So just a quick update today. There aren’t really any illustration courses offered in Sydney. So the only place I could see myself studying illustration at is at the University of Hertfordshire. I really wanted to do their idesigni.co.uk top up illustration degree. But that would cost a grand total of about four thousand pound, which works out to about £288/month. I am still seriously considering enrolling, but I need to be able to commit to studying for 16 months part time with enough spare time to be able to produce decent work.
So as a sort of go-between, last May I decided to sign up to #ilustaller, but unfortunately had to postpone that because I had too much stuff going on what with the NEIS course and everything. The good news is that I enrolled again, this time in both the beginner and intermediate courses simultaneously.
So why #ilustaller? What is #ilustaller?
Ilustaller, pronoucned “illustayer” [rough translation illustration workshop], is a Spanish illustration course that operates online from Bogotá, Colombia. Yes, you read that right. Bogota, Colombia. It is run by Carlos Higuera.
The thing is, it only costs US$100 for a course that lasts 4 weeks I think. I think it is extremely good value. As a kind of bonus, it will be fun to practise my Spanish again after not really speaking or listening to it properly for about two years. So the way I look at it, it is an Illustration course and a Spanish refresher course all rolled into one.
I completely missed day one of classes. And then today I missed the first 30 minutes of the intermediate course. Oh well. I feel like a proper art student now. So far Carlos has been understanding and welcoming.
The good news is that I have already drawn some quick ‘sketches’… I’ll share those with you all next week. I’ll probably sign up to the advanced course a bit later on, because some of the other work is of quite a high standard all things considered.
Chao,
Les