawing Aid, through upgrading three levels, starting with shapes, modeling, modify, materials, lighting, animation, ending with rendering and configuration.

AutoCAD (2D and 3D): It's a way to get a detailed knowledge and training for using the largest and most important programmes in the field of Graphic Drawing Aid, through upgrading three levels, starting with 2Dimension to 3Dimention modeling and customizing.

Landscape Photography: A landscape is a picture of the land and its aggregate natural features. However, if natural scenery dominates an image, it can probably be accurately termed a landscape, even though there may be a farmhouse in the distance, a city skyline on the horizon or a road or path in the foreground. It will introduce the student into photographic aspects like correct shutter speed, using filters, balancing the backgrounds, digital blending, using slide or transparency film, tripod etc.

Production Photography: This course will expose you to the full extent of professional Production Photography; from taking a commission to delivering the final artwork. You will be responsible for each stage, from start to finish. Direct your own shoot, select the appropriate settings, models and themes for your photographs, arrange the sets and lighting, manage the production and complete your commissions.

Portrait Photography: Portrait Photography has been around since the invention of the camera. It is a popular commercial industry all over the world. This course in Portrait Photography will introduce students to technique in portrait photography such as lighting, positioning, etc. It will give an insight into how to manipulate Photoshop to get a good image, texturing the photos and exposure to light. The course will cover topics on lighting, composing, black and white pictures, creating close-up pictures, groups and portraits, using self timer, etc.

Modeling Photography: With the emergence of advertising and fashion magazines, Fashion Photography has become a hot topic of learning among photographers. In this course the students will learn to produce creative fashion images, to make beautiful photos, the fundamentals of preparing for a fashion shoot, and then setting up and photographing a fashion shoot. The course will cover topics like putting together a story board, finding shooting locations, preparations before shooting etc. Overall the course will give valuable information combined with hand-on work and assignments which will prepare the students to pursue their interest with confidence

Art-Skills: Topics: Art Project, Art Research, Art Seminar, Art Exhibition, Art Portfolio, Art Internship.