Course Overview

Develop your artistic confidence and bring your ideas to life through drawing. This practical, hands-on course introduces essential drawing skills while encouraging creativity, experimentation, and personal expression.

Learn how to accurately observe and interpret the world around you through traditional drawing techniques, while exploring experimental approaches that push creative boundaries. You'll gain experience using a variety of drawing tools and media and learn professional finishing and presentation techniques to showcase your work with confidence.

Whether you're looking to enhance your creative practice, support a career pathway, start a small creative business, or simply develop a new skill, this course provides a strong foundation in drawing and visual communication.

By the end of the course, you'll have developed the skills and knowledge needed to respond to opportunities or challenges related to employment, creative enterprise, small business development, or career transition. You'll leave with a portfolio of drawings that demonstrate both technical ability and creative exploration.

Locations Rotorua, Tauranga
Next intake Aug 2026 View more details
Study options

part-time
Total credits N/A
Indicative Fees No tuition fee for domestic students View full fees information
Eligibility View entry criteria

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Topic Overview

  • Observational drawing techniques 
  • Experimental drawing techniques
  • Drawing tools and applications 
  • Finishing and presentation skills
     

Course Fees

Indicative Fees * No tuition fee for domestic students

Your final fee may vary if:

  • you have a choice of topics/papers to study
  • the qualification excludes GST
  • there are extra course materials to purchase
  • student levies apply

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Course Entry Information

Entry Criteria

Standard Entry Criteria

Admission, entry, selection, and enrolment into programmes will be in accordance with the Academic Regulations and/or, where approved, specific programme regulations.

English Language Requirements

Level 3 certificate IELTS General or Academic score of 5 with no band score lower than 5 or completed New Zealand Certificate in English Language Level 3 with an endorsement of either General, Workplace or Academic, or meets a relevant English Proficiency Outcome as outlined by NZQA.

Course Locations and Intake Information

Location Campus Start Date
Rotorua Mokoia Campus 3 Aug 2026 Apply now
Tauranga Windermere Campus 14 Aug 2026 Apply now
Rotorua Mokoia Campus 25 Sep 2026 Apply now

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