Live online classes
Live online classes designed for beginners through advanced artists across drawing, painting, and mixed media.
RecordingOnline6 lessons
Welcome to "Brush Away Stress: Exploring Watercolor Basics for Relaxation”. This course is specifically designed for absolute beginners, offering a unique approach to watercolor that focuses on relaxation and artistic expression rather than realistic renderings. No prior drawing skills are required; it's all about unlocking the therapeutic potential of watercolor through fundamental techniques.
RecordingOnline12 lessons
This large-scale landscape will be created through an innovative two-step process designed to elevate your work by means of the unique, experimental technique. This isn't an ordinary landscape painting class - it's an invitation to venture into uncharted artistic territory.
RecordingOnline6 lessons
We will dive into the enchanting world of soft pastels, exploring their unique potential as a painterly medium. Beyond the conventional use of drawing on sanded pastel paper, we’ll also unravel the secrets of incorporating water with soft pastels, opening up new artistic possibilities.
RecordingOnline5 lessons
In this 5-week course, you will learn to draw facial anatomy by focusing on individual features, one per week, before bringing them together in a final drawing.
RecordingOnline2 lessons
We will create several drawings, using paper or canvas as the substrate, or both. The success of these sketches is in quantity - which with practice, will develop into quality. This training will be valuable for those students who feel that they are too uptight when painting, as a way to loosen up and get in the Right-brain flow.
RecordingOnline4 lessons
The instructor will guide you step by step to create a live model's likeness. Starting with the head, you'll progressively add body parts by gluing paper, expanding your substrate in an unconventional process. Enhance your creativity with a novel strategy to scale the human form to any size. Ideal for intermediate to advanced levels; Essential Drawing Course graduates welcome.
RecordingOnline4 lessons
Learn how to paint beautiful silhouettes of tulips, chrysanthemums, lotus flowers, and succulents with sophisticated outlines, intertwined with textures from book pages, wallpaper, colored pigments, and gold leaf, inspired by Robert Kushner's mesmerizing paintings.
RecordingOnline4 lessons
This project is based on how Old Masters used models; it may be a surprise but they often used themselves. You may think that painting your likeness in the mirror is always for making a self-portrait in a classic sense, but using yourself as a model can offer you much more. Artists paint themselves for different reasons: as a practice, as therapy, self-discovery, or personal myth-making. Join us and find your reason in this 4-week course.
RecordingOnline6 lessons
Students often ask us what temperature is as it relates to art. If you've ever wondered yourself, then this course will answer this question. At the end of the course, you'll be able to control the nuances of temperature in your artwork and complete 3 studies and 1 large finished artwork.
RecordingOnline6 lessons
Each week, you'll delve into a new technique and approach, building a comprehensive toolkit for expressing narratives visually. From character design and composition to visual storytelling techniques, you'll learn how to craft compelling and evocative illustrations that engage viewers and convey your intended message.
RecordingOnline4 lessons
Create your own hand drawn animation while learning about the anatomy of the face. Study and understand different positions of the head through sketches and drawings in graphite and colored pencils.
RecordingOnline12 lessons
Ready for a challenge? Paint a posh interior on a large canvas. The instructor will guide you from the introduction to one-point perspective all the way to the finishing touches so you'll be able to create a magnificent painting. When a large project is broken down into specific steps, you'll be surprised that with this method of building a painting, even a complex subject becomes manageable.
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Kay G.Painting Course
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JordanDrawing and Painting Course
“This school has been amazing in advancing me as an artist.”
Sofia P.Portfolio Program Graduate
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.