Web and 3D design classes for ages 10–16
Two different crafts under one heading. Web design goes from a first page — text, images, colour, layout — to a responsive multi-page site your child plans and builds themselves. 3D design goes from primitive shapes to finished modelled objects, ready to render or print, in either a short 8-class introduction or a 16-class track that builds a portfolio.
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What your child will be able to do
- Build and style a real web page, and explain how the browser turns that into what you see
- Make a site that works on a phone as well as a laptop, rather than one that only looks right on the machine it was built on
- Model an object in 3D from a plan, not by pushing shapes around until something appears
- End with work that can be shown to someone — a site with a link, or rendered pieces
What you need before the first class
- A computer or laptop. 3D modelling in particular needs a real screen and a mouse
- No design experience needed for Web Design Basic or the 8-class 3D introduction
- Web Design Advanced assumes a first web page has already been built
Questions parents ask
- Is this coding or is it art?
- Web design is both — it is real HTML and CSS, so there is code, but the decisions are visual. 3D design is closer to making things than to programming, and it suits children who like building more than typing.
- Can my child actually 3D print what they make?
- The models are built to be printable, and children who have access to a printer do print them. You do not need one — the same work renders as images, and most students finish that way.
- Which comes first, web or 3D?
- They are independent, so start with whichever your child is drawn to. There is no order and neither is a prerequisite for the other.