FAQ

Four years

Four. We like to keep our student body to sixteen.

We follow a basic University calendar. We start in early September and finish in early May. We take off a week for Thanksgiving and Easter/spring break with two weeks off for Christmas. School hours are 9:00-5:00 Monday-Friday. Students have 24/7 access to the school year-round.

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It is based upon the time-tested principles and studio practices that have been passed down over the centuries.

First year – focus on seeing shapes and drawing correctly, both in linear and mass
Second year – focus on seeing values correctly, both optically and form-based
Third year – focus on seeing color, primarily through still life
Fourth year – focus on learning different methodologies and indirect painting techniques, portraiture, and advanced studies.

Throughout the entire program, students work from the figure 9:00-12:00 every day.

No, it is not. As such, many student loans do not cover this education.

Through hands-on, one-to-one instruction, we train students to build a solid foundation of classical-based skills. This consists of learning to see and draw shapes, see and render values and eventually see and paint in color. Everyone works at their own pace.

No, and oftentimes having none leads to faster progress given since there might be fewer bad habits to break. We have students who have never painted alongside professional artists just looking to push their skill level. We start everyone at the beginning. Those with experience will move along at a faster pace.

We believe that talent is far more common than most would ever believe. A person really wouldn’t know if they have any musical talent until they became proficient in playing the violin. Dedicated individuals learn to paint at a high level if given the proper classical-based instruction. We offer a proper classical instruction focused on the visual arts.