Overview of Forensic Art Classes
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Most of our composite training occurs in a 40-hour, one-week format. The classes are held throughout the country by invitations from hosting agencies. After our basic training, Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement, participants are able to immediately start drawing composites for their agency. Additional training is suggested to continue to add additional skills. Brief class descriptions are below. To view our short courses, click here.
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| Composite Drawing Seminar | | Learn to rotate a face in and out of profile, draw profiles, and color composites. Hands-on practical exercises. | | Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement | | (Class dates and location) |
| Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement | | This is our basic course that presents the most important skills and
information needed to become a composite artist. This class is intended for
law enforcement personnel regardless of drawing ability. Class includes the
cognitive interview, drawing the human face, Caucasian/Negroid males,
Hispanic males, supplies, identification, identification systems, standard
operating systems, vocabulary, history, and hands-on composites using two
methods. | | Prerequisite: A strong desire to learn | | Dalton, GA, Saratoga, CA , Beltsville, MD |
| Composite Drawing Workshop I | | This course serves as a refresher and skill development program for those students who desire to upgrade and expand their skills in the composite drawing field. Course includes instruction on aging the face, multiple witness interviews, Drawing women-Caucasian/Negroid, accessory items-baseball hats, glasses, Mongolian male and female racial groups, and heavy faces. | | Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement, or permission of the instructor | | (Class dates and location) |
| Composite Drawing Workshop II | | This course serves as a refresher and skill development program for those students who desire to upgrade and expand their skills in the composite drawing field. Course includes instruction on interviewing children for composites, interviewing signs of deception, interviewing the elderly for composites, composites without reference photos, memory, drawing teeth, drawing profiles. | | Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement or permission of the instructor | | (Class dates and location) |
| Composite Drawing Workshop III | | This workshop is a refresher and challenge to the working composite artist. New skills are presented and there is an extensive review of older skills | | Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement or permission of the instructor | | (Class dates and location) |
| Composite Drawing Certification | | Participants seeking formal acknowledgment of their training and drawing skills in comparison to other artists are encouraged to attend this certification training. | | Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement and workshop I, or permission of the instructor | | (Class dates and location) |
| Advanced Forensic Art | | This course provides additional forensic skills beyond composite drawing which include facial reconstruction, aging of missing children, and other subjects. | | Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement or permission of the instructor | | (Class dates and location) |
| Facial Reconstruction and Unknown Remains | | This course covers fundamentals of three-dimensional (clay) and two-dimensional (drawing) of skeletal remains. In addition, participants will work on unknown remains from photographic references.
Some drawing skill needed, however, participants will receive additional facial feature instruction. | | Prerequisite: Some drawing experience | | (Class dates and location) |
| Forensic Drawing for Medical Examiners and Support Personnel | | This course assumes no drawing ability on the part of the participant. Students are taught right-brain drawing to assist in the identification of unknown remains as well as other skills. It is designed for law enforcement, students, medical personnel, or other interested in this field. | | Prerequisite: No Prerequisite | | (Class dates and location) |
| Demonstrative Evidence: From Crime Scene to Courtroom | | This course provides training in preparing trial charts and investigative aids for various departments. It assumes no drawing ability on the part of the participant. It is designed for law enforcement, attorneys and those working for attorneys as well as those interested this field. | | Prerequisite: No Prerequisite | | (Class dates and location) |
| Secrets to Realistic Drawing | | This five day workshop will turn your "happy face" into portraits. Learn how to draw accurate, detailed drawings that can form the foundation for all your artistic goals. Class fee is $465. Class size is limited. | | Prerequisite: none | | (Class dates and location) |
| Watercolor Portraits | | Regardless of your watercolor background or experience, learn how to paint portraits using a variety of techniques. You will be able to paint your own images by the end of the week. Five day workshop. Class fee $465. Class size is limited. | | Prerequisite: | | (Class dates and location) |
| Advanced Drawing | | For returning students, this five day workshop continues to hone your drawing skills and stretches you to a higher level of drawing. Class fee $465. Class size is limited. | | Prerequisite: Basic drawing class | | (Class dates and location) |
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