Summer Camp Schedule
Select your weeks & ages below
Digital Character Design
- Learn how to use tools in SketchBook Pro
- Demonstrate the fundamentals of character design and rendering.
- Complete an original character design.
Manga: Poses & Faces
- Learn how to draw an anime figure in multiple poses
- Explore drawing faces from the front, side and three-quarter view
- Learn how your manga inspired figures differ from a traditional figure drawing
Learn to Draw: Colored Pencils
- Learn how to use colored pencils
- Demonstrate knowledge of color and shading
- Complete a colored pencil drawing of a unique still life
Resin Accessories
- Sketch out your designs to create a theme or style for your items
- Learn how to use a mold and epoxy resin to form your shapes
- Add color, dried flowers, glitter and powder to create texture
Street Art: Galaxies
- Learn how to use spray paint, acrylic paint, and Exacto knives
- Experiment with techniques like soft mist, raised stencils, bounced paint and creating comets
- Complete one large scale spray painting
Street Art Painting
- Learn how to use spray paint, acrylic paint, and Exacto knives
- Demonstrate how to stencil
- Complete one large scale spray painting
Design Your Own Character
- Learn how to use tools in SketchBook Pro
- Demonstrate the fundamentals of character design and rendering.
- Complete an original character design.
Once Upon a Time: Storybook Art
- Read one book per day and learn the secrets behind the illustrations and words
- Demonstrate skills across drawing, painting, sculpture, and more
- Complete 5 meaningful artworks by the end of camp
Design Sprints
- Learn to use Adobe Photoshop
- We will explore how to create a background extension, removing objects, masking, object glow, neon layers, and much more
- Complete a series of unique, independent design pieces
One Artwork a Day
This art making adventure is the perfect way for teen artists to explore different paths within the fine arts. Over the course of a week, you will experiment with mini projects across drawing, sculpture, and painting. Every student will create one new piece of art for each day of camp attended.
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Learn more about where your talent shines brightest.
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Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art.
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Bring home a mini-project for each day.
Digital Grafitti
- Learn how to use digital drawing and painting tools in Adobe Photoshop
- Use specialty brushes in Photoshop that mimic real spray paint
- Complete a series of digital artworks
Tik Tok Art Trends
- Make a series of mini artworks
- Experiment with new tools and mediums from drawing to painting
- Take videos of your artwork as you make them
Sketch Series
- Explore hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, scribbling and shading
- Evoke different emotions through your sketches daily
- Bring home a new sketch each day across a variety of subject matter
Pour Painting
- Learn techniques such as “the bloom effect,” ribboning, flip-cup and dirty pour
- Experiment with paint mediums to create different textures and paint reactions
- Complete a series of acrylic flow paintings that demonstrates new techniques you have learned
Comic Book Illustration
- Learn how to use colored pencils and illustration markers
- Demonstrate how to create storyboards
- Complete a ten-panel page comic
Printmaking 101
- Learn several printmaking techniques including monoprints, etchings, direct transfers and rubbings.
- Experiment with ink and color to create a series of prints
- Combine your prints to create a series of images
Learn to Draw the Portrait
- Learn how to use the graphite medium
- Demonstrate the proportions of the face and how to render the eyes, nose and mouth
- Complete a realistic portrait drawing
Monster Clay Models
- Learn how to join, mold, sculpt and carve your clay
- Experiment with intricate textures by using imprinting techniques
- Complete a 3D figurine model using Monster Clay
Character Sculptor
- Learn to use Blender
- Explore techniques associated with sculpting & rendering 3D digital objects!
- Designed for beginners to develop a foundational understanding of the program and discover unique skills to aid them in their future digital creations!
Cosplay: Headware & Helmets
- Learn how to cut, layer, glue and shape EVA foam
- Focus on making props such as helmets, headdresses, masks, crowns, horns and more
- This camp is often taken in conjunction with Cosplay: Shields & Swords
Oil Painting Botanics
- Learn how paint with oil and a painting medium
- Demonstrate skills across color mixing and paint application
- Complete a series of oil paint experimentations and one finished painting
Animation: Character Performance
- Gain experience animating a character with dialogue
- Demonstrate understanding of the subtleties in body language and body movement
- Complete a high-level quality and fully performative character monologue
Drawing from Life
- Learn how to work with charcoal, blending stumps, chalk pastels and more.
- Demonstrate an understanding of realism through light & value
- Complete a high quality drawing from observation
iPad Painting
- Learn to use Procreate on an iPad
- Explore methods of rendering characters, digital painting and even animation!
- Create a small collection of work to get you started!
Animal Kingdom Shadow Boxes
- Learn how to draw and paint the animal of your choice
- Create stencils and use paper cutting techniques to create multiple layers
- Experiment with multiple layers to create shadows and the illusion of depth
Galaxy Paintings
- Learn how to use watercolor, acrylic, and collage
- Demonstrate the use of light, tone, and shade
- Complete a mixed media painting of your own galaxy
Digital Manga: Scene Scensations
- Learn how to draw in Adobe Photoshop to create a scene
- Explore tools like perspective wrap, vanishing point and content aware fill
- Complete a digital illustration of a unique scene
Learn to Draw: People, Poses & Proportions
- Learn how to use charcoal and graphite
- Demonstrate the understanding of a figure in motion through gesture drawing
- Complete a drawing with multiple figures in various poses
Pen & Ink Illustration
- Learn how to use micron pens and india ink
- Demonstrate cross hatching, stippling and shading using pen and ink
- Complete a series of three pen and ink drawings
Sketch Series
- Explore hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, scribbling and shading
- Evoke different emotions through your sketches daily
- Bring home a new sketch each day across a variety of subject matter
Graphic Design and Visual Communication
- Gain further experience designing using vectors & pixel based imagery.
- Demonstrate an understanding of visual identity and branding
- Complete several high-level quality design-centric outcomes
Painting Portraits: Acrylics
- Learn how to work with various additive mediums: Extender, Glazer, Flow Improver, and more.
- Demonstrate an understanding of paint handling & color theory through blending
- Complete a final high quality painting of a portrait.
Chibi Characters
- In chibi characters, emotion comes from the eyes! So we will focus our attention on creating eyes that tell their emotions and story
- Learn to use illustration markers and watercolor paint
- Create 4-5 characters inspired by your imagination, your family, your friends or your favorite tv-show
One Artwork a Day
- Learn more about where your talent shines brightest.
- Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art.
- Bring home a mini-project for each day of camp.
Toon Town
- Learn how to illustrate a 3D environment
- Demonstrate perspective and rendering techniques
- Complete an illustration of a whimsical building & props
Aerial Creations
- Draw and paint a series of animals, planets or objects for your mobile
- Learn to combine them at different lengths to create an interesting balance of forms
- Hang your completed mobile artworks and watch how they change as you move around the sculpture
Anime Glass Painting
- Learn how to draw an anime figure in multiple poses
- Explore drawing faces from the front, side and three-quarter view
- Learn how your manga inspired figures differ from a traditional figure drawing
Learn to Draw the Portrait
- Learn how to use the graphite medium
- Demonstrate the proportions of the face and how to render the eyes, nose and mouth
- Complete a realistic portrait drawing
iPad Painting: Recreating Masterpieces
- Learn to use Procreate on an iPad
- Learn how to use advanced brushes, download new brushes and create your own
- Create a digital artwork that is inspired by a famous masterpiece.
Cartooning & Novel Development
- Learn how to create cartoon panels by focusing on size, format and line art
- Add humor to your story by emphasizing comic effect using verbal and visual wit
- Use pencil, microns and illustration markers to create the first few pages of your graphic novel
Digital Animation 101
- Learn to use Adobe Animate
- Demonstrate key-frame animation, onion skinning, tweens and more
- Complete 5 animated GIFs
One Artwork a Day
This art making adventure is the perfect way for teen artists to explore different paths within the fine arts. Over the course of a week, you will experiment with mini projects across drawing, sculpture, and painting. Every student will create one new piece of art for each day of camp attended.
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Learn more about where your talent shines brightest.
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Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art.
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Bring home a mini-project for each day.
Comics and Digital Illustration
- Gain further experience with digital drawing and painting in Adobe Photoshop.
- Add humor to your illustration by emphasizing comic effect using verbal and visual wit
- Complete a high-level quality and fully detailed comic illustration
Summer Courses: Drawing from a Live Model
- Gain experience rendering the human form realistically via proportions.
- Demonstrate understanding of representation & observation.
- Complete a series of figure drawings from a live model.
Learn to Sculpt
- Learn how to use clay and sculpting tools
- Demonstrate mastery in the additive and subtractive sculpture techniques
- Complete two sculptures: one freestanding and one relief
Learn to Draw Animals
- Learn how to draw with graphite and pastel
- Demonstrate how to create proper proportions and realistic anatomy drawings
- Complete one graphite and one pastel animal drawing
Digital Content Creators
- Shoot footage on your mobile phone
- Add post production elements such as motion graphics, transition effects, cinemagraphs and more
- Edit your footage using easy to use software to create unique video content
Resin Accessories
- Sketch out your designs to create a theme or style for your items
- Learn how to use a mold and epoxy resin to form your shapes
- Add color, dried flowers, glitter and powder to create texture
Cosplay: Shields & Swords
- Learn how to cut, layer, glue and shape EVA foam
- Focus on making props such as shields, swords, wands, wings, sabers and more
- This camp is often taken in conjunction with Cosplay: Headwear & Helmets
Digital Manga: Characters
- Develop skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to illustrate light and create dynamic effects
- Complete an illustration of a unique manga character(s) with an energy theme.
Portfolio Development – Digital (2 weeks)
- Receive students personalized instruction in a small group setting
- Complete 2-3 high quality digital works that showcase your skills and creativity
- Receive guidance and feedback on your portfolio to help you secure acceptance to college digital programs
Portfolio Development – Studio (2 weeks)
- Receive students personalized instruction in a small group setting
- Complete 2-3 high quality artworks that showcase your skills and creativity
- Receive guidance and feedback on your portfolio to help you secure acceptance to college art programs
Illuminated Creations
- Design, draw and cut a vessel and animals for your illuminated creation
- Source elements in nature such as grass, rocks and dirt to create a life-like habitat
- Use lights and batteries to illuminate your creation for a day and night version
Street Art Painting
- Learn how to use spray paint, acrylic paint, and Exacto knives
- Demonstrate how to stencil
- Complete one large scale spray painting
One Artwork a Day
- Learn more about where your talent shines brightest.
- Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art.
- Bring home a mini-project for each day of camp.
Learn to Draw Animals
- Learn how to draw with graphite and pastel
- Demonstrate how to create proper proportions and realistic anatomy drawings
- Complete one graphite and one pastel animal drawing
Street Art: Wynwood Walls Edition
- Learn how to use spray paint and acrylic paint in a larger scale
- Demonstrate how to make custom stencils and various spray painting techniques.
- Students will create a street art painting to convey a message after learning about the various impacts of public art.
Learn to Draw the Portrait
- Learn how to use the graphite medium
- Demonstrate the proportions of the face and how to render the eyes, nose and mouth
- Complete a realistic portrait drawing
iPad Painting: Famous Faces
- Learn to use Procreate on an iPad
- Learn how to realistically render a portrait
- Create a digital portrait using Procreate tools
Oil Painting Botanics
- Learn how paint with oil and a painting medium
- Demonstrate skills across color mixing and paint application
- Complete a series of oil paint experimentations and one finished painting
Kawaii Creations
- We will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to create our characters
- Learn how to draw proper proportions to ensure the kawaii-style
- Create 4-5 characters inspired by food, animals and objects
Aerial Creations
- Draw and paint a series of animals, planets or objects for your mobile
- Learn to combine them at different lengths to create an interesting balance of forms
- Hang your completed mobile artworks and watch how they change as you move around the sculpture
Illuminated Creations
- Design, draw and cut a vessel and animals for your illuminated creation
- Source elements in nature such as grass, rocks and dirt to create a life-like habitat
- Use lights and batteries to illuminate your creation for a day and night version
3D Animal Wall Sculptures
- Learn about the 4 types of relief sculpture: low, medium, high and sunken
- Create a well supported, flat wall structure for your sculpture
- Use a variety of media including paint, glue, feathers, and much more to create your animal
Concept Art for Gaming
- Develop additional skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Explore contemporary trends in concept art.
- Create a collection of concept character imagery for a potential game.
Monster Clay Models
- Learn how to join, mold, sculpt and carve your clay
- Experiment with intricate textures by using imprinting techniques
- Complete a 3D figurine model using Monster Clay
Digital Manga Webtoons
- Develop illustration skills in Adobe Photoshop
- Experiment with webtoon formats for your comic
- Complete a digital illustration
Street Art: Banksy Edition
- Learn how to use spray paint, acrylic paint, and Exacto knives
- Master stenciling and wheat pasting techniques
- Complete one large scale spray painting inspired by Banksy’s style
Sketch Series
- Explore hatching, cross-hatching, stippling, scribbling and shading
- Evoke different emotions through your sketches daily
- Bring home a new sketch each day across a variety of subject matter
Painting Nature: Oil
- Learn how to work with various oil additives: Linseed oil, thinners & varnishes
- Demonstrate an understanding of paint handling & color theory through blending
- Complete a series of studies and one final high-quality oil painting.
Portfolio Wrap Up: Photo Your Artwork, Artist Statement & More
- Write your artist statement that supplements your portfolio work
- Photograph your work and edit it digitally for high resolution images
- Practice commonly asked questions during the college acceptance / portfolio review interview
Cartooning: Superhero Edition
- Learn how to draw a cartoon illustration
- Develop a unique superhero character from your imagination or choose your favorite to recreate
- Learn to render with microns and illustration markers
Learn to Paint: Sweet Treats
- Learn how to use acrylic paint
- Demonstrate knowledge of composition, color mixing, and value
- Complete an acrylic painting of your favorite sweet treat
Watercolor Underworlds
- Learn how to use watercolor paints and techniques
- Demonstrate knowledge of the watercolor medium and different painting tools
- Complete a series of watercolor paintings of various underwater scenes
iPad Painting: Recreating Masterpieces
- Learn to use Procreate on an iPad
- Learn how to use advanced brushes, download new brushes and create your own
- Create a digital artwork that is inspired by a famous masterpiece.
Pour Painting
- Learn techniques such as “the bloom effect,” ribboning, flip-cup and dirty pour
- Experiment with paint mediums to create different textures and paint reactions
- Complete a series of acrylic flow paintings that demonstrates new techniques you have learned
Freestyle Ink Illustration
- Learn how to use ink, technical pens and nylon brushes
- Develop your own illustration style
- Complete a series of ink illustration drawings
Tik Tok Art Trends
- Make a series of mini artworks
- Experiment with new tools and mediums from drawing to painting
- Take videos of your artwork as you make them
Street Art Painting
- Learn how to use spray paint, acrylic paint, and Exacto knives
- Demonstrate how to stencil
- Complete one large scale spray painting
Fashion Illustration
- Learn how to create a fashion figure drawing called a “croquis.”
- Draw with a variety of media to bring your style to life including pencil, marker and watercolor
- Complete a series of fashion drawings that represents your unique style
Kawaii Creations
- We will learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to create our characters
- Learn how to draw proper proportions to ensure the kawaii-style
- Create 4-5 characters inspired by food, animals and objects
Picasso’s Guitars
- Learn how to use mod podge, cardboard and paint
- Demonstrate ability to work with multimedia and build an object
- Complete a cubist inspired, instrument of your choice
3D Paper Art
- Create the illusion of depth by layering and propping
- Learn to create 3D forms using folded paper, exacto knives and adhesives
- Each scene will be completely unique - inspired by your own interests or memories
Digital Animation: Character Performance
- Gain further experience animating a character during dialogue
- Demonstrate understanding of the subtleties in body language during dialogue based performances.
- Complete a high-level quality and fully performative animated monologue
One Drawing a Day
- Learn more about where your talent shines brightest
- Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art
- Bring home 4 mini drawings projects!
One Artwork a Day
- Learn more about where your talent shines brightest.
- Breakdown barriers between traditional forms of studio art.
- Bring home a mini-project for each day of camp.
iPad Painting
- Learn to use Procreate on an iPad
- Explore methods of rendering characters, digital painting and even animation!
- Create a small collection of work to get you started!
Learn to Draw the Portrait
- Learn how to use graphite pencils, blending stumps and kneaded erasers
- Demonstrate how to draw realistic features in correct proportions
- Complete one portrait drawing
3D Dinos
- Learn how to use clay
- Demonstrate use of the slip and score method
- Complete two sculpture projects; a fossil and a small scale dinosaur
Jungle Murals
- Learn how to paint with acrylics
- Demonstrate the use of blending, layering, scraping and washing techniques
- Paint a large panel that functions as both an individual work of art and is part of a larger mural with your fellow campers