Realism is a facet of art that is not easily achieved. One must have a skilled eye, highly trained coordination between brain and hand, a developed retina memory, as well as refined motor skills. This is a necessary course for artists of all levels as it will help develop these traits by learning through demonstration and doing. From colour theory to brush care, to paint application you will learn it all and be well on your way to creating many more masterpieces!

By the end of the course students will have a frameable art piece, as well as having learned:

• Colour theory
• Training the eye for colour
• Retina memory
• How to blend and mix paints
• How to create textures
• Proper brush care

All art will be professionally exhibited at our year end Fashion & Art Gala.

This course is offered year-round at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. It is recommended that students take it at all levels before entering a university art programme of any kind because acrylic is a medium that is often used at the post-secondary level in all art based programmes.

All art work will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

No prerequisite courses required.

All art supplies are extra.

Realism in Prismacolor Pencils is one of our signature, and most popular, courses. Pencil crayon can be one of the trickier mediums to work in, knowing how to properly use the colours you have on hand, how to mix and blend, it sure can be a frustrating endeavour! With this course you will learn to wrangle this medium and work with it to create realistic textures and effects. Students will work with a variety of subject matter.

As a specialized fashion school, we spend a lot of time working with Prismacolor pencil because it is the backbone medium in the fashion industry. It is not unusual to find students working with Prisma pencil two out of four terms per school year as it is one medium that students need to have an intricate knowledge of before going into any kind of post-secondary fashion, advertising, or art programme of any kind.

At the beginner level, students will stick mostly to flora and fauna subject matter. Once they move into the advanced level however, students may start working on portraiture and original works.

By the end of this course students will have a frameable art piece, as well as having learned:

• Colour theory
• Training the eye for colour
• How to properly grid and enlarge photos
• How to blend and mix Prismacolor pencils
• How to create texture effects with Prismacolor pencil

As an added bonus, all art will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

This course is offered year-round, at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

No prerequisite courses are required.

All art supplies are extra.

Pop art is a movement beloved my many. Known for its bold lines and vibrant colours, these pieces, when completed and professionally framed, look absolutely incredible hanging on any wall. Of all the different paints available to artists, Gouache is considered one of the more difficult ones to start with. The consistency has to always be perfect and, because gouache dries so very quickly, in order to have a display-worthy finished product technique must be stressed in this course rather than detail. To this end, Pop Art is perfect for our purposes. Because of the simplicity of the work itself, students can focus on learning basic technique rather than on an overabundance of detail.

In this course students will learn how to form the perfect gouache consistency, how to mix and work with different values and chromas and develop a strong eye for colour, all while creating a portrait of your favourite rock star, actor, or anyone famous!

By the end of the course students will have a frameable art piece, as well as having learned:

• Colour theory
• Training the eye for colour, value and chroma
• How to mix the perfect gouache consistency
• How to draw and enlarge photos using the grid technique
• How to apply gouache properly with a variety of brushes
• Brush Care

All art will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

This course is offered year-round at beginner and intermediate levels.

No prerequisite course required.

All art supplies are extra.

Of all the different paints available to artists, Gouache is considered one of the more difficult ones to start with and master, which is why we only offer Realism in Gouache at an advanced level only. Each student will be able to choose his/her own individual subject matter and, in this way, they can create strong, original, one-of-a-kind pieces. These pieces, when completed, will demonstrate a higher level of technique and are the perfect addition to any university portfolio.

In this course students will learn how to form the perfect gouache consistency, how to mix and work with different values and chromas and develop a strong eye for colour. By the end of this course students will have a frameable art piece, as well as having learned:

• Advanced colour theory
• Training the eye for colour, value and chroma
• How to mix the perfect gouache consistency with speed and accuracy
• How to draw and enlarge photos using the grid technique
• How to apply gouache properly with a variety of brushes and advanced techniques
• How to successfully paint detail in gouache
• Brush Care

All art will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

This course is offered year-round at an advanced level only.

Prerequisite courses required: Painting in Gouache, beginner and Intermediate

All art supplies are extra.

As any experienced fashion designer will tell you, the ability to creatively and successfully paint on fabrics is a HUGE part of great design. Sometimes printed fabric just doesn’t cut it. The designer may want patterns that are BIG and BOLD and that WRAP AROUND the entire garment, creating a look that is completely flowing and absolutely seamless. The only way to achieve this is with fabric paints, a creative mind, and LOTS AND LOTS of training.

Painting on fabrics is a skill that must be developed and honed over time. It is unlike working on a stretched canvas where, if the designer makes an error he can always just grab a new canvas. One-of-a-kind garments can take up to 100 hours each to create, so the designer needs to be practiced and knowledgeable. In design, you are working with a variety of different fabrics all the time and only specialty paints can be used. The designer must take on the role of artist and must learn how to, not only paint successfully from fabric to fabric, but how to create balance and style within the garment, and how to take an creative idea and translate it into gorgeous fashion.

This programme teaches students how to properly paint on a variety of fabrics to create cool new looks and designs. Student’s first project will be painting on denim. They will be turning their old jean jackets, blue jeans and more from boring old denim garments into creative one-of-a-kind wearable art!

This course if particularly useful to those students planning on preparing a university or college portfolio. Remember, the universities and colleges are looking for innovative and creative portfolios and painting on fabrics is one of the best ways to achieve this goal.

By the end of this course students will have at least one wearable (or frameable) art piece, as well as having learned:

• Colour theory
• Training the eye for colour
• How to work with fabric paints on a variety of fabrics
• How to apply ideas to a denim and other fabrics

All art will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

This course is offered year-round, at intermediate and advanced levels only.

Prerequisite courses include: Beginners or intermediate fashion illustration, Pop Art or any other drawing course at a beginner or intermediate level.

All art supplies are extra.

When it comes to painting, watercolour is a different creature altogether. Learning to manipulate it and make it work for you can be a real pain without some solid basic tools and technique in your belt. In this programme you will how to tame the beast and create colourful works worthy of any wall.

For students planning on going into a university or college art or art related programme (Fashion, Interior Design, Graphic Arts, Advertising, Communications, Architecture) this is an excellent prerequisite programme to have, as working in watercolour paints is a large part of all post-secondary art curriculums.

By the end of this course students will have a frameable art piece, as well as having learned:

• Colour theory
• Training the eye for colour
• How to successfully blend and mix watercolors
• Simple do’s and don’ts and tricks when working in watercolour
• Various techniques for watercolour effects
• How to create texture effects with ink

All art will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

This course is offered at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

No prerequisite courses required.

All art supplies are extra.

If you want to get into the college/university of your dreams to pursue art, fashion design or communications, interior design, graphic arts, or architecture, you need more than just a high school diploma and a winning smile, you need a killer portfolio! Our intensive programme will not only help you learn the tools to create better artwork and designs, but we will keep you on track in creating and completing one or more amazing portfolio that’s sure to turn a few heads on the jury and really show ‘em what you’ve got!

By the end of this course students will have several frameable pieces, as well as a completed portfolio of their best work.

All student art will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

This course is offered at intermediate and advanced levels for high school, college and university portfolios
Prerequisite courses are a must have. They include: Intermediate or advanced fashion illustration, Intermediate or advanced sewing, Graphic Design, Pop Art in Gouache, Realism in Prisma Pencil, or any other intermediate drawing course offered.

Of all the things to learn in art, still life and portraiture should be right at the top of your list. Every seasoned, professional artist knows that the key to creating amazing art always begins with still life and the human form. As your knowledge and skill levels increase, so will your quality of work that you produce.

Still life and portraiture can be taught using many different mediums and techniques. Our favourites to use are graphite, conte, watercolour and prisma pencil, to name a few. In this programme students will learn how to use the medium that is being taught (sometimes we will even work with them ALL in one term), along with the tricks and tools of the trade that come with the territory!

By the end of the course students will have a frameable art piece, as well as having learned:

• Colour theory
• Training the eye for shading
• Ways to apply line in a preliminary sketch
• The importance of line
• Elementary shapes
• How to suggest volume
• The importance of light and dark
• The importance of contrasts and highlights
• How to create texture effects in your chosen medium
• How to achieve balance and harmony in your work
• Fundamentals of drawing portraiture
• Anatomical structure and much, much more

All art will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

This course is offered at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

No prerequisite courses required.

All art supplies are extra.

Working in mixed media is a fun challenge and helps to develop a whole range of artistic and creative skill sets that will come in handy at the university/college level. Creating a masterpiece using mixed media, however, is no easy feat! In this course you will learn how to be artistically resourceful and how to properly execute a 3D fashion editorial layout portrait using both realism and abstract elements combined, creating a stunning 3D piece that anyone would be proud to display!

From a portfolio view point, this is an AMAZING course to have as the finished art piece is always spectacular because it involves a variety of different techniques, showcasing the artists’ varied abilities all in one piece!

As each art piece is so completely UNIQUE and involves so many varied mediums and their associated skill sets, most students will take this course two to three times because the learning will be different and exciting with each new piece.

By the end of the course students will have a frameable art piece, as well as having learned:

• Colour theory
• Training the eye for colour
• How to successfully grid and enlarge your subject photo
• How to blend and mix Prismacolor pencils
• How to blend and mix gouache, watercolour and acrylic paints (each art piece will be different)
• How to work with brushes in chalk pastel and graphite
• How to create textured effects such as hair, fabric, fur, and flowers, jewellery, leather with a variety of 3D mediums
• How to successfully work in clay and other sculpting mediums
• How to be artistically resourceful in terms of mixed media

All student art will be professionally exhibited at our Year End Fashion & Art Show Gala.

This course is offered year-round, at intermediate and advanced levels only.

Prerequisite courses include: Beginner or Intermediate fashion illustration, any other drawing course offered.

All art supplies are extra.

Whether you’re an aspiring fashion designer, interior designer, architect, sculptor, painter etc., one of the most important aspects of art is knowing how to accurately draw the proportions and balance of the human form. Figure drawing is difficult without guidance. In this programme you will learn by drawing from a live model. Figure Drawing is the absolute best way to learn how to draw, which is why there is such a large focus on it in all university and college art and art related programmes.

By the end of the course students will have learned:

• How to hold and work with conte
• How to draw light and shadow
• How to draw the proportions of the human body (which aids in drawing fashion figures)
• Training the eye for shading
• Hardness and pressure
• How to blend and mix graphite using stumps and other techniques
• Ways to apply line in a preliminary sketch
• The importance of line
• Elementary shapes
• The importance of light and dark
• The importance of contrasts and highlights
• How to create texture effects
• How to achieve balance in your sketches and renderings
• Fundamentals of drawing portraiture
• Anatomical structure
• Harmony and proportion of the human body
• Hands, feet and foreshortening
• The importance of perspective and much, much more

Please note: This is a very difficult course and our primary focus is on helping students develop strong technique, NOT on having frameable/displayable pieces by the end of this programme.

This course is offered at intermediate and advanced levels ONLY and is an EXC ELLENT preparatory course for any college/university art programme.

Prerequisite courses include: Intermediate or advanced fashion illustration, any other intermediate or advanced drawing course offered.

All art supplies are extra.

Disclaimer: Due to nude life drawing models being present in this class, students must be in grade 11 or higher, or have a parent or guardian’s written permission to take part in this course.

Markers are one of the most difficult mediums to use in art. As anything in life, it can be frustrating on your own, luckily our skilled instructors are here to guide you! In this course students will learn techniques in blending, shading, how to minimize streaking, and colour mixing. Students will tackle still life in marker, as well as portraiture.

By the end of this programme you will have several finished, frame-able works in marker as well as a ton of sketchbook work completed.

This course is offered at intermediate and advanced levels ONLY and is an EXC ELLENT preparatory course for any college/university art programme.

Prerequisite courses include: Intermediate or advanced fashion illustration, any other intermediate or advanced drawing course offered.

This course is offered during the fall, winter, spring and summer terms, once per week for three hours. It is also offered in the summer term as a day programme.

All art supplies are extra.

Everyone knows that chalk pastels are messy but fun! Students in this course will learn colour mixing and blending techniques, whilst creating beautiful, frame-able masterpieces for the walls at home!

No pre-requisite courses required. This course is offered at Beginner and Intermediate levels only.

This course is offered during the fall, winter, spring and summer terms, once per week for three hours. It is also offered in the summer term as a day programme.

All art supplies are extra.

All kids are filled with creative energy, and they need to release it somehow! What better way than learning and experimenting with a new medium every single term? Students in this class will develop their retina memory and work on the further development of fine motor skills all while learning drawing. painting, colouring, and fashion illustration techniques and fundamentals in various different art movements. By the end of this one year programme, students will have several frame-able masterpieces, in a variety of mediums, for the walls at home.

No pre-requisite courses are required.

This programme is offered at the KIDS Beginner level only (grades 2 to 6).This programme is made up of three individual courses (fall, winter and spring) and runs once per week for three hours, for three terms.

All art supplies are extra.