Live online classes
Live online classes designed for beginners through advanced artists across drawing, painting, and mixed media.
RecordingOnline4 lessons
Learn to overcome the fear of mistakes and the resistance to making corrections. Working directly with pen and ink on smooth mixed media paper, we will create a figure drawing, striving for capturing the pose. We want the proportions to be off from the first go, because then we can create pentimenti!
RecordingOnline6 lessons
Do you want to push your art to the creative limit and enrich your palette of new techniques? In this course, you’ll learn several applications of mixed media by combining gouache and oil pastels in five creative ways. Learn how gouache can complement oil pastels and how oil pastels can improve a gouache painting.
RecordingOnline6 lessons
This course introduces a playful yet deeply thoughtful way of working, inviting you to see collage as a legitimate fine art medium, capable of nuance, realism, and storytelling; combining classic art with this contemporary medium. Whether you're a seasoned artist or just beginning your creative journey, you’ll come away with a new understanding of how to build and layer a collaged portrait while minding temperature, tone, and proportions. For all levels, though drawing experience will be helpful.
RecordingOnline4 lessons
Learn how to create portraits in a more expressive, abstract way, instead of the traditional, representational style. Abstract art offers a totally different experience of freedom and self-expression, it liberates you from perfectionism which often causes artist block - and you still will be able to achieve the likeness!
RecordingOnline12 lessons
In this course, you will learn how to raise the value of your work by means of framing. However, framing is expensive! Olya will teach you her secret technique on how to build your own framing, inexpensive but elegant and rich, that fits the style of the artwork - to help you showcase your work at home, or raise its appeal to galleries or interior designers.
RecordingOnline6 lessons
This beginner-friendly course breaks down the process of drawing the human figure into simple, reliable steps - helping you overcome intimidation, understand anatomy, and confidently capture the body’s form, movement, and character.
RecordingOnline6 lessons
Create powerful abstract artworks using mixed media, words, and imagery. In this course, you'll experiment with newspaper clippings, magazine pages, and a variety of paper textures to build a piece that goes beyond traditional painting. By the end of the course, you'll have four ready to hang pieces and a deeper understanding of the expressive potential of abstraction. Perfect for all levels.
RecordingOnline8 lessons
Learn to draw with movement, not just lines - scratching spontaneous sketches into wet paint to capture florals with energy and emotion. This technique turns painting into performance; inspired by Olya Losina’s Art Theater, this floral-based course combines observation, speed, and creative freedom.
RecordingOnline5 lessons
You will be taken step by step through drawing an accurate realistic rendering of a nude figure from observation. Every artistic issue will be explained to help you apply them one-by-one so that you can complete and refine your drawing in five weeks. The instructor will demonstrate each step and provide personalized feedback on how to enhance your drawing and achieve perfect, portfolio-level doneness.
RecordingOnline8 lessons
In this unique, two-part process, you’ll work on a massive canvas, likely taller than you are, to create a piece that merges abstraction with observational realism in a powerful and visually striking way. The final result is something truly compelling—a high-contrast fusion of expressive abstraction and intimate realism, of color and grayscale, of chaos and control. This course is for all levels - the instructor will guide you every step of the way.
RecordingOnline6 lessons
Whether painting has been a secret dream or just something you’ve been putting off for “someday,” now is your time. You’ll get comfortable with acrylic paints, brushes of all sizes, and working on canvas. With each class, you’ll be guided through a project and then have instructions to complete a similar painting on your own as independent practice. This course is made for beginners!
RecordingOnline6 lessons
Learn how to sketch fleeting moments by hand, quickly and effortlessly, in your own unique style. In this course, you’ll learn how to capture the charm and energy of urban life, from historic architecture and peaceful parks to bustling streets and the people that animate them.
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Membership is the best way to take this course — it unlocks live classes and the recording library for one price. You can also join a live class à la carte (includes recordings for a year) or buy recordings on their own when they're sold separately. The course page lists the options that apply.
Core classes run online in our live classroom. Private and limited in-person formats are available for select offerings.
Yes. The beginner pathway is designed for students with no prior experience, with step-by-step instruction and assignments.
Sessions are recorded, so students can catch up asynchronously through the recordings library.
Tell us your current level and goals. We will recommend the right class path and schedule.