
Designed for artists committed to deepening their practice, this program centers on sustained engagement with the human figure and portraiture. Through a self-directed project, mentorship, and structured feedback, you’ll integrate three essential dimensions—technique, creativity, and concept—shaping a three-dimensional artist and cultivating an authentic, professional practice.

Flexible make-up options are available — online & in person.
This ensures continuity and full value from the program.

Participate in a scheduled program with live feedback and learn alongside a small group of peers.

Extended studio sessions combining sustained independent work with guided in-class exercises to develop your self-directed project.

Live instructor demonstrations addressing technique, process, and problem-solving related to ongoing projects.

Slideshow presentations exploring historical & contemporary approaches, concepts, and the elements and principles of design.

Ongoing individual and group feedback, supported by optional assignments encouraging continued exploration between classes.
Program curriculum may vary in response to participants’ self-directed projects and the emerging areas of focus.
Develop the conceptual foundation for a self-directed project through feedback, discussion, and guided exercises. Identify meaningful themes, values, and goals while diagnosing technical, creative, and conceptual needs. Professional practices—including artist statements, CVs, websites, and online presence—are introduced as potential tools to help clarify and guide your project.
Focus on technical skills that directly support your project, such as anatomy, proportion, perspective, brushwork, and edge control. Guided demonstrations and individualized feedback support targeted skill-building within a focused studio environment.
Explore creative strategies including expressive mark-making, bold colour, abstraction, and dynamic backgrounds while integrating technical elements. Instructor guidance supports experimentation that advances both conceptual clarity and personal visual language.
Refine conceptual direction through slide show presentations, feedback and discussion. Exercises focus on composition, elements & principles of design, focal points, and visual hierarchy. Professional practices are revisited, using the evolving artist statement to support decision-making and conceptual coherence.
Develop colour strategies that strengthen mood, atmosphere, and conceptual intent. Slide show presentations, demonstrations, and guided exercises address palette organization, colour relationships, and compositional refinement in direct relation to ongoing work.
Bring projects toward completion through synthesis of technical, creative, and conceptual skills. The program concludes with final presentations, group feedback, and the refinement of a short artist statement, with guidance on presenting work professionally through a CV, website, and online presence.