Online Art Courses

In this course, you will learn how to raise the value of your work by means of framing. However, framing is expensive! Olya will teach you her secret technique on how to build your own framing, inexpensive but elegant and rich, that fits the style of the artwork - to help you showcase your work at home, or raise its appeal to galleries or interior designers.

Learn how to create portraits in a more expressive, abstract way, instead of the traditional, representational style. Abstract art offers a totally different experience of freedom and self-expression, it liberates you from perfectionism which often causes artist block - and you still will be able to achieve the likeness!

This course introduces a playful yet deeply thoughtful way of working, inviting you to see collage as a legitimate fine art medium, capable of nuance, realism, and storytelling; combining classic art with this contemporary medium. Whether you're a seasoned artist or just beginning your creative journey, you’ll come away with a new understanding of how to build and layer a collaged portrait while minding temperature, tone, and proportions. For all levels, though drawing experience will be helpful.

Do you want to push your art to the creative limit and enrich your palette of new techniques? In this course, you’ll learn several applications of mixed media by combining gouache and oil pastels in five creative ways. Learn how gouache can complement oil pastels and how oil pastels can improve a gouache painting. 

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.