Develop your drawing and painting skills while you learn digital media.

Grossmont College Offered at Grossmont College – Spring 2025
Digital Drawing and Painting – ART 177 • Section 1177

student work

Suitable for beginner or advanced students

  • Learn foundational drawing and painting skills plus digital painting simultaneously
  • Receive individual support and guidance
    • There are approximately 20 students
  • Receive large professional quality prints of your assignments
  • Understand color and light or gain a greater mastery
  • Learn how to paint a portrait, still life, landscape, and a comic (sequential narrative)
  • Make digital paintings that incorporate color and design principles to achieve a sense of style, dimension and depth
  • Learn how to paint in Photoshop or on your own software/device – no experience needed
  • Receive and participate in safe, supportive critiques
  • Draw and paint directly on a 24 inch digital screen display – Xencelabs Pen Display 4K UHD
    Xencelabs Pen Display 24

Spring 2025 Registration begins November 12th, 2024. Open Registration begins December 5th, 2024

Apply or enroll at Grossmont College and register for this course:

Click here for tuition and fees

2025 Spring class sessions are face-to-face at the Grossmont College campus in El Cajon.

The Spring 2025 semester starts February 3 and ends June 2, 2024.
Monday & Wednesday, from 12:30 – 3:35pm.

Your instructor is Jeff Kahn. He was awarded a Certificate of Recognition for Faculty Excellence. Jeff has been helping students improve their visual and digital art skills at colleges in San Diego County for many years. (click here to learn more)

  • The course is 3 units
  • Transfers to both UC/CSU
  • No textbook, no prerequisite
  • Building 20, Room 105
  • The classroom is a Safe ZoneLGBTQ

student art

All artwork was created by students during Jeff’s course. Enjoy more outstanding student work and one video from the instructor – see below. Please don’t be intimidated by the quality of their work. Many of my students are beginners and are not as accomplished.

This speed-painting demonstration is one example of my instruction. It was not traced – it utilizes sight-size drawing techniques.

Below are student artwork examples created while enrolled in this course.

The student artwork and copyrights belong to the students. Image usage has been granted to the college for art department promotion.