This course meets high standards of artistic education. It offers a college-level challenge, and it helps develop a corresponding quality of art works. Students of this course know the basics of drawing and painting*, and are now looking for perfection of their skills, or for a unique artistic voice, and for that final touch that makes good artworks great. 

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Upon request, we help students with high school or college art portfolio preparation.

Example: portfolio of Maria Teplova (accepted in top US art colleges). 

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*All programs that cover beginner teen drawing and painting are offered as online courses.

Beginner teen students can also join Advanced Teen classes if they prefer in-studio instruction. They will be working on All About Drawing / All About Painting courses programs. It is possible because all students of Advanced Teens course work on personal projects according to individual plans created for each of them by the teacher.

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We respect each creative individuality and allow students to work on projects of their personal interest at a comfortable pace. However, we often have a general theme of a class like cast drawing, live model painting, figure drawing, character & location design, digital painting, sculpting, fan art, creative composition. It's up to a student if he/she wants to join the group or work on a personal project.

 

To see galleries of students' works on each topic, please click on a link:

 

• Creative self-portrait

• Live portrait painting

• Portrait from a photo reference

• Sculpting a head/ torso

• Live model sketching

• Character design

• Classical still life painting

• Creative compositin with an emphasis on emotion

• Pencil study of plaster forms

• White charcoal drawing (still life or casts)

• Master copy (including creative)

• Fan Art sculpting (small figurine)

 

See more artworks in our blog:

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We also invite college representatives for students' portfolio review.

Recent visits:

• Visit from Art Center of Design

• Visit from the University of the Arts

• Visit from Laguna College of Arts and Design

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Sample instructional video:

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