Creative Foundation Programme

Flexibility Fluency Imaginative Elaboration

The Creativity Craze

Aim of the chapter :

Creativity elevates social and emotional development by integrating feelings with tasks. By asking the child to paint, draw, or tell a story, about how they're feeling we encourage them to express themselves better. These types of activities help children, who are not able to verbalize, or express their feelings.

The art of observation

Aim of the chapter :

Detail includes observational & auditory skills to document any detail asap. The initiation of any type of direct or statemented art is the capability to reflect and capture the real world. Observational art/design is drawing or painting from life sotoonvey and interpret people and objects as faithfully as possible. Creative minds must see all the details of a scene and reproduce them.

Make the difference with line, shape, forms & colours

Aim of the chapter :

Composition is what guides our eyes through any piece of art and gives importance to the subject about the rest of the components. Composition through flow, direction, and visual balance, helps drive the story behind the child's work and grabs viewer's the attention.

Introduction to design thinking

Aim of the chapter :

Design thinking is an educational approach that stresses creative problem solving for children with the added value of an entrepreneurial outlook. It's an approach that could and should lead to more creative minds evolving entrepreneurship - or at least, to a more entrepreneurial way of facing challenges in the future.

Introduction to perspective

Aim of the chapter :

Perspective drawing techniques aims to create the linear illusion of depth. As objects get further away from the viewer they appear to decrease in size at a constant rate. This very sensation needs to be visually built among children to draw things in correct way possible.

Expressing 3D forms in 2D Planes

Aim of the chapter :

The skill of drawing things in 3D or in the most realistic way possible on a 2D plane is important to understand various aspects of realism. It provides a level of understanding in depth that rough sketches or 2D objects can be interpreted as 3D after adding depth & shadow. It also helps explore the physical aspects of any art or design without surrendering to physical limitations

Introduction to logical thinking

Aim of the chapter :

Logical thinking, in combination with other cognitive skills, is an important skill children use during all kinds of daily situations. It helps you to make important decisions, discern the truth, solve problems, come up with new ideas and set achievable goals.

Nature Study, life drawing & Composition

Aim of the chapter :

NATURE-STUDY, as a process, is seeing the things that one looks at, and the drawing of proper conclusions from what one sees. Its purpose is to educate the child in terms of his environment, to the end that his life may be fuller and richer.

Creative Exercises

1. Cut & glue - explore various shapes & their combinations
2. Make composition with pebbles & sand.
3. Clay modelling - basic forms
4. Making composition using paper collage.
5. Make best out of waste - anything you like.
6. Practice sketches without eraser - build your confidence.

Analytical Exercises :

1. Plan out how to achieve your life goals using flow chart
2. Write a small paragraph on what can be the best thing you want to create & why ?
3. Click photographs of natural patters & sequences that you find in nature.
4. Make your own puzzle and let others solve it.
5. Overlap multiple images to find a common natural element.

Mind's eye Versatile Pro-fantasm Adaptability

The Creativity Booster

Aim of the chapter :

This module aims to emphasize the previously taught module ‘Creative Craze' with advanced concepts, applications & exercises. This critical life skill enables the child to connect the dots and see the bigger picture, and it's definitely worth developing in kids at an early stage. Creative thinking promotes imagination and concentration.

The art of visual story telling

Aim of the chapter :

Visual storytelling can help make complex stories easier to understand and, as a result, deliver a more impactful message. This is exactly what creative people intend to do. Designers find solution, by simplifying complex things. And it is just not about making comic books! Expressing ideas through concept sketching is an integral part of any creative medium in today's age. It makes stories as imaginative, modern and relevant for readers as they could possibly be.

The joy of colours

Aim of the chapter :

This module clearly aims to help the student understand the importance & application of colour in all the creative forms of expression. Colour allows us to feel certain emotions - sometimes without us even noticing! Warm colours can make us feel happy and excited while cold colours can make us feel sad or reserved. Colours also tell us stories without any words even being said.

Introduction to lateral thinking

Aim of the chapter :

Lateral thinking means the ability to create multiple ways of approaching problems and dealing with different business situations. You're motivated by alternative methods of operation, and care less about 'doing things the right way' or having to follow certain procedures to get by.

Application of perspective

Aim of the chapter :

This module aims to help students to be familiar with different angles & aspects of real life vision. Perspective is possibly the most feared aspect of learning how to draw. The mere word "perspective" makes many a hand tremor. But it's not the basic rules of perspective that are hard.

Make your own equipment

Aim of the chapter :

This module aims to create things based on the desire of the students and course objectives. Creative individuals use these skills to generate ideas to meet market demands and develop excellent visuals for user experiences while incorporating a business's brand into the product.

Learn to lead I

Aim of the chapter :

This module aims to groom the young creative minds are the future leaders. The goal is for the speaker to be understood. Verbal communication activities do not just teach verbal communication skills. They can also help employees others leadership skills, build a cohesive team foundation and develop critical thinking skill. Presentation skills help create innovative ideas when students come up with creative and interesting slides to illustrate their talk. The use of presentation aids makes for a much more interesting talk.

Out-door study (with rendering mediums)

Aim of the chapter :

This module aims to master the laws of visual documentation means in the open air. Learning this skill requires a careful study of nature. The growth of professional skill and the study of nature are separate interconnected processes that shape the artist.

Creative Exercises :

1. Try to ask minimum 5 questions on every topic you are being taught.
2. Creativity helps you to find solutions - intend to find solutions for whatever problem you see around you.
3. Draw whatever you see and render with best possible medium.
4. Be master at what you are best at .

Analytical Exercises :

1. Write a short note on why do you consider yourself to be creative?
2. Have you figured out your dream yet? If yes what & how are you going to fulfil it?
3. Make a list on what are the topics you think that young artists/designers should know & propose it to your faculty.
4. Learn whatever you want!

Creativity = Surprise + Originality + Beauty + Utility

Target Students (Sample Group) :

1. Sample Sub-group (on basis of age) : 10-15 yrs.
2. Sample Sub-group (on basis of skill) : Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Sample Situation Analysis (SSA) :

Gap Analysis :

• Background research work reveals that stakeholders or the potential clients of such programmes are the parents & mostly teenage school students (10-15), among which few are found to be clear about their future ambitions involving creativity, while the rest are yet to figure out.
• Students who are already having direction, look for planned & proper guidance to reach their goals and rest can also be inspired / influenced to experience the creative ambience. Delivering knowledge with navigation is important.
• Most of the parents are unaware that creativity is not only about drawing lines and putting colour on paper. The reason being, not much awareness about the creative mediums of expression among people. Spread of creative awareness is required.
• Market study & analysis shows that, at present, educational sectors focusing on college pre-reach & entrance examinations or of same business agenda, are mostly focused on the age group 16-18 yrs.
• Challenge is to maintain the continuous flow of the learning curve for children of various age group in a gradual flow without repeating the topics. The course is to be designed by considering the age group to be the secondary parameter while development of skill to be the primary one.
• Thus we reach the conclusion that the course work shall be divided in beginner, intermediate & moderate level of depth to the subject which can be opted by any age group depending of their skillset. The basic key module shall deal with same topic but with higher difficulty level & complex exercises as a student go forward from beginner to advanced level.

Pedagogy Design :

Part I : Components used in determining the pedagogy model.

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History of art & design

Aim of the chapter :

Art history provide means by which we can understand our human past and its relationship to our present, because the act of making art is one of humanity's most ubiquitous activities. As an art historian you will learn about this rich and fundamental strand of human culture.

Basic categorization of art & design

Aim of the chapter :

Module aims to understand the cultural settings in which artists & designers work, the forces that cause change, and the kind of changes that result. In this, being right is not as important as being organized to pursue the right option in future.

The joy of colours

Aim of the chapter :

This module clearly aims to help the student understand the importance & application of colour in all the creative forms of expression. Colour allows us to feel certain emotions - sometimes without us even noticing! Warm colours can make us feel happy and excited while cold colours can make us feel sad or reserved. Colours also tell us stories without any words even being said.

Introduction to lateral thinking

Aim of the chapter :

Lateral thinking means the ability to create multiple ways of approaching problems and dealing with different business situations. You're motivated by alternative methods of operation, and care less about 'doing things the right way' or having to follow certain procedures to get by.

Architects & Architecture

Aim of the chapter :

Architecture, being an interdisciplinary field includes both art & architecture in its base. Knowledge of architecture & its history gives an understanding of the ideas that were important to and shaped past societies. A building can reveal much about the society that produced it influencing relevant art & design of that particular era.

What influences you the most ?

Aim of the chapter :

This module aims to navigate students towards their suitable career choice as per their known capabilities and skills that they discovered being a part of AFA creative foundation programme. To express about their dream, determination & expectation from the subject. Faculties do need to shape the minds as per their desired career choices.

Learn to lead II

Aim of the chapter :

This module focuses on developing artistic / designer's / architect's attitude to tackle sudden situations and hardships designers come across in their path of professionalism. Creative careers are generally interestingly challenging that require good handling & management skills.

Business, Creativity & Entrepreneurship

Aim of the chapter :

This module clearly aims to creative minds leads to generation of novel innovative ways of doing business. Exploring new niches and generating new ideas lead to efficiency and eventually give an entrepreneur the required edge over the competition.

Creative entrance exams, careers & institutions

Aim of the chapter :

This module aims to spread awareness of the ways multiple creative professions students have to strategically opt for. The notable institutions, specialization offered and prospects.