Curriculum

PRINCIPLE

Small-sized class according to each student’s age and level

TYPE	Children’s Creative Drawing; Sketching; Figure Drawing; Painting; Computer 3D Animation; Graphic Design; Product Design & Transportation Design; Illustration, Fashion Design... and other classes for general art and Portfolio Preparation

FORMAT

Children’s art drawing and sketching, representational drawing, watercolor, oil, acrylic painting, illustration cartoon drawing, etched/engraved painting, sculpture etc.

CONTENT

Still life, portrait drawing, animals, landscape, design, creative drawing

ARRANGEMENT

Structural training, fine art/drawing techniques, color theory and art fundamentals

AGE	3-18+ and adult classes

Children’s Creative Drawing

Beginner
Age: 3-5
Preschoolers draw what they know about the world, rather than attempting to capture a photographic mirror of reality. At this stage, children start to produce representative symbols which are formed with circles, squares, and lines for the common objects such as sun, flower, tree, fish and cat.

Intermediate
Age: 4-6
The main characteristics of this stage are habitual repetition of symbols for familiar objects. Children at this age compose landscapes carefully, and the balance of the whole picture usually is well considered.

Advanced I
Age: 6-8
Children at this stage start to show a strong focus on drawing in a more realistic fashion. The pictures become more complex and reflect the world in factual, realistic representations. The schema represents the children's active knowledge of the subjects and there is definite order in space relationships: everything sits on the base line.

Advanced II
Age: 8-10
Children at this stage find that schematic generalization no longer suffices to express reality. They start to discover space and depict it with overlapping objects in drawings. It is an ideal time for direct instruction in technical drawing techniques.

Transitional Art

Age: 9-12
Children at this stage try for more details, hoping to achieve greater realism, and attempt to produce artworks that meet adult standards. This is a critical stage for children because they either reach a plateau or enter the stage of realism.

Advanced 1

Age: 12—14
This course introduces students to the Elements of Art and Principles of Design while developing drawing skills and painting techniques and digital media. Studio experiences in the classroom will give students opportunities to experience a variety of media (pencil, pen, ink, charcoal, pastel, watercolor, and tempera paint) etc. while developing student’s individual style and creative problem solving skills.

Advanced 2

Sketching

Preliminary Sketching
Basic Sketching
Advanced Sketching
Age: 10-18+
Sketching is the fundamental building block for an artist. The objective of sketching class we offer is to refine students’ perception skills, develop eye, mind, hand coordination, and build mental stamina, patience and tenacity through the process of drawing realistic three- dimensional still life objects.

Advanced General Art Courses

Painting
Age: 14-18
Learn color Theory, color basics, understand the underlying principles, and learn techniques in oil/acrylic paint and water color, & more.

Portfolio Preparation

Admission into any top university or art institute could be determined solely by your art portfolio.
The Portfolio Preparation Class will provide you with fundamental knowledge of art/design processes, and help develop your skills of visual communication. It will help you properly arrange your artworks to demonstrate its relevance to the major to which you are applying.

Portfolio/Advanced Art Courses

Animation/Entertainment Design
Age: 12-18
Students learn the process to bring the characters to life! This course focuses on the basics of the 3D computer graphics using industry standard software, Autodesk Maya. Students will be introduced to Maya interface and philosophy, as well as 3D modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering. Lectures will cover the application of these tools in the film, television and game industries and personal projects.

Advertising/Graphic Design
Age: 12-18
Students will create projects ranging from 2D and print media to graphics used in web and animation. Specialized courses include Typography and Page Layout, Motion Graphics, Graphic Web Design, Design and Art Theory, Flash Media, Advanced Computer Graphics. Learn to use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, and Dreamweaver.

Product Design & Transportation Design
Age: 14-18+
Product Design: Students learn how to design, conceptualize and problem solve, various products for customer use.
Transportation Design: Students learn innovative creative skills with transportation vehicle design and related components.

Fine Art
Age: 14-18+
Fine art engages individual artistic modes of thinking and develops unique expressive technicalskills throughexperimentaland controlled techniques. Students will learn oil painting, sculpture, acrylic, watercolor mixed media, new genres and other structural mediums and experimental ideas.

Architecture/Environmental/Interior Design
Age: 14-18+
This class focuses on art and design science in buildings, structural models and space. Students associate surrounding environments and knowledge into the process. Students work on the topical problems and resolution of furniture, furnishings, interiors, buildings, landscape, and urbanism

Fashion Design
Age: 14-18+
Themes here include line, sketch, color, proportions, value and perspective for a better design production outcome. Emphasis will be on themes, basic textiles/patterning and historical and contemporary outlooks on fashion trends and projects for a better creative thinking.

Portfolio/Advanced General Art Courses

Photography
Age: 12-18+
Students will explore different styles and genres of photography from commercial, fashion, documentary and fine art.

Film/Video
Age: 14-18+
Our film courses focus on screenwriting, storyboard, synopsis and film appreciation through theory and history. Students will have the option to create their own projects and learn about various technology and equipment.

Illustration
Age: 14-18+
Through visual representation in drawing and painting students learn conceptual thinking and learn different ways to express their creative applications. Course stresses line, form, color and narrative, supporting their communication needs in publication and merchandising, to self directed projects and exhibition route.

Figure Drawing
Age: 14-18+
Students will learn from a live model and include learning from mix media. Through fundamentally, anatomically, and stylistically approaches, each student learns how to work and analyze the form, incorporating movement and gestures. Students will be better equipped to handle various timely poses to help in their own artistic practice.