Online Art Courses

Perspective is all around us, but it makes itself invisible to the untrained eye. This is one skill that is close to impossible to grasp on your own because perspective is surprisingly counterintuitive in some of its parts. We are here to demystify perspective and show you the secrets to avoiding mistakes that even the great masters made.

Learn the styles of six different painters: Fayum portraits, Frank Auerback, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, Alex Katz, and Luc Tuymans, and paint six self-portraits, using a mirror. Learning to paint in their style will help you flex your creative muscle and try yourself at Contemporary Realism in three different styles, Abstract Expressionism, Symbolism, Minimalism, and mixed media. Learn art history and discover new artists while making a very personal polyptych. This course will open up a new world for you - the world of portraiture.

Learning how to paint a costumed model is an exciting and challenging process. Clothes add color, character, texture, pattern, and rhythm to the subject. Learn how to depict fabrics, folds that hug the body, patterns, as well as gloves, hats, and shoes. For those who are interested in getting portrait commissions, this is the opportunity to learn how to do it with this step-by-step guidance.

In 12 classes, you’ll learn the techniques of drawing from the beginning. The drawings above are by students who joined this course as absolute beginners. You will build the skills by rendering objects and environments with a teaching method found nowhere else. All drawings will be created in monochrome (black and white) to focus on the basics: light and shadow, line, and dimension.

These personalized sessions are designed exclusively for committed artists who are ready to transform their practice. Your Certified Art Coach, Olya Losina (MFA, Moscow University), brings over 40 years of experience and has helped thousands of artists, from beginners to professionals, achieve their artistic goals. Every month without guidance is another month of frustration and stalled progress. How much longer will you put your artistic dreams on hold?