Painting with p5.js teaches the fundamentals of Javascript and the creative coding library p5.js. In 3 hands-on sessions, you will paint and sketch while exploring the expressive capabilities of working with code. You will look at historical pieces of creative software and examine how they enable expression that can only be achieved on a digital canvas. By the end of the workshop, you will leave with new coding skills and a creative tool of your own making.

• Learn the basics of Javascript and p5.js
• Design and build a tool for painting and sketching
• Build an understanding of code as a creative medium

Week 1 – Color, Shape and Fonts

The first week you will be introduced to using a code as a creative medium. You will cover the basics of Javascript, p5.js and the web editor where you’ll be writing code.

Week 2 – Interactions

You will learn how to make your sketches more dynamic and engaging through integrating input from the user’s mouse and keyboards to make them interactive.

Week 3 – Animation and Presentation

To close out the class, you will add motion to your code and present your painting and sketching apps.

Romello Goodman is a designer, educator and artist located in Washington, DC. His practice explores code as a creative medium in various forms and methods. In the past he has taught Graphic Design at MICA and as part of Cooper Union's Type@Cooper program. He believes in a world of computing that includes artists, creatives, designers, engineers, and you.

Index scholarships are designed to benefit underrepresented groups, BIPOC members of our community, and those for whom the class price is not accessible. These need-based scholarships will go to the candidates who best demonstrate why they should be chosen for the free spot to our class based on the following criteria:

• Belong to groups that are traditionally underrepresented in the graphic design and creative industries
• Do not have jobs that would pay for these courses as professional development
• Cannot independently afford the class at list price
• Share our value of intentional community

The number of selected applicants chosen is subject to the discretion of Index and the instructor, but every course will select at least one. Apply for a scholarship here. Applications close October 4th.

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