2 hours weekly, online: $150 monthly  in-studio:  $170 monthly 

Fall-Winter semester, online: $485  in-studio:  $550

High-quality art materials are included in the in-studio price. Sibling 15% off)

Similar progam for kids 4-7 years olds

The vivid imagination of youths and rational thinking of adults, excellent memory, and instant creativity, this amazing age has all the learning benefits you can imagine. Sometimes it's hard to believe how much a kid of this age can learn during one two-hour lesson.

Each lesson covers an important art concept, needed for fluent representational drawing and painting. It is combined with an intro to a cultural phenomenon: a style, and epoch, or a single artist. Students get to create their original artworks from scratch within the guidelines of the topic. Each topic can be adjusted to a variety of levels, from beginners to advanced.

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Art teaching is an interactive process. We start a lesson with a short lecture and demonstration (live in studios, pre-recorded for online lessons). Teachers provide advice, help, correct the digital image of a student's work, explain what works in particular cases and what does not, and why.

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This year, we are allowed to open in-studio classes with a reduced number of students, and in stable groups. To reduce the in-person contacts,  we can not mix students between the groups, neither can we offer one-time trials in person. Therefore trial classes and make-ups are available online only. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Sample instructional video:

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Our curriculum covers all major art concepts, such as drawing humans, animals, portraits, landscapes; working with watercolor, acrylics, pastels, pencils, and clay. Some of our instructional videos can be found on youtube for free, available for public use. However, we believe that comprehensive artistic development is impossible without teacher's custom guidance and feedback.

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Sample galleries of students' works (click on the links to see the pictures):

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Greek Vases: designing a unique black/red-figure vase 

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Fayum Portrait: understanding facial anatomy and proportions, learning to draw faces alike​

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Medieval Manuscripts: creating an original design with a student's initial​

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Classical Landscape: understanding areal perspective, learning to draw clouds, trees, water, etc

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Sculpting a coin: creating a coin with an original design

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Chinese Watercolor: mastering watercolor brushstrokes

Fall-Winter curriculum:

ART HISTORY APPLIED

Recommended to students of 1st and 2nd year of art instruction at our school.

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Art of Asia.

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September 1 - September 5, 2021.

Chinese vases. Understanding symmetry, designing a unique vase. Paper, pencil, markers.

Week of September 6-12, 2021.

Painting Koi Fish. Basic watercolor technique. Sketch paper, brushes.

Week of September 13-19, 2021.

Sculpting a Chinese Dragon. Clay.

Week of September 20-26, 2021.

Animals of Korean Folktales. Intro to animal anatomy.

Week of September 27 - October 3, 2021.

Odissi dancer. Understanding human proportions). Pastels.

Week of October 4-9, 2021.

Indian shadow puppets. Ramayana. Intro to human movements. Construction paper /thin cardboard, 

Week of October 11-17, 2021.

Sculpting a lucky cat. Clay, paint.

Week of October 18-24, 2021.

Day of the Dead/ Halloween poster. Construction paper, acrylic paint.

Week of October 25-31, 2021.

Japanese woodblock prints. Fall-inspired collage. Construction paper of foliage colors.

Medieval European Art.

Week of November 1-7, 2021.

Medieval paintings of mom and baby. Learning about differences in proportions of adults and children.

Material of a choice.

Week of November 8-14, 2021.

Medieval zodiac signs. Watercolor/markers, watercolor paper, pencil, eraser.

Week of November 15 - 21, 2021.

Medieval comic art.

Week of November 29- December 5, 2021.

Arab word art.

Week of December 6 - 12, 2021

Sculpting a Christmas ornament / Small Figurine.

Week of December 13-19, 2021.

Painting a winter landscape.

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KIDS 8-12 YRS schedule for Fall-Winter

Materials:

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Paint:
- set of acrylic paint (at least these colors - black, white. red. blue. yellow, green. brown, orange, purple). Recommended brand - Basics by Liquitex 
- watercolor paint, preferably in dry pans form. Recommended brand - Artist’s Loft by Michaels
Set of soft pastels. Recommended brand - Artist’s Loft by Michaels 

Drawing Medium:
- regular HB pencil
- eraser
- optional: set of graphite pencils of different softness (2H, H, B, 2B, 4B etc)
- colored pencils. Recommended brand - Prismacolor 
- optional: markers. Recommended brand - Copics 
- liners or sharpie pens. 

Tools:
- brushes - flat and round (pointy). Use separate brushes for acrylic and watercolor paint.
- wooden clay sculpting tools
- paper plates for mixing paint
- water bucket or cup
- scissors 
- glue stick

Clay:
- Air-dry clay - white. Recommended brand - Crayola 
- Oven baked clay - white. Recommended brand - Sculpey 
- Modeling clay - multiple colors. Recommended brand - Claytoon 

Surfaces:
- painting boards or mixed media paper, 8’’x10'’ or bigger - good for acrylic paint, coloring pencils, markers and graphite pencils.
- canvases, 8’’x10’’ or bigger - for acrylic paint only
- watercolor paper, 8’’x10’’ or bigger - for watercolor paint
- sketchbook or loose sketch paper (printing paper is ok) - any size
- construction paper (multiple colors), 11’’x14’’ or bigger