« Back to Class Finder
Class title

204-F Portfolio Development

Next Class: Fall 2008

$350.00

Class description
204-F Portfolio Development Having a developed portfolio will greatly increase the decorative painter's ability to demonstrate their craft to potential clients. A portfolio is not just a catalogue of your finishes, it is much, much more. The overall objective of this one-day course is to teach you how to design and build several types of portfolios that will enable you to effectively present your conceptual processes to prospective clients. By using the conceptual board process,You will also be able to translate the client needs into a full working project/decorative finish. You will conduct hands-on exercises to develp and refine basic potfolio concepts, and with the instructor you will begin to build an advanced portfolio that will illustrate your business process and generate high profile clients.
Subjects to be covered (lecture)

Portfolio systems 1hr

Conceptual portfolios 1hr

Effective communication 1/2hr

Inspirational Portfolios 1/2 hr

Portfolio design 1hr

Portfolio building 2hrs

Techniques to be covered (hands on)

Portfolio Building 2 hr

Portfolio Presentation 1/2 hr

Case Studies 1 hr
Materials and tools required

2 case studies

Inspirational photographs

3 ring binder

Portfolio case

Materials from jobs
(fabrics,tile,color selections)

Notebook

Camera
Instructor
André Martinez