David Davies

I am a qualified teacher of Art educated to Masters level. I specialise in providing tuition that will provide students with the depth of knowledge, technical skills and confidence in visual exploration. In order to broaden and deepen visual development I teach effective ways by which to approach research, idea development and review and evaluation of strengths and weaknesses throughout.

In short:

Breadth and depth of research = increased awareness and broader range of idea development = focused, extended and relevant exploration of materials, techniques and processes = final artwork encompassing visual impact and conceptual depth.

All of these combined provide the student with the opportunity to produce visually engaging and relevant art. The likely by-product of this would be a higher overall grade.

My Art & Design Specialisms (in no particular order):

• Fine art painting – oils, acrylic and mixed media (including experimental assemblage)
• Illustration – digital, traditional and mixed media (all formats/subject matter)
• Life drawing
• Digital Photography – all genres (studio & location)
• Digital image editing – all aspects
• Software expertise – Adobe Photoshop (26+yrs), Illustrator (26+yrs), InDesign (11+yrs), After Effects (12+yrs), Rush (2+yrs) and Microsoft Office (20+yrs), Mac and PC platforms
• Digital photography – all genres (studio & location)
• Digital image editing – all aspects
• Design for print – application of industry specs e.g. image resolution, Pantone aware, file formatting
• Image generation for design development – photography, scanned imagery, illustration etc
• Content development and production for web (Magento, Shopify, Amazon, eBay) and social media (Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter and Instagram) – superimposition, colour calibration, image resolution, file formatting
• Packaging/merchandise design – templates and construction of packaging and application of surface graphics, POS
• Promotional design – merchandise, posters, flyer design, brochure design, social media etc
• Typography (traditional, Post-Modernist, experimental)
• Logo design and brand development
• Desktop publishing
• Copywriting
• Infographics
• Concept development and visual realisation/application – all formats/platforms
• Storyboarding – film and animation